tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post5458807059631464037..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: A tsunami in the Bristol Channel: How safe are Britain's nuclear power stations?Jonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-86863058976505011352011-03-30T22:04:58.517+01:002011-03-30T22:04:58.517+01:00Take a look at this website;
http://news.national...Take a look at this website;<br /><br />http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070507-tsunami-britain.html<br /><br />A Tsunami is a wall of water caused by an earthquake and we have had them in the UK in the past, though very rarely. We will therefore in probability have them again, it's just a case of when. A Tidal Wave is caused by the tides/ storm surges.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-71293071205898329902011-03-18T15:56:46.152+00:002011-03-18T15:56:46.152+00:00Jonathan, think of Lord Bonkers' ear trumpet: ...Jonathan, think of Lord Bonkers' ear trumpet: it concentrates energy. So does the Bristol Channel (as those of us with Somerset ancestry have to call it - we would not use a Welsh name). More energy, bigger wave - can come from more than one source: different orphans might shout up at different times.dreamingspirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324207120279777521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-81532632324932502072011-03-18T10:48:19.090+00:002011-03-18T10:48:19.090+00:00The Canary Islands tsunami risk does not seem to b...The Canary Islands tsunami risk does not seem to be that great, according to this: <br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3963563.stm<br />and this:<br />http://www.lapalma-tsunami.com/Simon Titleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-24751576534176629262011-03-18T09:58:42.149+00:002011-03-18T09:58:42.149+00:00The point is that the shape of the Mor Hafern (Sev...The point is that the shape of the Mor Hafern (Severn Sea) is of a funnel and any excepional surge will be magnified. Whether thsi is technicallya tsunamor another water event.<br /><br />There is a distinct threat of a major Atlantic tsunami triggered by a known unstable ledge in (I think) the Canary Islands. There was a Horizon programme about this a decade or so ago.Edishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852931736127760026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-54531932206379043742011-03-18T09:53:23.904+00:002011-03-18T09:53:23.904+00:00Nowhere do I mention the Severn Bore, let alone sa...Nowhere do I mention the Severn Bore, let alone say it a tsunami.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-16808516664306348352011-03-18T08:03:27.377+00:002011-03-18T08:03:27.377+00:00If you read all the way through the Wikipedia entr...If you read all the way through the Wikipedia entry for 'Bristol Channel floods, 1607', you will see that the other possible cause, a storm surge, is also there. The Severn bore happens regularly, and is not a tsunami.dreamingspirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324207120279777521noreply@blogger.com