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	Surfing The Wave
		Tsunamis are large waves caused by the disruption of seawater.
		The Tsunami Society is a group of scientists that aims to educate society about the threat of tsunamis.
		The Tsunami Society says that models on such events - and of the postulated Las Palma event - suggest that the waves they generate do not travel as far as tsunami waves created by a major earthquake.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/tectonics-04k.html (1100 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions about Tsunamis - TeacherVision.com
		The phenomenon we call tsunami is a series of large waves of extremely long wavelength and period usually generated by a violent, impulsive undersea disturbance or activity near the coast or in the ocean.
		The tsunami waves are completely unrelated to the astronomical tides – which are caused by the extraterrestrial, gravitational influences of the moon, sun, and the planets.
		In general, the energy of tsunami waves generated from landslides or rock falls is rapidly dissipated as they travel away from the source and across the ocean, or within an enclosed or semi-enclosed body of water – such as a lake or a fjord.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /tsunami/resource/31103.html (5716 words)

	Pacific Tsunami Museum References (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Tsunami of 1946 and 1960 and the Devastation of Hilo Town.
		The Tsunami of November 4, 1952, on the Island of Hawaii, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
		Lockridge, Patricia A. Tsunamis in the Pacific basin, 1900-1983.
	www.tsunami.org /references.htm (898 words)

	The Why Files \| Defending against tsunamis
		The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center was established in Hawaii in the wake of the deadly 1946 tsunami.
		The warning systems seem to be working -- the last tsunami deaths in the United States were in 1975 -- with the exception of one person killed by a local tsunami caused by a landslide in Alaska, Whitmore says.
		Tsunami experts are trying to improve computer models of tsunami behavior so they can better anticipate how the waves move and where they strike.
	whyfiles.org /068tsunami/index.php?g=3.txt (889 words)

	Geological Society - News - Tsunami model gets cash splash
		The model will be used to better predict the impact of tsunamis around the world and help prevent the loss of life that often results from these massive waves.
		Tsunamis are usually created by earthquakes that occur at the bottom of the ocean.
		Tsunamis occur all the time — perhaps thousands each year, the majority in the Pacific Ocean — but most are too small to notice.
	www.geolsoc.org.uk /template.cfm?name=TsunamiModel (577 words)

	Protecting our Ports and Harbors Links
		Pacific Tsunami Museum - A good information source for public education, oral histories of tsunami events, and the science of tsunamis in the Pacific Basin.
		Tsunami Society - The society promotes the awareness and mitigation of tsunami hazards by sponsoring workshops, meetings, and symposia, and the publishing of the journal Science of Tsunami Hazards.
		Tsunami Field Survey Photographs - An archive of digital images maintained by Dr. Costas Synolakis of the University of Southern California, acquired during recent tsunami field surveys.
	www.csc.noaa.gov /products/tsunamis/htm/cascadia/links.htm (874 words)

	Tsunami
		A tsunami is not a single wave, but a series of waves.
		Approaching tsunamis are sometimes heralded by noticeable rise or fall of coastal water.
		A October 9, 1995 Tsunami in Mexico was not so much of a wave, as a continued rising of the ocean.
	www.pcez.com /~richard/Tsunami.htm (417 words)

	Tsunami Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tsunami Society is a research organization founded in 1982 that studies tsunamis and seeks to supply information about them to the public.
		They publish a peer-reviewed journal, Science of Tsunami Hazards.
		The stated mission of the Tsunami Society is "the dissemination of knowledge about tsunamis to scientists, officials, and the public".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tsunami_Society (90 words)

	CCALMR TSUNAMI!
		A major manifestation of CSZ earthquakes are tsunamis, large water waves generated by the seismic deformation of the sea floor.
		The rarety of CSZ tsunamis compounds the uncertainties, and has forced scientists to blend computers, fundamental laws of physics, and information from prehistoric earthquakes and tsunamis in a fairly unique way.
		Scenarios of sea floor deformation that have been used in our research are based on and generally consistent with both geological information from prehistoric tsunamis and known seismic and geological caractheristics of the CSZ fault system.
	www.ccalmr.ogi.edu /tsunami (849 words)

	Tsunami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A tsunami (pronounced /tsʊˈnɑːmi/ or /sʊˈnɑːmi/) is a series of waves created when a body of water, such as an ocean is rapidly displaced on a massive scale.
		The tsunami put an abrupt stop to population growth on the islands, and was followed by malaria epidemics and crop failures which decreased the population further.
		Tsunami was the main cause of death for Japan's worst ever volcanic disaster, due to an eruption of Mount Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tsunami (5889 words)

	Latest News #308 – Thailand
		Three months after the beaches of Thailand's Andaman Coast were hit by the tsunami of December 26, 2004, the Thailand Bible Society continues to administer holistic projects among a minority whose losses were largely overlooked by the government and the media.
		Since the tsunami destroyed many of their homes and their husbands' fishing boats, women of the Urak Lawoi minority group, also known as the sea gypsies, gather outside the local school each week to receive bags of rice and other relief material from a local church.
		The Thailand Bible Society is not only providing Scriptures for the Urak Lawoi or 'sea gypsy' community, which lost homes and livelihoods when the tsunami struck - it is also providing material and equipment to help them repair their fishing boats.
	www.biblesociety.org /latestnews/latest308-thailand.html (963 words)

	MEGA TSUNAMI HAZARDS - MEDIA COMMITEE EVALUATION - THE TSUNAMI SOCIETY
		The mission of the Tsunami Society includes "the dissemination of knowledge about tsunamis to scientists, officials, and the public".
		Most recently, the Discovery Channel has replayed a program on alleging potential destruction of coastal areas of the Atlantic by tsunami waves which might be generated in the near future by a volcanic collapse in the Canary Islands.
		We wish to provide the media with factual information so that the public can be properly informed about actual hazards of tsunamis and their mitigation.
	www.drgeorgepc.com /TsunamiMegaThreatEval.html (548 words)

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		We conducted underwater surveys of the coral reefs of the Hikkaduwa Marine Sanctuary, Unawatuna, Mirissa, and Polhena beaches, and assessed the impact of the Tsunami on terrestrial habitats in the Bundala and Yala National Parks and in the Kumana Bird Sanctuary.
		In the aftermath of the Tsunami while providing services to ensure the hygiene (drinking water, sewage and waste disposal) and health concerns of the affected people is the priority - damage to the environment and assessing ecological consequences and concerns are some of the still to be addressed issues.
		The Society is a fully incorporated non-profit, tax-exempt organization based in the U.S.A., and a fully registered voluntary social service non-governmental organization with the Ministry of Social Welfare in Sri Lanka.
	www.slwcs.org /tsunami/board-letter.htm (1857 words)

	Living and giving after the tsunami \| Society \| SocietyGuardian.co.uk
		The day after the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated Lisbon in 1755, killing perhaps 100,000 people, the Portuguese prime minister Sebastião de Melo considered the ruins of one of Europe's great cities.
		As a result, the tsunami unleashed a wave of its own: an unprecedented response from the rest of the world.
		To take one example, a report this month by Oxfam revealed that its tsunami fundraising effort alone was the largest in its history - a total of £188m, with 90% given directly by the public.
	society.guardian.co.uk /aid/comment/0,14178,1673646,00.html (729 words)

	Important.ca. Tsunami, Megatsunami and Seich Information
		Related to a tsunami is a seiche, an underwater, irregular fluctuation or rhythmic rocking of the water level of a lake.
		The highest tsunami wave ever recorded was very localized: caused by a landslide in Lituya Bay, Alaska in 1958, a tsunami more than 500 m high stripped trees and soil from the steep walls of a fjord.
		Aside from some large tsunamis in Alaska, including one 520 m high, the last megatsunami to hit a populated area is believed to have occurred 4,000 years ago.
	www.important.ca /tsunami_megatsunami_seiche.html (1500 words)

	TSUNAMI SYMPOSIUM - MAY 25-27, 1999, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - Sponsored by The Tsunami Society
		Tsunamis may be the most devastating source of economic damage caused by asteroid impacts.
		The most remarkable difference of tsunami characteristics due to a landslide and an earthquake is the movement of the source region.
		Tsunami run-up and recurrence may be reconstructed from sediment sequences in near-coastal lakes.
	www.drgeorgepc.com /TsunamiSymposium99.html (7600 words)

	Washington DGER: Tsunamis
		Tsunamis are generated when these geologic events cause large, rapid movements in the sea floor that displace the water column above.
		In 1946, a tsunami was initiated by an earthquake in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska; in less than 5 hours, it reached Hawaii with waves as high as 55 feet and killed 173 people.
		That 1964 event was the most recent significant tsunami to reach the Washington coast, but recent geologic investigations indicate that large tsunamis have struck our coast many times in the last few thousand years.
	www.dnr.wa.gov /geology/hazards/tsunami.htm (626 words)

	Asia Society Tsunami Response Project
		Asia Society Tsunami Response Project was established in the aftermath of the catastrophic December 26 tsunami that affected a dozen countries and devastated the lives of millions in Asia and Africa.
		Asia Society is committed to educating the public on the long-term political, economic, social, cultural and environmental effects of the tsunami on the countries of Asia, and on the future of U.S.-Asia relations.
		The Asia Society is not a relief organization, and has no affiliation with local relief organizations involved in tsunami relief.
	www.asiasociety.org /resources/tsunami/index.html (321 words)

	Asia Insights : Tsunami Disaster
		Kelana was washed away by the Tsunami and he rode with the wave for two kilometers.
		The gallery of his paintings presented at the NIAS Tsunami pages is from the NIAS Press’ electronic archives, which now has the only copies of his paintings.
		Below is a list of Nordic researchers and other Asia specialists who are willing to contribute with their expertise for analyses and comments on the consequences of the Tsunami disaster and other relevant issues.
	www.niaslinc.dk /gateway_to_asia/Asia_insights/Tsunami_disaster.asp (1174 words)

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		Tsunami is a nationally recognized fanzine created and maintained by the Terrapin Anime Society.
		Tsunami is completely non-profit and only seeks to bring up to date anime news and give voice to the common anime fan.
		Each issue of Tsunami is created through the volunteer efforts of current and past TAS members, as well as many outside artists and anime fans not affiliated with TAS or the University of Maryland.
	www.studentorg.umd.edu /tas/tsunami/index.shtml (165 words)

	Surfing the Wave :: Astrobiology Magazine - beginning study of life - Origin - evolution - life beyond Earth - Universe ...
		Summary (Sep 13, 2004): A tsunami, a series of large waves caused by the disruption of seawater, is one of the many hazards of living on Earth.
		Bill McGuire, Director of the Benfield Hazard Research Centre, says that a mega-tsunami could cause death and destruction to both the eastern and western Atlantic coasts.
		The Tsunami Society says that models on such events -- and of the postulated Las Palma event -- suggest that the waves they generate do not travel as far as tsunami waves created by a major earthquake.
	www.astrobio.net /news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1194&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 (1104 words)

	Best Friends Animal Society - Best Friends Tsunami Animal Relief Fund
		The very day the tsunami struck, 20,000 turtle hatchlings were due to be released into the sea.
		On the HSI Asia web site (www.hsiasia.org), the story is told of the two dolphins in Thailand--a story many of us have followed, from the time the dolphins were washed by the tsunami into a newly created body of water seven meters deep, from which they could not find their way out.
		A founder of Soi Dog died in the tsunami while helping others, and some of their volunteers have died or been injured.
	www.bestfriends.org /allthegoodnews/tsunami_relief_fund.cfm (887 words)

	Science and Technology - Earth Science (Seismology) Tsunami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This living memorial to those who lost their lives in past tsunami events promotes public education about tsunamis for the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Region.
		This publication of the Tsunami Society posts the latest scientific writings on the subject of tidal waves and their hazards.
		The Tsunami Society promotes awareness and mitigation of tsunami hazards by teaching scientists, officials and the public about the phenomenon.
	www.centerofweb.com /scitech/earth_geo_tsunami.htm (377 words)

	ISDR: Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning
		PMEL is actively involved in tsunami research and implements a large-scale programme of deep-sea tide gauges for tsunami detection in the open ocean.
		An ad hoc committee of tsunami researchers has developed this web site to provide policymakers, scientists and the general public access to the outcomes of tsunami research.
		The Tsunami Society publishes the ‘Science of Tsunami Hazards’, a peer-reviewed journal dealing with tsunami research.
	www.unisdr.org /ppew/tsunami/what-is-tsunami/backinfor-projects.htm (187 words)

	Yapirehberi.net Tsunami
		General tsunami information, including an explanation of the Tsunami Warning System, is presented along with more province-specific information, such as the tsunami threat to British Columbia.
		Tsunami warning status messages posted by tsunami warning centers throughout the Pacific, maintained by the Department of Meteorology at the University of Hawaii.
		Tsunami Information Warning signs, precaution measures, emergency telephone numbers (Hawaii), evacuation zone maps; all pertaining to Hawaii.
	www.yapirehberi.net /tsunami.htm (537 words)

	Scientists: Volcano could swamp U.S. with mega-tsunami
		The Tsunami Society, an international association of experts, dismisses such theories as "scaremongering." It argues Cumbre Vieja would not collapse in a single block and the wave generated would be much smaller.
		Charles Mader, editor of the Science of Tsunami Hazards journal and an expert on wave modeling, predicts that even in the event of a massive landslide on La Palma the tsunami reaching North America would be no more than 1 meter high.
		He ranks tsunami risk as second only to global warming in the hazards facing the planet.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-01/05/content_406096.htm (722 words)

	India Together: Restructuring society, post-tsunami - 3 June 2005
		One explanation for women dying in larger numbers is that many men were out fishing at sea, where the waves passed over the waters relatively calmly, while the women were on the shores waiting for the catch.
		All over Tamilnadu (TN), concerned individuals and civil society groups are trying to redress not just existing gender inequities, but new aspects of inequities that have become accentuated by the tsunami tragedy.
		In another instance, the Society gave a woman a cheque for Rs 10,000, but it was made out in the name of her dead husband.
	www.indiatogether.org /2005/jun/wom-aftertsu.htm (1448 words)

	La Palma Tsunami, The mega-hyped tidal wave story - Canary Islands
		The Tsunami Society, a group of leading Tsunami scientists, have published a special news bulletin to counteract the incorrect and misleading information being published by, among others, the Horizon program.
		Recent numerical modelling studies, forecasting mega tsunami generation from postulated, massive slope failures of Cumbre Vieja in La Palma, Canary Islands, and Kilauea, in Hawaii, have been based on incorrect assumptions of volcanic island slope instability, source dimensions, speed of failure and tsunami coupling mechanisms.
		Mega tsunami generation, even from the larger slope failures of island stratovolcanoes, is extremely unlikely to occur.
	www.lapalma-tsunami.com /reactions.html (1330 words)

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		Journal of Hydraulic Research, "Tsunamis Occurring on the Mexican Coast in the Pacific Ocean from 1732 to 1902", Vol.
		Beringhausen, W.H., "Tsunamis and Seismic Seiches Reported from the Eastern Atlantic South of the Bay of Biscay, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol.
		Beringhausen, W.H., Tsunamis and Seismic Seiches Reported from Regions Adjacent to the Indian Ocean, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol.
	www.ngdc.noaa.gov /seg/cdroms/Seismicity_v1/data/supplmnt/tsunamis/tsunami.ref (2440 words)

	Best Friends Animal Society - Tsunami Update January 15, 2005
		It was treated for shock and dehydration and then adopted by delighted villagers who had survived the fl Sunday but lost all their livestock.
		The turtle was severely dehydrated and had a wound in the abdomen area.
		But as food aid is now starting to flow, food should trickle to the dogs through people being able to share more and through scavaging.
	www.bestfriends.org /allthegoodnews/tsunami_update_011505.cfm (838 words)

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