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Old 12-28-2004, 09:12 PM   #64 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Stompy
Does anyone have a link to video or pictures of a real Tsunami? I'm searching on google and turning up empty handed..

I'd love to see a tidal wave in action... these things have to be MASSIVE for it to do that much damage.

Comparing real life to Hollywood is never a good thing, but are they anything like the waves in that Deep Impact movie (I'm assuming that one was over exaggerated.. or prob because an asteroid hit the ocean)? Where it just rose up out of the sea like that and crashed inland?
Look on CNN.com. They have a bunch of videos (most interviews and such) that have clips of the waves hitting interspersed. Its unbelievable... Dont expect anything like a giant hollywood-style cresting wave crashing down on a city, its more like a massive storm surge moving very fast. Still amazing to watch this wall of water was across the land.
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