It could have been much worse

As horrible as it was, rotate this sumulation at this link below of the December Tsunami 90 degrees and consider the vunerability of Bangladesh (as has been demonstrated with past Tropical Cyclones).


The simulation is from the International Tsunami Information Center. (It should animate)

Also here is NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory's wave analysis that includes the waves' propogation out to Somalia.

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