The Tsunami Threat.
Jerry Adler and Mary Carmichael.
- Newsweek, 2005.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 2, Science, 1522-3264; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: The Tsunami Threat, Jan. 10, 2005; pp. 40-44.
"They are among the rarest of natural disasters, and the stealthiest, hiding the energy of a hydrogen bomb in an almost invisible swell. They are as hard to predict as the earthquakes that cause them, which is to say, virtually impossible. Tsunamis actually represent a double uncertainty, because they depend on essentially unknowable factors such as the exact topography of the seabed at the epicenter of a quake." (NEWSWEEK) This article discusses the difficulty in predicting earthquakes and the tsunamis they may cause.