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Someone asked me what’s so bad about a 15-foot wave. Some places get them all the time.
Here’s a side view of a normal beach wave:
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A tsunami wave looks more like this (once it reaches shallow water):
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It’s more of a sudden/temporary increase in the local sea level than a wave, so it has far more weight and energy behind it.
