2005 tsunami project for school?

Question

ok i have make a poster board for science that has facts about the 2005 tsunami. this is exactly what my teacher gave us,

Research the tsunami of 2005. Make a poster warning people in coastal areas about tsunamis. Include causes, wave/length, destructive power. Use examples/pictures from the tsunami of 2005.

it sounded pretty easy, but the only problem is i cant find a good site for this information. it keeps saying tsunami of 2004 when i google it when its supposed to be 2005. any help? i need this done by tuesday.

Answer 1

Please read the real story and visit to my web. You can prepare for it.

It was about 6.30 am IST on 26th Dec 2004. The telephone bell rang. It was a call from Mr. R. Murugaiyan,  retired executive engineer from Tamilnadu electricity board. He asked me, if my earthquake instrument sensed any warning. I said that “No, however; I will adjust the sensitivity and see”. He said that he could see cups & saucers moving on the table. Around the same time, my daughter-in-law came from the second floor and said that she felt her cot shake. I was adjusting the sensitivity of my instrument fixed in my hall. Again another phone call from Mr. Gopal  a former project engineer of M/s Enfield, India; from Annanagar. He said he was able to see water in the bubble top water filter shaking peculiarly. Most of my friends used to call me to get the clarifications on earthquakes. I replied “I am adjusting the sensitivity of my instrument, I will contact you later”.



My instrument then started sensing the waves and it raised an alarm sound. But there was no ground motion felt by us. As, there was no ground shaking I have disconnected the sounding device and I was observing the flickering of the light in the quake alarm. Since, the frequency of the earthquake (0.5 to 15 Hz) is lower than the capacity of our vision I was able to see the flickering of the bulb. Although, I have 4 early warning instruments in my house (two imported from U.S.A. and the other two were designed by me), only my latest simplified design was adjusted to sense the earthquake on that day.



The warning signal stopped at about 6.42 A.M I.S.T. So the total warning time was 12 minutes. I never heard in the history of earthquake that the signal lasted for 12 minutes. Generally, earthquake produces shakings for a few seconds to one or two minutes only. The earthquake shakings sensed by my quake alarm for 12 minutes is very high. I was upset for a few minutes. I just thought of the concept of Richter scale. If the amplitude of shaking is low and the time of sensing was for very long time it is also equal in magnitude if the amplitude is high and the shaking is for shorter time. Therefore, I came to a conclusion that the magnitude of the earthquake sensed by my instrument is very high and should be from far away distance. As my eye was operated, I was unable to move out of my house.



Mr Chandrasekar from Ambattur called me over phone and asked about its effect. I explained him that the sea water may rise to a great height. I brought the Xerox copies of earthquake behaviours from USA library. In the book named “ earthquakes” written by Mr Bruce A Bolt, it was clearly mentioned what should be and should not be done before, during and after earthquake. It reads like this “Stay away from beaches and waterfront areas where Tsunami could strike even long after the shaking has stopped”. That day was also full moon day. The seismic activities will be more on that day. Therefore I informed the door darshan and to Sun T.V. to broadcast the alert message at 6.45 a.m. itself. One Mr. Chellappa attended the call at Door darshan T V station. He has asked me to bring the instrument to prove my claim. I explained to him my inability to move from the house. He has ignored my warning.



In Sun T.V. my call was redirected to Sun news section. I explained about my past history and I told them that I have appeared in Sun T.V. for four times and I have appeared on T.V. of other countries like Singapore and London to explain about my instrument of warning systems. But they also ignored my warning. At last the disaster took place at around 8.45 a.m. If the use of my quake alarm was properly tested and certified by the nodal agency my warning would have received its due merit.



People were unaware of the changes that took place before the earthquake that is barking of police dogs as reported by the Chennai police department; the water receded in the sea shore before the Tsunami attack at Kanniyakumari. Water in small tanks and ponds near Nagappattanam spilled out and the water became muddy. The fisher men in Malaysia got heavy catch of fishes 2 days before Tsunami attack.

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Answer 2

Edit - I'm a bone head. I thought you were saying the Pacific term for hurricane. It dawned on me after, sorry. Check NOAA website for the 2005 tsunami info. They were the ones who first discovered it and tried to warn everyone. Ignore the below post.

Here is a good link for you..

http://tsunami.gov/

Cause your using the wrong word. Use the word "Hurricane". 2005 was the most active hurricane season recorded. Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita should offer more than sufficient information and pictures for your project. Especially Katrina, the most destructive hurricane in US history. Rita was the most powerful hurricane ever recorded although it did less damage. Rita also hit the same areas as Katrina and they were just a few weeks apart. The duo completely destroyed the US Gulf Coast. Especially Mississippi although Louisiana got all the attention. The damage from Just Katrina extended from Florida all the way to Texas. It's highest water surge was over 40 feet and hit Mississippi.

The site you need for sciene information is below...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Answer 3

Well you seem to have your facts muddled.

On Dec. 26, 2004, a large tsunami struck the Indonesian coast.

In September of 2005, Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc in the Gulf Coast of the US.

You teacher seems to have made a typo. I am sure there were perhaps tsunamis in 2005, but none that received wide media coverage.