The Why Files | Waving, not drowning

Tsunamis
POSTED 30 JULY 1998

Credits

* George Curtis
professor emeritus of oceanography
University of Hawaii
president
Tsunami Society

Paul Whitmore
assistant director
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, Palmer, Alaska

Harry Yeh
professor of civil engineering
University of Washington

*denotes fact-checker

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