Scientific Method / Science & Exploration  Tsunami wrestling
Although we can?t predict when they occur, a good understanding
of how tsunami …  Tsunamis are among the most unpredictable
natural disasters known to mankind.  As the December 2004
tsunami proved, they can decimate wide areas of coast land with
little or no warning whatsoever.  The problems associated with
tsunami prediction, warning, and risk assessment are difficult,
however progress is being made on the later two.  Risk
assessment requires that one predict how a tsunami wave
propagates and accurately model the details of the wave breaking
on a particular stretch of coast line.  Traditionally, tsunamis
have been modeled as solitons.  Normally a pulse will naturally
spread as it travels.  Solitons prevent this spreading by
modifying the medium in such a way as to exactly compensate for
the spread induced by the medium.  If solitons were the correct
description for tsunamis then they would always arrive in a
single wave.  The December Tsunami show