Every year that passes without a tsunami means that we''re just that much closer to our next one. What can we do to ensure we''re prepared when the next catastrophic tsunami strikes?The ferocious waves of a tsunami can travel across oceans at the speed of a jet airplane. They can kill families, destroy entire cultures, and even gut nations. To understand these beasts in our waters well enough to survive them, we must understand how they''re created and learn from the past.In this book, tsunami specialists James Goff and Walter Dudley arm readers with everything they need to survive a tsunami ¿ and maybe even avoid the next one. The book takes readers on a historical journey through some of the most devastating tsunamis in human history, some of the quirky ones, and even some that may not even be what most of us think of as tsunamis. Diving into personal and scientific stories of disasters,Tsunami pulls readers into the many ways these waves can be generated, ranging from earthquakes an
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