Tsunamis and Water Quality - Is There a Correlation?

The world recently witnessed again the devastating impact of earthquakes and their aftermaths. The enormous 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile in February was followed by tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean. While the earthquake-caused tsunamis were not nearly as devastating as those that occurred in Indonesia in 2004, we once again witnessed just how catastrophic they can be.

Thankfully, the loss of life wasn't nearly as bad in the recent Chile earthquake and tsunami aftermath as what occurred in Indonesia, but the environmental impact still could be significant.

Experts point out that a variety of negative consequences can follow a tsunami. First, depending on its severity, a tsunami can cause salt water to infiltrate water wells; in addition, the flooding from tsunamis can virtually destroy many wells. In fact, according to sciencedaily.com, residents of Sri Lanka who experienced the deadly 2004 tsunami are still struggling with water quality issues caused by the devastating impact of the tsunami. Once a well has been destroyed or severely contaminated, residents are forced to secure their water someplace else, something that isn't always as easy as it sounds.

In addition to salt water contamination and the destruction of wells, tsunamis also have the potential to pollute wells and water supplies with other contaminants, thus confirming their uselessness.

Even if you live in an area that is not subject to coastal flooding, the recent earthquakes and tsunamis should remind us all of their devastating impact and of our diligence in achieving and protecting our safe water supply.

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How Dangerous Are Tsunamis, Really?

Since 2004, when the first big Tsunami occurred, we all realize how dangerous a Tsunami can be. Tsunamis are mainly caused by lifting sea floor and transferring the energy to the water. They can also be caused by underwater volcanic eruptions and even landslides.

Thousands of people lost their lives and the coastal areas were completely destroyed. The problem with a Tsunami is nobody can predict when and where it happens.

Even a strong earth quake under the sea is not predicting how much power the wave has, when the Tsunami travels thousands of kilometers on the ocean surface to an island or continent.

Even today the U.S. Geological Survey is not able to tell us the potential risk level of a Tsunami. They have data of the earthquake, but they can only assume the danger of a Tsunami. Since the Tsunami in the Indian Ocean, we know how difficult it is to predict a Tsunami and its strength or direction.

Except for the largest Tsunamis in 2004, only a few Tsunamis have giant breaking waves. Often small Tsunamis are coming to the shores and are seen as strong and fast-moving tides.

Small Tsunamis happen every day. They are very often to far away from land or they are too small to have any effect when it hits the shore.

Researches provide information that The Pacific Ocean is creating most of the worlds Tsunamis. This is because of many existing volcanic undersea eruptions and overlapping sea plates. For example other countries are affected many hours later, when a large Tsunami occurs at the deep sea of South America.

Many scientists are working hard to install a global warning system for predicting Tsunamis, but the equipment for detecting and measuring dangerous Tsunamis is not giving enough data to provide good advice.

In any case it is better to warn the population, even when the waves are small and not noticeable as a Tsunami.

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Historical Facts About Tsunamis in Indonesia

The incredible Tsunami which was triggered by the massive Sumatra Earthquake is not the first for the area. In recent history, geological history that is, another huge Earthquake and Volcano caused an even larger Tsunami.

In 1883 the Krakatoa Volcano and Earthquake sent a 120-foot high Tsunami to Java and Sumatra. Over 36,000 people died from the wave and things were a lot less populated along the coast than they are today. It was very wise thinking to put in an early warning system as obviously this is a hot zone for such activity.

Indeed we should learn from history and realize that there are many such locations on our planet, especially along the "Pacific Ring of Fire" where many human civilizations are not so safe. This most recent Tsunami and the one in 1883 ought to be showing us our vulnerabilities and we need to be thinking here and adapting our societies and civilizations to deal with such potential crisis.

One interesting thing that they are doing in Japan is alerting citizens by cell-phone at the first sign of precursory Earthquake waves. The P-waves or "Primary" waves will allow people to know just prior to an Earthquake that a shake is imminent. Such high-tech tools all working in conjunction with reverse 911 calling on a 3G wireless network and Tsunami warnings in the oceans can save tens of thousands of lives.

Since we know history and have a pretty good idea of the Geological Record we need to leverage our technologies to be pro-active in saving lives before the events occur rather than simply responding after the fact with aid and comfort after so many have perished.

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Indonesia Tsunamis Helping Unearth Valuable Titanium Resources

We all know of the big Sumatra Earthquake, which triggered a huge Tsunami killing over 200,000 people in Indonesia. We also know that there have been many more of large earthquakes since then. Four have triggered Tsunami warnings. One, did trigger another tsunami. Recently there was another huge underwater underground Earthquake, Which triggered another Tsunami Warning.

The first huge Tsunami washed away sentiments and exposed a huge titanium vein; The largest in the world in fact. Titanium is a precious metal, which is used for a number of things because it is lightweight and very strong. This finding is very important for aerospace technologies and space efforts because titanium can help us build lighter and stronger aircraft and spaceships, which can help us shield ourselves from the sun while exploring our solar system and building space colonies.

Each time the waves come or a Tsunami is generated this helps the titanium resources become available that we need. It is interesting in that something such as a Tsunami, which is so destructive and devastating can bring us such a world treasure. These additional Titanium veins indeed will help tremendously in the future and forward progression of mankind. Please consider all this in 2006.

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