Mexicanic Waves

The 2nd Wave: Surf’s Up (Yancey, “The 5th Wave”). A metal rod twice as tall as the Empire State Building and three times as heavy was dropped on fault lines in the ocean, close to coastlines (Yancey, “The 5th Wave” 45). The rod hit the surface with a force one billion times times greater than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Yancey, “The 5th Wave” 45).

Since these earthquakes are caused by tectonic plate movement therefore displacing the ocean floor they are almost always accompanied by massive ocean waves, sometimes reaching heights of over 100 ft and reaching speeds of 500 mph, known as seismic sea waves or more commonly known as Tsunamis4. Alongside the catastrophic events that megathrust earthquakes ensue on an affected region these colossal Tsunami waves further destruct costal lines in their path, sometimes reaching many miles inland.

Luckily for the crew of the vessel was able to make it out alive and actually report their encounter with a 100 foot wave. This trip led to finding the largest wave ever scientifically recorded in the open ocean. The next account comes from a very reliable source, Ernest Shackleton. Shackleton rode on a ship called Endurance; it was on this ship that Shackleton would venture to Antarctica where he would come across a wave so large he thought he was looking at the sky. He was lucky to have made it out alive from this storm. Casey next talks about the 850-foot cargo ship München, this ship was built to be unsinkable it was the German Merchant Navy’s state of the art flagship. To everyone’s surprise an S.O.S. message was received that the ship had suffered great damage from a wave. Even with 110 ships and 13 aircrafts looking for it, it was never found. In 1933, a naval officer aboard the USS Ramapo saw a huge wave in the Pacific and made some trigonometric calculations that estimated the wave to be about 112 feet high. On January 1, 1995 Statoil’s Draupner oil-drilling platform were being hit by large waves 38 feet tall, then a huge 85 foot wave hit the rig causing moderate damage to the platform. This was the first confirmed measurement of a rogue wave. In 1982 the Ocean Ranger was struck by a wave which destroyed the rig and left no survivors. The rig was built to withstand 110-foot seas and 115-mile per hour winds, it was deemed indestructible. The wave that hit it took it as a challenge and sank the whole rig instantly killing 84 people who were onboard. On March, 1973 two bulk carriers were lost within one hour of each other in the same span of the North

Sound is apart of our everyday lives. Regardless of if it's the sound of a leaking water faucet, the tapping of a pencil or even the whistling of wind, we’re surrounded by the physics of sound at all times. Sound waves come in various

Earthquakes are caused when rock at an underground fault breaks. This release of energy causes seismic waves (Endsley). There are P waves, S waves, and surface waves (Hogan). This is the main cause of earthquakes, though there has been a few, rare occurrences

The 2004 Indian Ocean and Tsunami, everyone has heard about this tragic experience before. It is the third-largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph and had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. A Tsunami is a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance. For the book, Wave, there was family of four where the brother, mom and dad went to Thailand to spend their winter break. The daughter had decided to spend her winter break in New York City. In Thailand, there was a Tsunami that had struck the resort where the family had been staying at. The dad and his son went out to go and help others while the mom stayed back in the hotel lobby. Or what was left of it.

Waves are mainly caused by wind, wind-driven waves, are created by the friction between wind and surface water (NOAA, 2014). However, waves can also be influenced and created by hazardous weather, hurricanes and storms can create a storm surge. Storm surge waves are a series of long waves that are created far from shore in deeper water and intensify as they move closer to land (NOAA, 2014). The most deadly waves, are formed underwater and displace large amounts of water quickly. They are caused by disturbances such as earthquakes, landslides, or volcanic eruptions (NOAA, 2014). These type of colossal waves are known as tsunamis (NOAA, 2014). Waves are constantly changing in most coastlines depending on weather and underwater activity. It is difficult to lay down a type of wave that occurs in Cap Blanc year round, but reports of tsunamis have not been found

This paper will discuss the physics and warning systems of tsunamis, a destructive wave force that researchers have been studying for many years. Tsunamis are different than tides or surface waves because undersea earthquakes, instead of winds or the gravitational pull of the moon or sun, generate them. They can reach speeds of up to 700 kilometers per hour but can be undetected until they reach shallow water, then unexpectedly arise as deadly waves.

Tsunami is a Japanese term meaning, "harbour wave". Large waves produced by an earthquake can affect nearby coastal areas in minutes. Tsunamis can also travel thousands of kilometers across the ocean and cause mass destruction on far shores hours after the earthquake created them. Most tsunami are caused by large earthquakes on the seafloor when rock move past each other suddenly, causing the overlying water to move. Tsunamis happen when slabs of rock move past each other suddenly, causing the water on top to move. The resulting is severe waves moving away from the earthquake.

The devastation of storm waves and storm surges is tragic, but it pales in comparison to the damage and destruction caused by tsunamis. Unlike a storm wave or storm surge, a tsunami is not the result of a storm. Rather, it is caused by an underwater earthquake,

There are several disasters that disturbs the Earth surface. When it comes to powerful force waves, tsunamis got the highest. Most likely tsunamis occur due to earthquakes that alter the ocean floor. Furthermore, the waves increase height by the friction of the sea beds being drag. So, the waves get steeper and steeper, finally, it breakdowns into a surf. In instance, one of the most devastated tsunami happened in Hilo, Hawaii in 1946.

Electromagnetic radiation is good for us humans because it helps us in many ways. One example on why electromagnetic radiation is good for us is the uses it helps us with. Uses like medical x-rays, observing the internal structure of objects, airport security scanners, and killing cancer cells. As it states in Ck12, Electromagnetic Spectrum. Therefore, in our daily lives, we use many different radiation waves without even knowing. Electromagnetic radiation describes and ranges the wavelengths of all light going from radio waves to gamma rays. Electromagnetic radiation is good for us humans, although they have disadvantages, there are more good uses of electromagnetic radiation than bad uses of electromagnetic radiation. Another

It is widely known that the rogue wave (freak wave, killer wave, and Peregrine solitons) is a kind of wave with a singular, rare, and high amplitude, which causes a dramatic impact on living life. Generally speaking, the rogue waves usually have deep holes and high crest, and the deep holes occur before and after the large crest. It has been pointed out that the freak waves have been a part of marine folklore for centuries by Lawton. (-- removed HTML --) (-- removed HTML --) 1 (-- removed HTML --) (-- removed HTML --) Nowadays, there are various consensus on the existence of rogue waves in the ocean. (-- removed HTML --) (-- removed HTML --) 2–4 (-- removed HTML --) (-- removed HTML --) Rogue waves are extraordinarily high and steep isolated waves, which appear suddenly in a calm sea and disappear in a rush. (-- removed HTML --) (-- removed HTML --) 5 (-- removed HTML --) (-- removed HTML --) Rogue waves always occur suddenly, unlike the tsunami caused by typhoons and earthquakes which can be predicted a couple hours or days early, and bring about heavy tragedies. Since the 1970s, rogue waves have been observed and studied. Recently, a considerable amount of attention has been paid to rogue waves, and many research studies have been carried out for its' explanation by theoretical models and experimental observations. (-- removed HTML --) (-- removed HTML --) 6–9 (-- removed HTML --) (-- removed HTML --) At present, it has not been possible to fully understand the

An earthquake is a vibration of the Earths surface that follows a release of energy in the Earths crust. There are various ways this energy is released. Manmade explosions, dislocation of segments of the crust or volcanic eruptions are all triggers for an Earthquake; however, most are caused by a slippage of faults. A fault is a fracture in the Earths crust along which two blocks of the crust have slipped within one another.

The term "tsunami" was internationally adopted in 1963 to describe this phenomenon. The word is a combination of two Japanese characters, tsu (harbor) and nami (wave). Tsunamis may be mistakenly referred to as "tidal waves," a misnomer, since tides have nothing to do with tsunami formation. A tsunami is a series of ocean waves caused by a rapid and large-scale disturbance of the sea water. Most tsunamis are caused by earthquakes, but they may also be generated by volcanic eruptions, landslides, undersea slumps or meteor impacts ("NOAA reacts," 2004).