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JasonC SBB

03-13-2011 02:37 PM

Why Crescent City, CA, is so vulnerable to tsunamis

Because the underwater topography focuses the energy:

http://www.triplicate.com/2009032810...-tsunami-prone

gearhead_318

03-13-2011 03:06 PM

I saw some show on the Discovery or History/Science channel about some potential "megatsunami" not unlike the Crescent City tsunami, except its suppose to come from a lake. I think the idea is that a gient piece of earth/snow/ice breaks off a mountain, goes into a lake, shooting a wall of water in the opposite direction.
I think it's in here:

x808drifter

03-13-2011 11:44 PM

Not potential, this actually happened.

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