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Flood-Powered Gate Automatically Raises As The Waters Rise
Deploying the improved infrastructure that will hopefully help prevent future tsunamis from devastating Japan is an expensive endeavour. So researchers are developing new and cheaper ways to protect the country, like this innovative floodgate that deploys automatically when waters come rushing in — no power or human operators required.
US Military Tested A Tsunami Bomb That Could Rival The Nuclear Bomb
We’ve all seen the destruction that tsunamis can cause. It doesn’t play around. But back in 1944, the US military wanted to play around with tsunamis in hope of creating a man made tsunami bomb — basically setting off 10 large blasts in the ocean to create a 10m tsunami that would pulverise and drown a city.
Fukushima Fish Soaked In Record Levels Of Radiation
During last year’s nuclear disaster, the deadly radiation inside Fukushima 1, became one with the surrounding environment, contaminating everything. Things aren’t getting any better. Record quantities of the deadly radioactive isotope caesium-137 have just been discovered in the fisheries around Fukushima.
Massive Dock From Japanese Tsunami Washes Up In The US
First it was a soccer ball in Alaska. Then it was a Harley Davidson in British Columbia. Now, even more debris from the Japan tsunami is showing up on the shores of North America. The latest find is a giant dock, discovered on a beach in Oregon.
Harley That Washed Up In Canada Will Be Returned To Japanese Tsunami Survivor
Here’s some news that will brighten your day: While strolling the sands of British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii Islands, a beachcomber recently found a Harley Davidson swept away in the Japan tsunami last March. He had no idea what had happened to the person it belonged to. But the story has a happy ending — the owner of the bike has been identified. And he’s alive.
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