[Rockhounds] Maine tsunami?

[Dora Smith]

It matters what caused it.   Could have been a storm surge, and if it went 
up a narrow channel of some sort the effect might have been amplified.

There was a case, I think in the northwest, where a tsunami of some sort got 
into a narrow bay and created all sorts of weird and greatly exaggerated 
effects.
Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
tiggernut24 at yahoo.com
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Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 8:01 PM
Subject: [Rockhounds] Maine tsunami?


> Hi, Rockhounds List,
>
> A little catch-up note I've meant to post about something that  happened 
> this
> past year, that I thought would be of interest.  Although  this occurred 
> back
> in October (Oct. 28), I only heard about it a few weeks  ago when a story 
> was
> posted about it on _www.geology.com_ (http://www.geology.com)  .  You can
> find the story  on their website, or go directly to the main story posted 
> online
> about this, on  the weather.com website:
>
>
> _http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_17899.html_
> (http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_17899.html)
> So, the strange occurrence, observed by many people, was a  series of
> waves--advances and withdraws of water--in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, on  the 
> afternoon
> of Oct. 28.  At low tide, water suddenly rushed in and filled  the harbor,
> then withdrew and returned several times.  It is stated that  the water 
> rose as
> much as 12 feet within 15 minutes, causing some damage in the  harbor; if 
> it
> had not occurred at low tide, serious flooding could have  occurred.  No 
> one has
> any positive conclusion about the cause; no  earthquakes were recorded in 
> the
> area, and the possibility of a submarine  landslide, as well as
> weather-related causes, has been considered.  The  weather.com story notes 
> that a similar
> unexplained series of waves was reported  in Maine (Bass Harbor) on Jan. 
> 9,
> 1926, and in Dayton Beach FL in 1992; the  Daytona waves were attributed 
> to a
> storm system off the coast.
> Just thought you might like to hear about this--I know how people on the
> List like "strange unexplained geologic phenomena" stories.  (Don't worry, 
> lots
> of people have already blamed this on alien spacecraft.)
> best wishes to all for the New Year,
> Pete
>
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