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Friday, March 11, 2011

Events Tsunami Propagation Animation

Posted by Eli Sanders on Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 12:41 PM

From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Center for Tsunami Research—located right here in Seattle!—an animation of what's happened, what's still happening, and what will happen soon in the Pacific:

UPDATE: Proof that NOAA's not kidding: One dead, three swept out to sea in Crescent City, CA.

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We need to stop funding for these socialist organizations. Only poor people and vacation homes exist at sea level.

Oh wait, this isn't the Seattle Times, wrong board.

Posted by wisepunk on March 11, 2011 at 12:45 PM

Obviously we need to reduce taxes on the rich and let the poor and middle class drown.

And more flood zone subsidies for multi-million dollar mansions near the coast!

Oh, wait, sorry, forgot I wasn't Comrade Boehner. My bad.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on March 11, 2011 at 12:53 PM

Hey guys. Where's that Tsunami sound coming from?

Posted by svensken on March 11, 2011 at 12:57 PM

Shit, that looked bad for Chile.

Posted by Ben on March 11, 2011 at 1:16 PM

@4, exactly. The animation from about 50 seconds onward shows the two overlapping leading arcs forming a pincer and coming ashore somewhere in south-central Chile, maybe around Valdivia or below.

Posted by rob!

on March 11, 2011 at 1:18 PM

@5: That is going to be some destructive constructive interference.

Posted by Ben on March 11, 2011 at 1:37 PM

Right. Those seattle NOAA guys and gals (lazy government scientists!) will all be furloughed after next friday if the republibaggers have their way.

Posted by emma's bee on March 11, 2011 at 2:26 PM

About the people being swept out to sea by the tsunamis in Oregon and California: I don't mean to sound like an asshole here, but it appears that Darwin's Law is more to blame than any natural disaster, since apparently these folks responded to a tsunami warning by going CLOSER to the water. Brilliant!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42034516

Posted by schmacky on March 11, 2011 at 3:01 PM

@8, I can understand the temptation, to go take pics of the tsunami. It really is like when Godzilla comes over the horizon - he seems so distant at first, so you reach for your camera instead of running....

Posted by gloomy gus on March 11, 2011 at 4:03 PM