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A comment on Putin’s nuclear torpedo and Project Pluto. Parent comment

Re:Putin’s nuclear torpedo and Project Pluto by jessriedel on Sunday January 03, 2016 @01:19PM (#10831551)
Doesn't this say that the 1958 Tsunami was 100 ft, not 1,000 ft, in height?

> the sudden displacement of water resulted in a megatsunami that destroyed vegetation up to 1,722 feet (525 m) above the height of the bay and a wave that traveled across the bay with a crest reported by witnesses to be on the order of 98 feet (30 m) in height.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Lituya_Bay_megatsunami

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Re:Putin’s nuclear torpedo and Project Pluto by 13of40 on Sunday January 03, 2016 @01:23PM (#10831569)
Ah, you're right: "A tsunami with a record run-up height of 1720 feet..."

I guess I should read harder.

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Re:Putin’s nuclear torpedo and Project Pluto by pbowyer on Sunday January 03, 2016 @05:22PM (#10832825)
Can anyone help me out with how the run-up height is ~17x greater than the wave height? This is because the wave hits the shore and the volume of water in the wave gets squished thin, making it temporarily higher?
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