tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post2858454166499094263..comments2024-03-29T16:49:36.066+13:00Comments on Timespanner: Tsunami at Chatham Island, 1868Timespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-62135141126677314632018-04-10T13:44:23.685+12:002018-04-10T13:44:23.685+12:00Take a look at Papers Past for starters, Chloe, an...Take a look at Papers Past for starters, Chloe, and perhaps give NIWA a go.<br />Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-54916377825687116462018-04-10T07:50:20.486+12:002018-04-10T07:50:20.486+12:00Hi I'm Chloe. I am doing a school project on t...Hi I'm Chloe. I am doing a school project on tsunamis and I would love to hear any other facts or news about this tsunami. Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03699636275438404766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-20685029361678344462011-03-20T11:48:02.951+13:002011-03-20T11:48:02.951+13:00yeah i'm of the 'tidal wave' era... Ts...yeah i'm of the 'tidal wave' era... Tsunami [as i recall] became known to me mid 70's i guess.<br /><br />SandySandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-50212390692773399552011-03-20T10:28:03.714+13:002011-03-20T10:28:03.714+13:00Tsunamis have been around since the tectonic plate...Tsunamis have been around since the tectonic plates started their slow dance across the face of this magma ball of ours, Andrew. Yes indeed, they were often mis-termed "tidal waves" through most of last century, although the name "tsunami" appears to have entered English, straight from the Japanese, around 1897. The derivation, according to the online etymologies, is "Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-62523002136252434222011-03-20T10:22:47.826+13:002011-03-20T10:22:47.826+13:00Tsunamis were around before they had a name. Not s...Tsunamis were around before they had a name. Not so long ago we probably would have called them tidal waves, when they had nothing to do with tides.The eastern coast of Chatham Islands looks designed to embrace a tsunami from Chile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-38471300467353112682011-03-19T13:50:17.958+13:002011-03-19T13:50:17.958+13:00Neither Chile nor Japan ...Neither Chile nor Japan ...Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-16161395734175439602011-03-19T13:25:44.091+13:002011-03-19T13:25:44.091+13:00Nice post.
As an aside...here is a pic of the dry...Nice post.<br /><br />As an aside...<a href="http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/tsunamis/3/4" rel="nofollow">here is a pic of the dry dock at Lyttelton </a>having water spill over due to the 1960 Chile Tsunami... hmmm who wants to live in Chile!Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.com