Earthquake hits Chile; Tsunami to hit Hawaii

[Blackflag]

I'm really disappointed in Tsunamis. I don't want people to die or get hurt, but when there is a ton of hype and all these warnings & evacuations...I want to see some huge ass wave come in and whomp all over the place. Not some ankle wetting higher than normal tide. I want the wave so big you can see whales swimming inside of it. I want to see the one stoned crazy surfer out there who thinks he can catch it and the last thing we hear is him screaming duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!!! (may he rest in peace).

Probably seen too many movies.

Word.

Didn't you see the videos of the ones that hit India a few years ago?

TSUNAMI!!

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I'm really disappointed in Tsunamis. I don't want people to die or get hurt, but when there is a ton of hype and all these warnings & evacuations...I want to see some huge ass wave come in and whomp all over the place. Not some ankle wetting higher than normal tide. I want the wave so big you can see whales swimming inside of it. I want to see the one stoned crazy surfer out there who thinks he can catch it and the last thing we hear is him screaming duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!!! (may he rest in peace).

Probably seen too many movies.

Come on bro. I'm sure the 300,000 that were killed in Indonesia just had a ducky time....

[sadaist]

The one in Indonesia was more like after a wave crashes and you get that rush of whitewash that surges up.

Remember the movie Deep Impact with Morgan Freeman as the President? Came out about same time Armageddon did.

[chefcraig]

Remember the movie Deep Impact with Morgan Freeman as the President? Came out about same time Armageddon did.

Did you ever see the tsunami in James Cameron's The Abyss? It's only available on the longer, director's cut version of the film, and is simply awesome. Admittedly, the images are not that impressive here, but are pretty spectacular in the film.

[sadaist]

Wasn't there an earthquake in or near Japan the day before the one in Chile? I though I remember Shepard Smith coming on saying something like that.

[thome]

I was on a boat once and a tsunami went under the boat .

We could see it coming all the waves were going one direction in a very calm sea, and there was this little two inch tall ripple coming towards us at a 50 degree angle to all the other waves.

The boat did a, like a we are in "the ditch" type roll.

The captain and I figured that these waves happen on occasion and can progress all the way across the ocean . From what else could it be..?

All the little ripples of water are going one direction and then you can see a line as long as the horizon 2 inches tall coming across the other waves at a completly different angle and it rocked the boat completly.. the other way.

I mean granted it was only a little movement, but these are how I have heard these waves start out.

They either dissapate or build energy and cause damage or run out of energy right..?

No big deal unless they maintain that two inch tall energy and make it to a reef or island and build up like waves do on the shelf.

I cannot explain this "rogue wave" in any other way yet it was only a couple inches tall.

I mean we came to this conclusion I don't know if we are right or wrong..?

Water is so solid people really don't see it as it is and dude we all know water can move mountains.

Hope no one gets "all tsunamied" that would sukk..

[Seshmeister]

It's about the depth of the water.

The same wave which was only a few inches when it went under your boat could become many feet high when it got to shallow water.

[Panamark]

Hey even we were on alert !!
I think I saw a strong ripple in the water, but it was
most likely a surfer farting......

Seriously I worry about my folks, with a good throw from
their backyard you can hit the ocean....
(They are on the east coast)

[Nitro Express]

I'm really disappointed in Tsunamis. I don't want people to die or get hurt, but when there is a ton of hype and all these warnings & evacuations...I want to see some huge ass wave come in and whomp all over the place. Not some ankle wetting higher than normal tide. I want the wave so big you can see whales swimming inside of it. I want to see the one stoned crazy surfer out there who thinks he can catch it and the last thing we hear is him screaming duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!!! (may he rest in peace).

Probably seen too many movies.

I want to see one of those 2012 sunamis.

[Nitro Express]

The weirdest thing is being in a submarine in bad weather. They pitch and roll like crazy and when they dive it all stops and it's solid as being in a building on a foundation.