Re: What the Tsunami Dredged Up (off topic)

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> My old Oceanography Professor used to tease the class by saying "If
> all the water goes out, do not run down the beach to stare at the
> strange and suddenly flopping fish. Run AWAY."
>
> I have thought about that quite a bit these last weeks. He was
> 'almost' but not quite kidding us all - little did he know....

In southeast Asia at least, this didn't happen, however. The... umm... part 
of the wave with a positive height arrived first. This is clearly seen in 
the two or so videotapes that have been shown on TV.