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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Has anyone heard about how American troops on Diego Garcia made it through the tsunami? Diego Garcia is a major military base on an atoll in the Indian Ocean with an average elevation of four feet above sea level and a maximum elevation of only twenty-two feet. It sounds like a big wave could put the whole place under water. I read a story that said that a scientific station in Hawaii was able to warn Diego Garcia before the wave hit, but on an island like that, what can you do?
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Good question. I imagine the only answer is to try and
get everyone on a boat, if possible.
[spree: WaPo article, suggesting that tsunamis aren't so much immense waves as drastic and abrupt increases (and decreases) in water levels, which inundate everything. The anecdotal story suggests that being afloat on something seaworthy, while no guarantee for survival, probably helps your odds.]
