overheard the best argument today.

[Rumpltzer]

I've been soaking in a tub of iodine for the past four days just to make sure I'll be okay.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Height is one factor, but another is width/depth. Interesting thing about Chicago, but it makes me wonder if they actually determined that distance Inland was possible or whether they just chose that because that's what happened in Japan?

Bolded, unfortunately. I'd definitely love to see some actual math done on the subject.

 

[disappoint]

The problem with 5'1" 250lbs is having sufficient equipment.

So is the butterball planning on going skydiving sans parachute into one of the great lakes to cause this tsunami?

 

[AlienCraft]

I kinda doubt there's enough water in Lake Michigan to create such a thing, from an Earthquake anyway. Maybe if a Lake Michigan sized asteroid landed in it.

A large landslide with enough mass dropping into the water will displace enough water to create a very large wave.

 

[Paladin3]

Bolded, unfortunately. I'd definitely love to see some actual math done on the subject.

Don't attempt to dispel the misinformation and sate the hysteria with your factual math. What we really is more fear mongering to create panic among the sheep, and then demand money and power so we can SAVE THE WORLD!!!

 

[AlienCraft]

Don't attempt to dispel the misinformation and sate the hysteria with your factual math. What we really is more fear mongering to create panic among the sheep, and then demand money and power so we can SAVE THE WORLD!!!

Keep the FEAR alivE!

 

[Glitchny]

Bolded, unfortunately. I'd definitely love to see some actual math done on the subject.

Yea I'd like to know as well. Someone needs to take google earth data and simulate the tsunami hitting various cities/coastal areas. I want to see how bad it would get.

 

[qliveur]

So you're saying you'd invite the 5'1" 250lb woman to your bed? Hrm..

fuck yea! just slap the fat and have my own tsunami (of fat) to ride in!

But first you'd have to roll her in flour and find the wet spot.

 

[TXHokie]

Forget the fallout. You should have informed them of the Chinese Syndrome scenario where if we have a total meltdown in the US, the rods would melt thru the earth to China. Thus in this case if the total meltdown happens in Japan, it'll melt thru and end up in their kitchen here in the US.

 

[Paratus]

Do we know how much water in volume got swept into Japan? I'm curious what the result is if you divide that number by 1180.

A lake is a closed body of water, nothing compared to the pacific. I would think a tsunami however created would go in all directions. So if Chicago took a hit, you would have to multiply that volume in every direction as well?

http://geology.com/records/biggest-tsunami.shtml
The highest tsunami ever recorded was in a smaller body of water in Alaska in 58.

An earthquake knocked a good chunk of the mountain into the inlet and created a wave 1700 ft high!

 

[waggy]

http://geology.com/records/biggest-tsunami.shtml
The highest tsunami ever recorded was in a smaller body of water in Alaska in 58.

An earthquake knocked a good chunk of the mountain into the inlet and created a wave 1700 ft high!

holy shit!