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Originally Posted by tk13
I think people underestimate the sheer power of water. Some of these videos have certainly demonstrated that. Although I agree that in all of them you see people milling about or driving before the wave hits, and you wonder what happened to them.
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At one point on CNN they reminded viewers that water is one of the heaviest things around. According to Answers.com, a cubic yard of water weighs 1682 pounds and contains 202 gallons. So a six-foot block of water--which isn't that big, when you think about it--weighs as much as a car. Now line up a few thousand cars and throw them all, at 50 miles an hour, into some buildings.