Yokwe, Rob -- I went to Emon Beach (on the island of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands) to see the tsunami that followed the Alaskan earthquake of 1964. It was night, a security guard tried to chase me off, but the tsunami did no damage -- it was almost undetectable, though I heard that some waves were something like three feet higher on the beach than usual. The reason is that Kwaj sits on top of an undersea mountain range, which is nearly vertical. A tsunami only builds to a towering, destructive monster when there's a long shallow stretch before landfall. I have a hunch that much of Hawaii is surrounded by deep water, so it should not be damaged awfully by tsunamis. Was any place in Hawaii destroyed in '64 or bt any other tsunamis? Yokwe yuk, Joe --- On Sat, 3/12/11, Rob Ratkowski Photography <ratkwski@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
From: Rob Ratkowski Photography <ratkwski@hawaii.rr.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Tsunami coming to Hawaii To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Saturday, March 12, 2011, 11:35 AM While at the beach yesterday after they opened up the coast roads I only saw one set of waves that were unusual. It was a small beach break kind of day but this one group of waves went up the beach about 100ft to just wet my toes even during big break days and high tide rarely does the water lap that high
Several harbors got some damage out here Keehi Lagoon, Oahu had docks ripped way w/ 125 boats floating free in the harbor while here on Maui Kahului Harbor had some damage but the small boat harbors of Maalaea and Lahaina had boats sink http://www.mauinews.com/page/category.detail/nav/10/Local-News.html and dock damage. Kona on the Big Island had the worst of it all w/ flooding and some damage to shops, condos and homes. This is the price one pays for being at sea level and close to the water, but living by the sea is quite nice.
Aloha Rob
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