"Tim Challenger" wrote in message
news:1104838745.68a636cbd747e5fb5e2516c27b1790a8@t eranews...
On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:25:36 +0000, Lazarus Cooke wrote:


We have a term for it too Tidal Wave.

That's the trouble. It was misleading. A tsunami has nothing at all to
do with tides, and that's why they changed it.

L

At least it indicates that it's a wave, whereas the word "tsunami" tells
the uninitiated naff-all.

What happened to the term "episodic wave"? I haven't heard that one for a
while. I don't know if it's technically different to a tsunami or tidal wave
or both, but then I don't suppose it makes a lot of difference if you're
30ft under it all of a sudden.

Steve