"For those who saw video footage of it, the tsunami that hit Japan’s north coast on Friday and then moved inland with overpowering force was a terrifying sight. Three days later, this wall of water, generated by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake offshore, is blamed for thousands of deaths and untold destruction in Japan. I am neither an oceanographer nor a hydrodynamicist, but I have learned a little about the physics of tsunamis that I would like to share. More learned readers will no doubt have corrections."
NYBooks, Tom Clark: But Not to Worry, Tom Clark: Theodor Adorno: The Veil of Technology, Tom Clark: The Genie in the Bottle, The Nation: "From Hiroshima to Fukushima", Jonathan Schell, NYT: "Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami", NYT: "Map of the Damage From the Japanese Earthquake", NYT: "Video: Japan’s Natural and Nuclear Disasters"
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