[Kosh]

If you're on land and you see a tsunami heading your way, would it be possible to somehow survive it?

[Galemp]

Well, the antimatter warhead washes over shields a little, so as long as it isn't too close to the center of the blast, a fighter or bomber has a good chance of surviving detonation.

[ssmit132]

I don't think that's quite what he meant...

[General Battuta]

You might be able to shoot it down if you had something with reasonable firepower handy, but the blast wave might still get you.

[Scotty]

Well, if you're on land, it'll be a bit harder to avoid the shockwave.  Best hope is to intercept it fairly high in the atmosphere.

[StarSlayer]

Not to mention the shock wave will be several order of magnitudes more powerful in atmosphere.  That said I can't recall if a GTM-3 warhead explodes with full force if it is intercepted before it strikes the target?

[Scotty]

It may be more powerful, but I'm fairly sure it'll be smaller.  Hence, intercepting it at a higher altitude is a good idea.

[Hippo]

don't forget to press B

[Klaustrophobia]

We interrupt this hijack to bring the thread back to the original topic.

If you see the water receding prior to the tsunami, you have time to outrun it, but otherwise you're pretty much screwed.

We now return you to your thread hijack in progress.  Thank you for your patience.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Original topic answer:  Yes if you see it you can already be above the level it effects.

Fun topic answer:  Counter it with a Typhoon just offshore.  That should draw the water up to cool the engines thus reducing the impact to land (at least until it leaves or heads inland)

[Galemp]

Fun topic answer:  Counter it with a Typhoon just offshore.  That should draw the water up to cool the engines thus reducing the impact to land (at least until it leaves or heads inland)

[Redstreblo]

I see a lot of responses about diverting the path of the tsunami with explosive force. The tsunami would then reverse course and threaten another section of land and on and on.

With all these waves being thrown about the oceans will become very rough and all ships will be doomed. I cannot think of all the consequences of an action like this... world wide destruction perhaps as a tsunami approaches all land at the same time and the world gets flooded and all will die.

[mister J]

I guess it depends on how large the tsunami is going to be. You can go up a building or something or just run towards higher ground but if it's going to be a tsunami of cataclysmic proportions that isn't going to help.

as an aside, guess where we were when the Indian Ocean Tsunami struck?

that's right, swimming in the ocean. In South East Asia. We were wondering at the time why the hell the water was rising and falling weird (it actually caused nausea for me) and we went home and saw these news reports about how thousands of people died. My father and I looked at each other and were like FFFFFFFUUUUUUUU

Thankfully for us the nearby islands kinda absorbed the tsunami's impact and we didn't even get anything worthwhile.

[General Battuta]

I see a lot of responses about diverting the path of the tsunami with explosive force. The tsunami would then reverse course and threaten another section of land and on and on.

With all these waves being thrown about the oceans will become very rough and all ships will be doomed. I cannot think of all the consequences of an action like this... world wide destruction perhaps as a tsunami approaches all land at the same time and the world gets flooded and all will die.

A ha ha ha.

You are missing the joke, my friend. Go to FreeSpace Wiki, type in 'Tsunami'.

And your concerns are misguided, tsunamis are barely noticeable out at sea.

[Kosh]

Nice to know, but what about something like this?

[Flipside]

I believe most victims of Tsunami are killed by either being thrown against something during the initial impact, or being dragged away by the backwash currents. High Ground is the obvious, and probably most effective solution.

[Bobboau]

actually I think most are killed by the sudden loss of infrastructure.

[Flipside]

Probably, yes, if you consider that many Tsunami tend to take place in places that have a weak infrastructure to start with, you are most likely right to say more have been killed by the effects of the Tsunami than the wave itself. That said, the initial impact, I think, is the concern here, we are assuming that this is a first-world country with the ability to react post-disaster? Bobboau's right that it does make a lot of difference.

[Kosh]

I believe most victims of Tsunami are killed by either being thrown against something during the initial impact, or being dragged away by the backwash currents. High Ground is the obvious, and probably most effective solution.

But sometimes there isn't enough time to get to the high ground. Tsunami's travel very fast. So if you get caught up in one, are there any ways to gaurentee you'll live?

[General Battuta]

I believe most victims of Tsunami are killed by either being thrown against something during the initial impact, or being dragged away by the backwash currents. High Ground is the obvious, and probably most effective solution.

But sometimes there isn't enough time to get to the high ground. Tsunami's travel very fast. So if you get caught up in one, are there any ways to gaurentee you'll live?

No.