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    Wave Goodbye!: Simple Tsunami Mitigation
    Wave Goodbye!: Simple Tsunami Mitigation
    Wave Goodbye!: Simple Tsunami Mitigation
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    Wave Goodbye!: Simple Tsunami Mitigation

    By John LeRoux

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    There is a simple and inexpensive way to stop tsunamis. Just release air in its path. This book explains this concept in 5 different ways and suggests 6 ways of weakening tsunamis. And storm surges. And hurricanes?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press
    Release dateApr 20, 2017
    ISBN9781504378420
    Wave Goodbye!: Simple Tsunami Mitigation
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    John LeRoux

    John is a retired letter carrier living in Hawaii. He likes to analyze the math behind the news and solve unsolvable problems!

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      Wave Goodbye! - John LeRoux

      Copyright © 2017 John LeRoux.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Balboa Press

      A Division of Hay House

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.balboapress.com

      1 (877) 407-4847

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. The author of this particular book is primarily interested in your physical well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

      ISBN: 978-1-5043-7841-3 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5043-7842-0 (e)

      Balboa Press rev. date: 04/19/2017

      CONTENTS

      Preface

      Chapter One The Set-Up

      Spoiler Alert

      The Birth of an Idea

      My Theory—Tides Versus Tsunamis

      Figure 1—Energy Flow into a High Tide

      Figure 2—Energy Flow in a Tsunami

      About This Book

      Chapter Two This is Not a Science Book

      Disclaimers and Generalizations

      Well Known Numbers

      Figure 3—Tsunami Velocity and Wavelength

      Figure 4—A Newton’s Cradle

      Why Has No One Thought of This?

      Chapter Three Understanding Waves

      A Layman’s View

      The Size of the Problem

      Figure 5—A Section of Beach Before the Wave

      Figure 6—An Inundated Beach

      Wave Energy Per Cubic Meter

      My Theory—Tsunamis Aren’t Noticed at Sea

      Modeling a Wave

      Chapter Four A Line in the Sand / Proof of Concept

      The Size of the Problem

      Add Some Bubbles

      One Bubble Rises One Meter

      Let’s Play Follow the Liter

      The Multiple Is

      The Sideways Proof

      Believe Your Eyes

      Figure 7—A Wave Dies Out Near the Beach

      My Theory—The Top Passes the Bottom

      Chapter Five Am I Serious?

      Climate Science

      Kitchen Sink Science

      Chapter Six Braking Waves

      Boats With Air Compressors

      Tanks of Air Dropped From Boats

      Dedicated Air Pipeline

      Tanks Stored on the Ocean Floor

      Depth Charges

      Retrofit Current Infrastructure

      Figure 8—Mayor Canute Re-enacts His Heroic Act—Saving the Town of Port Dockport Beach

      Chapter Seven We Look at Tsunamis Differently

      My Theory—Wave Speed Vs. a Falling Object

      An Untouched Wave

      Tiny Bubbles

      Chapter Eight The Aleutian Earthquake of 1946

      My Theory: The 1946 Tsunami.

      We Could Have Done Better

      Chapter Nine Seawalls are Sometimes Worse Than Nothing

      Chapter Ten Storm Surges

      Wave Trains

      Saving Lives

      Chapter Eleven Hurricanes

      Chapter Twelve Rogue Waves

      Chapter Thirteen Summary and More Analogies

      Chapter Fourteen An Apology and a Thank-You

      I dream things that never were and I say, why not?

      -George Bernard Shaw

      PREFACE

      There is a common belief that you can’t stop a tsunami. What if this belief IS NOT TRUE?

      After much thought, I’ve concluded that the mayhem caused by tsunami waves can be prevented with today’s technology. The method considered in this book is simply placing air, or some other gas, ahead of the wave while it’s still in deep water. In the following pages, I will show that this method is a logical and effective way to stop or weaken tsunami waves before they can do any damage.

      I’ve often seen the word impossible used regarding stopping tsunamis. No one truly believes that this an impossible dream. Many billions of dollars are spent worldwide every year to build and maintain seawalls and floodgates. We build these hoping we never need to use them. When they are needed they sometimes work and sometimes don’t. Even when allowed to run their course, tsunamis are stopped eventually by Mother Nature. Often, they’ll stop before they do much damage, owing to the particulars of a given situation. I’ve heard scientists remark that the reef absorbed much of the energy of a tsunami, so while we who are on the shore escaped devastation, the reef didn’t fare so well. If a reef can mitigate tsunami damage, why can’t man? It’s reasonable to assume that if there were a simple, inexpensive way to prevent tsunami destruction someone would have thought of it by now. We don’t need some retired letter carrier (yours truly) to tell us we’ve been wasting billions on seawalls. On the off chance that I’m right, and the untried mitigation methods listed in this book do work, the benefits to the world could be immeasurable. In fact, even if they work just a little bit, (and I don’t see how they couldn’t) significant mitigation could be brought about by upping the scale of the technique.

      Thomas Edison didn’t invent the light bulb. There were inferior inventions for 75 years before he created a commercially viable bulb. With this book, I hope to fill the role of the person who told Edison that a light bulb was possible. Whoever he was.

      CHAPTER ONE

      The Set-Up

      Spoiler Alert

      This entire book is summarized in the preface. For the reader who would like a little more

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