[139151] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New tsunami advisory warning - Japan
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Mon Mar 28 13:04:29 2011
From: Marshall Eubanks <tme@americafree.tv>
In-Reply-To: <A202F94A-44C9-47A2-9620-784EF14442BF@americafree.tv>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:03:13 -0400
To: Marshall Eubanks <tme@americafree.tv>
Cc: Gavin Pearce <Gavin.Pearce@3seven9.com>, nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Mar 28, 2011, at 11:28 AM, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
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> On Mar 28, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Gavin Pearce wrote:
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>>> You guys forget a lot of folks on the list are working on cabling =
ships and off shore platforms, its not all about what happens on shore =
in this industry.
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>> Valid point ... however in deep ocean, these things are pretty =
imperceptible. The effect on ships on the surface are nominal, and off =
shore platforms are (generally) built with these things in mind: =
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27324535/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/=
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> Here is a video of the recent Japanese tsunami from a JCG ship in the =
the open ocean. The waves (@ ~4:20 and 6:40 into the video) caused them =
no trouble, but they were certainly not imperceptible.=20
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With the video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D4XSBrrueVoQ&feature=3Dplayer_embedded#at=3D=
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Marshall
> Regards
> Marshall
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>> At the other extreme, Lituya Bay is a good example of a Mega Tsunami =
(1,720 feet):
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Lituya_Bay_megatsunami
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