Thread: Second Anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

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John or Jan Lahr
2006-12-02 22:59:42
Below is an excerpt from December newsletter of
the Windows to the Universe program.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

Second Anniversary of South-East Asian Tsunami
by http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/bio/Roberta.htmlRoberta

December 26th brings the second anniversary of
the
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/headline_universe/earth_science/stories_2004/tsunami_news.htmlmassive
tsunami in 2004 which brought destruction and
death to many countries bordering the Indian
Ocean in response to the
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/massive
earthquake which struck that morning west of
Sumatra. Hundreds of thousands of people died in
this disaster, which brought home the destructive
power of Earth processes, and reminded us all how
important it is to teach people how to respond to
imminent natural disasters. The story of
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0118_050118_tsunami_geography_lesson.htmlTilly
Smith, who put her knowledge into action on the
beach in Phuket that morning because of a lesson
she had at school, saving many lives, reminds me
of how important your role as educators is!

The
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2006/usvcam/#summaryKuril
Islands earthquake (8.3 on the Richter scale) on
November 15, 2006, reminded us of the
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/tsunami1.htmllink
between earthquakes and tsunamis. A tsunami
warning was issued for a vast region of coastline
bordering the Pacific Ocean for a wave up to 6
feet, and many locations did observe a
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/previous.events/11.15.2006/11-15-06.htmlmeasurable
wave. Surprisingly, just the day before on
November 14, 2006, the
http://www.nytimes.com/New York Times ran an
interesting article in their Science Times
section,
"http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?resñ061FF63D5A0C778DDDA80994DE404482Ancient
Crash, Epic Wave", about research underway to
determine if ancient chevron deposits distributed
around the world record the destruction of
mega-tsunamis up to 600 feet high, in response to
the possible impacts of
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/asteroids.htmlasteroids
or
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/comets.htmlcomets.
A session at the upcoming
http://www.agu.orgAmerican Geophysical Union
(AGU) http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm06/meeting
in San Francisco, California, on December 14th
will explore the evidence linking these surface
features with great impacts. Finally, a reminder
that the Geophysical Information for Teachers
(GIFT) workshop at the AGU meeting will focus on
earthquakes and tsunamis (see partner announcement below).




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