TIDAL WAVE

term properly applied to the crest of a tide as it moves around the earth. In popular usage it is often applied to any destructive wave or to high water not related to tidal phenomena. These latter waves are of two types: tsunami, which are waves caused by earthquakes, and storm surges. Storm surges are floods of ocean or lake water that occur chiefly in areas subject to tropical storms and bordering on shallow waters. In Galveston, Tex., in 1900 a wind velocity of more than 100 mi (160 km) per hr, combined with low barometric pressure, caused tides 15 ft (5 m) above normal that flooded coastal areas, resulting in the loss of thousands of lives and extensive property damage.

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Rain of Iron and Ice: The Very Real Threat of Comet and Asteroid Bombardment
Book by John S. Lewis; Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1997
Subjects: Asteroids--Environmental Aspects, Comets--Environmental Aspects, Impact
...effects were reported. The shock wave of a huge explosion traveled...close that the gravitational tidal attraction of Jupiter at the...the canton of Uri. The shock wave from the explosion weakened...occurred at the peak of a great wave of millennialist agitation among...
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Dreams and Nightmares: The Origin and Meaning of Dreams
Book by Ernest Hartmann; Perseus Publishing, 2001
Subjects: Dream Interpretation, Dreams, Nightmares
...I make in the book concerns the "tidal wave dream," the dream that occurs in...emotion of the dreamer. Thus, the tidal wave that sweeps away the dreamer "contextualizes...I am overwhelmed." Of course the tidal wave is only one of numerous such powerful...
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The Brereton Diaries: The War in the Air in the Pacific, Middle East and Europe, 3 October 1941-8 May 1945
Book by Lewis H. Brereton; William Morrow, 1946
Subjects: Airborne Troops, World War, 1939-1945--Aerial Operations, American, World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives, American
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Academia's Golden Age: Universities in Massachusetts, 1945-1970
Book by Richard M. Freeland; Oxford University Press, 1992
Subjects: Education, Higher--Massachusetts--Boston--History, Universities And Colleges--Massachusetts--Boston--History
...in British North America as part of a wave of institution building in the 1630s and...universities were being transformed by the wave of change represented by Eliot and Capen...half of the nineteenth century, a new wave of academic institution building occurred...
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FDR and the Bonus Marchers, 1933-1935
Book by Gary Dean Best; Praeger Publishers, 1992
Subjects: Florida Keys (Fla.)--History, Hurricanes--Florida--Florida Keys--History--20th Century, Natural Disasters--Florida--Florida Keys--History--20th Century, Roosevelt, Franklin D--(Franklin Delano)--1882-1945--Relations With Veterans, United States--Federal Emergency Relief Administration--History, Veterans--Florida--Florida Keys--History--20th Century
...violent hurricane and accompanying tidal wave struck the Florida Keys. Directly...the floors of coaches. Finally a tidal wave came and turned over all the coaches...greatest worry was that another tidal wave would come. The wind seemed tame...
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Tidal Turbines: Wave of the Future?
Journal article by Kris Freeman; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004
Tidal Turbines: Wave of the Future? by Kris Freeman Tidal power plants are an attractive energy option because they...rainfall (like freshwater hydropower plants). However, large tidal installations like the massive 240-megawatt tidal dam...
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Power Intermittency, Redundancy and Tidal Phasing around the United Kingdom
Journal article by Jack Hardisty; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 174, 2008
Subjects: Alternative energy sources--Research, Renewable energy--Research, Tidal currents--Properties, Tidal currents--Usage
...The study suggested that 3 GW of wave and tidal power could be installed by 2020...investigated the practicable offshore wind, wave and tidal energy resources around the Welsh...the general characteristics of the tidal wave and of the resulting water currents...
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Trapped Echoes: The Wave and the Collapse of National Community
Journal article by Wade Newhouse; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: American writers--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, American--Criticism and interpretation, Scott, Evelyn--Criticism and interpretation, The Wave (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Portrayals, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States history--Portrayals
...narrative. As Robert L. Welker noted in 1964, "Each character is a drop of water at the same time that he is part of a tidal wave" (188). That is, even as individuals are acted on by the force of the wave, they become part of it and thus exert force...
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The Third Wave: A Position Paper
Journal article by Marilyn A. Dyrud; Business Communication Quarterly, Vol. 63, 2000
Subjects: Distance education--Analysis, Education, Higher--Automation, Electronic mail systems--Social aspects
...closely resembles a dream than reality, with distance delivery a tidal wave engulfing us. Or an even more appropriate metaphor might be Mary...uillinois.edu/rid/reporr/tid_report.htm. Toffler, A. (1980). The third wave. New York: William Morrow.
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The 'Republic's Third Wave and the Paradox of Political Philosophy
Journal article by Jacob Howland; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 51, 1998
Subjects: Philosophy--Political aspects, Plato--Philosophy, Political science--Philosophy, Republic (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...fact involves a number of paradoxes, all of which turn, in one way or another, on the matter of eros. For the third wave signals a tidal shift, so to speak, in his treatment of this subject. Let us begin with the observation that the phenomenon of erotic...
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The Commercial Tidal Wave
Magazine article by Robert W. Mcchesney, John Bellamy Foster; Monthly Review, Vol. 54, March 2003
Subjects: Essay, Essays, The commercial tidal wave (Essay)--Criticism and interpretation
The Commercial Tidal Wave. by Robert W. McChesney , John...some more. The resulting commercial tidal wave assumes many forms. On the one hand...culture. In this sense the commercial tidal wave is interchangeable with a broader media...
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"Tidal Wave Ii" Expected in 2008
Magazine article by Karin Chenoweth; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 15, April 16, 1998
Subjects: California, Colleges & universities, Education, Higher education, Minority & ethnic groups, Zuniga, Robin Etter
"Tidal Wave Ii" Expected in 2008 by Karin Chenoweth "Tidal Wave II" Expected in 2008 California and other...Etter Zuniga referred to the growth as Tidal Wave II, saying that 2008 will be the "largest...
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A Tidal Wave of Creativity
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 133, January 2005
Subjects: Children's handicraft--Product introduction, Faber-Castell USA--Product information, Graphic arts industry--Product introduction
A Tidal Wave of Creativity. With a relentless tidal wave of great ideas, the masterminds behind Creativity for Kids--that would be Faber-Castell USA, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio--just keep cranking out outstanding products in rapid-fire fashion...
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Y2K Telephone Calls: Prepare for the Tidal Wave
Magazine article by Martin A. Prunty, David L. Henry; Business Communications Review, Vol. 29, July 1999
Subjects: Banking industry--Management, Banks (Finance), Customer relations--Methods, Stockbrokers--Management, Year 2000 transition (Computers)--Management
Y2K Telephone Calls: Prepare for the Tidal Wave. by Martin A. Prunty , David L. Henry...can protect your call center from being swamped by a tidal wave of Y2k-related calls. Here are just some aspects to consider...
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Tidal Wave
Magazine article by William A. Rusher; National Review, Vol. 55, September 1, 2003
Subjects: Mexifornia: A State of Becoming (Book)
Tidal Wave. by William A. Rusher Mexifornia: A State of Becoming, by Victor Davis Hanson (Encounter, 150 pp., $21.95) Victor...
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The Parable of the Tidal Wave
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 13, 2004
The Parable of the Tidal Wave. IN a barrio by the seashore...below. "My God!" he gasped. "A tidal wave is coming." His first concern was...least ten minutes. By that time, the tidal wave would have reached the shore. He...
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TIDAL WAVE HORROR: We All Held Hands and Prayed . .
Newspaper article; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), December 29, 2004
TIDAL WAVE HORROR: We All Held Hands and Prayed...held hands and prayed seconds before a 20ft tidal wave smashed into them, turning their holiday...ground floor hotel room and waited for the tidal wave to hit. We just held hands and prayed...
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Tidal Wave That Could Swamp City after City; England's South Coast and Eastern U.S. Face Devastation from Volcano
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 10, 2004
Tidal Wave That Could Swamp City after City; Englands...from Volcano. Byline: TIM UTTON A TIDAL wave caused by a volcanic eruption is likely...North and South America. That would bring tidal wave scenes reminiscent of the 1998 disaster...
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Gladen Takes a Swing at Leading New-Look Tidal Wave
Newspaper article by Jen Laporte; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 9, 2006
...Takes a Swing at Leading New-Look Tidal Wave. by Jen LaPorte Byline...Herald Sports Writer The Crystal Lake Tidal Wave 18U fastpitch softball team returns...Finishing the 2005 campaign 38-18, the Tidal Wave embrace four returning players, and...
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Tidal Wave Deaths: Over 23,200; India, Indon, S. Lanka, Thai, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, B'ladesh, & Somalia Hit Relief Aid Mobilized Worldwide
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 27, 2004
Tidal Wave Deaths: Over 23,200; India...may be as devastating as the tidal wave or the tsunami itself ... Many...offers help to countries hit by tidal waves President Arroyo yesterday...of those who perished in the wave of tsunamis that hit the costs...
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Tidal Wave
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TIDAL WAVE term properly applied to the...bore . In popular usage the term tidal wave also is often applied to any destructive wave or to high water not related to tidal phenomena. These latter waves are...
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Tide
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...wave is sometimes referred to as a tidal wave , although this term has been commonly applied to the shock wave propagated by an underwater earthquake...economically or technologically feasible. Tidal Effect on the Earth Tides are raised...
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Valdez
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Yukon gold fields that would obviate the necessity of paying duty to Canada. Following a devastating earthquake and tidal wave in 1964, the city was rebuilt at a location 5 mi (8 km) west of the old site. Valdez is the southern terminus of the...
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Storm
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...sandstorms, and dust storms, in which high wind is the dominant meteorological element. A storm surge, sometimes called a tidal wave, is a flood of ocean or lake water that occurs in areas subject to tropical storms and bordering on shallow waters, but...
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Solar System
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...variation of the planetesimal concept: it suggests that a huge tidal wave, raised on the sun by a passing star, was drawn into a...rotate uniformly and, under the influence of turbulence and tidal action, broke into whirlpools of gas, called protoplanets...
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