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06-01-2005, 02:19 AM

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"Tim Challenger" wrote in message
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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.
Do you object to the name "slow worm"? Or toadstool? (to add the gardening
topic).

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Tim C.

If the uninitiated don't know what a tsunami is by now, then all I can say
is they'd best stay uninitiated and perhaps not travel to the south seas.

Tidal waves are caused by the sun and moon's effect on the earths gravity
and therefore predictable to a certain degree.
Waves caused by earthquakes, volcanoes and hurricanes are not predictable
and therefore cannot be called tidal.