Quote:
Originally posted by Table 5+Dec 30 2004, 02:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Table 5 @ Dec 30 2004, 02:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-habernac@Dec 30 2004, 02:57 PM
Wouldn't the best idea be to head out in a boat? Point it due west and hit the throttle.
|
i guess that depends on the size of the wave and how tall they are as they move closer to land. Im not a tsunami expert by any means, but I would assume that it would be still rather large coming in, and Im not sure how many boats could withstand a 40ft wave. [/b][/quote]
The hundreds of fishing boats that went down off of Somalia suggests that this might not be the best theory. You would think that if you got far enough out, you'd hit the tsunami while it was still more of a swell than a wave, and then just ride it out. But it's hard to predict the direction of the waves. And also, the further out you get, the faster the waves are. Imagine that you're heading due west when a 40ft swell hits you from the southwest at 800 kmh.