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The ocean is missing...!! (Original Post) kentuck Sep 2017 OP
This is how Sharknado began. Baitball Blogger Sep 2017 #1
Holy Crap.. HipChick Sep 2017 #2
Folks in Barbados and St Vincent said something about this malaise Sep 2017 #3
wow bench scientist Sep 2017 #4
Makes sense.......... MyOwnPeace Sep 2017 #5
I hope people don't wander out too far... lame54 Sep 2017 #6
I just went out for a walk and an ocean came over me... kentuck Sep 2017 #7
that caught a lot of people unaware in that Pacific tsunami a few years ago. TeamPooka Sep 2017 #10
I remember reading that when the ocean suddenly receded Tanuki Sep 2017 #20
Article said that the water will come back gradually, Ilsa Sep 2017 #27
This happened in Georges when I was in the Keys. cwydro Sep 2017 #8
That is what happened in Japan and in the Indian Ocean BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #9
That's what I was remembering... SalviaBlue Sep 2017 #11
Unbelievable - Amazing packman Sep 2017 #12
Oh, that water will be back. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #13
This is pretty alarming. PatrickforO Sep 2017 #14
I'm pretty sure the effect has an explanation. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2017 #15
If TV has taught me anything, The Professor was usually right JDC Sep 2017 #18
See? Sea level rise is a hoax! All a hoax, I tell ya. tclambert Sep 2017 #16
That is crazy JDC Sep 2017 #17
Yikes! Those people in the video need to get off the ocean floor. CottonBear Sep 2017 #19
This is how a TSUNAMI STARTS... yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #21
Oh, wow, that happened to Mobile Bay during Frederic. nt. Mariana Sep 2017 #22
Stunning. highplainsdem Sep 2017 #23
I have friends who live on Bonaire and she posted a photo mnhtnbb Sep 2017 #24
must be what ancient people were used to when sea lvl was 40 feet lower. If it doesn't come back- Sunlei Sep 2017 #25
This happens during tsunamis, right? bathroommonkey76 Sep 2017 #26
The water will come back... Snackshack Sep 2017 #28
Does anyone know if the water has returned? kentuck Sep 2017 #29
I have not seen anything Snackshack Sep 2017 #30
Cool Dem2 Sep 2017 #31

malaise

(267,788 posts)
3. Folks in Barbados and St Vincent said something about this
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 07:16 PM
Sep 2017

earlier in the week but I could not understand - that video helps - this is a monster hurricane

TeamPooka

(24,155 posts)
10. that caught a lot of people unaware in that Pacific tsunami a few years ago.
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 08:10 PM
Sep 2017

the water from the beaches emptied and they started filming it instead of running to higher ground.

Tanuki

(14,893 posts)
20. I remember reading that when the ocean suddenly receded
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 10:02 PM
Sep 2017

in the tsunami, fish were flopping around on the beach where there had been shallow water only moments before. Many local people ran to scoop up an easy catch and were engulfed when the huge wave came rushing back in .

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
27. Article said that the water will come back gradually,
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 11:13 PM
Sep 2017

Probably by Sunday afternoon. This was video'ed earlier today. The expert said it should not return like a tsunami.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
8. This happened in Georges when I was in the Keys.
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 07:38 PM
Sep 2017

The side I was on suffered a huge surge. Folks on the other side later told me that all the water was gone during that time.

Trust me, it comes back.

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
9. That is what happened in Japan and in the Indian Ocean
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 07:41 PM
Sep 2017

after giant earthquakes caused massive tsunamis. The locals knew it was serious but the tourists flocked to the beaches out of curiousity.

PatrickforO

(14,514 posts)
14. This is pretty alarming.
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 08:42 PM
Sep 2017

Climate change producing storms so strong we can no longer predict their effects.

I'm thinking we need to send Senator Inhofe down to Miami. He can wait out on the beach until the hurricane comes in and then try to find a snowball...

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,884 posts)
15. I'm pretty sure the effect has an explanation.
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 09:06 PM
Sep 2017

The storm system is an area of low air pressure. Like all low pressure systems in the northern hemisphere, it is rotating counterclockwise. As the air pressure drops, so does the weight of the atmosphere sitting on that part of the ocean. The sea level goes up beneath the hurricane. It's like a rising tide. Nearby water is pulled into that area of rising sea level, so the water level drops in the adjacent regions as the water goes to where it is wanted.

When the region of low air pressure passes, the air pressure will go back up, the weight of the air on the ocean beneath will increase, and the sea level will drop. As the sea level drops, the water will return to the nearby regions. The sea level in those nearby regions will increase again.

I think Bernoulli would have argued that as the reason. He was around in, what, the 18th century? I can't look it up right now.

In addition to Bernoulli, I think the professor would have offered this to Gilligan as the explanation.

It's not climate change, just physics.

A tsunami is caused by shifting plates in the earth's mantle (right? Again, I can't look it up now, due to my connection's being so slow.) It's a different thing entirely. That comes about from the propagation of a shock wave.

Just a guess.

tclambert

(11,080 posts)
16. See? Sea level rise is a hoax! All a hoax, I tell ya.
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 09:07 PM
Sep 2017

Like Bill O'Reilly said, "The tide comes in, the tide goes out. Nobody knows why."


mnhtnbb

(31,316 posts)
24. I have friends who live on Bonaire and she posted a photo
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 10:31 PM
Sep 2017

showing the sea level way out from where it normally is on the beach at the complex where they live.

My husband and I have been there a couple of times ourselves, so I recognize what she is saying that
the water level on their beach seems very low!

And Bonaire is way south of the path of Irma, not far from the coast of South America.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
25. must be what ancient people were used to when sea lvl was 40 feet lower. If it doesn't come back-
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 10:39 PM
Sep 2017

those countries got a whole lot larger

Snackshack

(2,540 posts)
30. I have not seen anything
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 06:37 PM
Sep 2017

Yet.

Once the center of the hurricane passes the water will come back as the backside of the storm rolls thru.

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