Thunderbirds are ... oops
Jan. 5th, 2020 02:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrOk, Thundrebirds has never been strong on science but this time the writers really blew it.
They have a tsunami. Ok, those happen. but they have it endangering ships in mid-ocean!!!
sorry guys but tsunamis are only dangerous when they hit shallow water. In mid-ocean they are just a gentle *very long* swell.
If not, we'd lose hundreds of ships every time one happened.
Also, as anybody who's seen video of one knows, they aren't this huge *breaking* wave. More like a tidal bore.
They have a tsunami. Ok, those happen. but they have it endangering ships in mid-ocean!!!
sorry guys but tsunamis are only dangerous when they hit shallow water. In mid-ocean they are just a gentle *very long* swell.
If not, we'd lose hundreds of ships every time one happened.
Also, as anybody who's seen video of one knows, they aren't this huge *breaking* wave. More like a tidal bore.
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Date: 2020-01-05 02:50 pm (UTC)I wonder if the scriptwriter(s) was thinking about rogue waves, which do affect craft on the open ocean.
Anyway, where are you seeing new Thunderbirds episodes?