Tsunami and Natural Disaster Info

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Tsunami Warning Time

The amount of warning time a tsunami warning system can provide depends on the distance between your location and the location of the undersea event.  A tsunami can travel 500 to 600 mph in deep water, slowing as it approaches shore.  If the undersea earthquake that starts the tsunami is 500 miles offshore in deep [...]

19Dec2008 | Gordon | 0 comments | Continued
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Hotspot Volcanoes Build Islands

The Hawaiian Islands would not be here today if it were not for the hotspot volcanoes of the mid-Pacific. There would be no Kauai, no Lanai, no Molokai, no Oahu, no Maui, and no Big Island. They were all formed by shield volcanoes fed by a constant flow of magma from a superheated pocket in [...]

29Oct2008 | Gordon | 0 comments | Continued
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Can A Tsunami Hit The Atlantic Coast?

Can a tsunami strike the coast of New Jersey, North Carolina, or Florida?  The answer is yes, a tsunami hitting the Atlantic Coast is possible, but much less likely than one striking Alaska, Hawaii, or the Pacific Northwest.  When it comes to the kinds of natural events that start tsunamis — undersea earthquakes, submarine landslides, [...]

29Oct2008 | Gordon | 0 comments | Continued
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Can You Outrun a Tsunami?

Try to imagine a solid block of ocean hundreds of miles long, 3 miles deep, and as wide as the coastline, coming toward you at 500 to 600 miles an hour.  That describes a tsunami in deep water racing toward land.  A tsunami’s speed slows as it encounters the coastline but the total water mass [...]

8Sep2008 | Gordon | 0 comments | Continued
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Storm Surges Can Kill

A hurricane-driven storm surge can be as destructive and deadly as a major tsunami started by an undersea earthquake or exploding volcano.  In fact, tropical cyclones — called hurricanes in the Atlantic, typhoons in the eastern Pacific, and cyclones in Australia, Bangladesh, and India — have done far more damage in the past 100 years [...]

8Sep2008 | Gordon | 0 comments | Continued
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Did you know?

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25Jul2008 | webmaster | 2 comments | Continued