Cool pic

Fool

Whiny Bitch

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #1

Big wave in Japan from a typhoon.

 

DocHolliday

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #2

I can't imagine how much force that water is exerting on the wall.

Btw, yes very cool pic.

 

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fibulator

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #3

uh oh

 

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zodie

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #4

any chance there's a place to find a larger version of that?

 

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Zombie

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #5

typhoon or tsunami?

 

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Detrimental

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #6

japowned!
nice pic

 

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Ceiling_Fan

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #7

ZombieAFO said:

typhoon or tsunami?

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It is a tsunami, it was caused by a typhoon.

 

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gibsonic

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #8

zodie said:

any chance there's a place to find a larger version of that?

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x2... oh and not so grainy?

 

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Yankee

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #9

 

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Ceiling_Fan

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #10

Rook out! It's GOJIRRA!!

 

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SarcaStick

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #11

Yankee said:

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ns

 

Data

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #12

That is a cool pic.

But not as cool as this one.

 

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Zombie

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #13

Ceiling_Fan said:

It is a tsunami, it was caused by a typhoon.

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tsunami's are caused by earthquakes.

 

Data

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #14

ZombieAFO said:

tsunami's are caused by earthquakes.

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Not necessarily.

 

Data

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #15

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tsunami

 

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Whiny Bitch

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #16

ZombieAFO said:

tsunami's are caused by earthquakes.

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tsunamis can be created by lots of things. Impacts, earthquakes, violent storms, poofy haired VaTech students . . .

 

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gibsonic

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #17

tsunami = large wave

but

large wave != tsunami

 

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Ceiling_Fan

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #18

ZombieAFO said:

tsunami's are caused by earthquakes.

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Data said:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tsunami

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http://linear.mv.com/cgi-bin/j-e/dosearch?sDict=on&H=PS&L=J&T=tsunami&WC=none&fg=w&S=26

Tsunami means 'Tidal Wave'.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tidal wave

Tidal Wave
An unusual, often destructive rise of water along the seashore, as from a storm or a combination of wind and high tide.

 

DocHolliday

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• Jun 25, 2004

• #19

That type of wave in the western hemisphere is caused by a storm surge. The wave itself is not given a specific name that I know of.