Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Video of devastated Japan, quake damage, cities swamped by tsunami
TSUNAMI'S??
Last week while we students of Mount Saint Mary College were home or on vacation enjoying our spring break, there was a devestating occurance in Japan. A tsunami hit Japan's northeast coast early friday morning killing an estimated 500 people. As I turned on my television to watch what had happened I founf myself wondering "what causes a tsunami in the first place?" According to Geology.com, A tsunami is a large ocean wave that is caused by sudden motion on the ocean floor. This sudden motion could be an earthquake, a powerful volcanic eruption, or an underwater landslide. The impact of a large meteorite could also cause a tsunami. Tsunamis travel across the open ocean at great speeds and build into large deadly waves in the shallow water of a shoreline. Above I have found a youtube clip of the devestation that occured and aftermath of this terrible tsunami.
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