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Apr 26, 2019 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
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For the past century, if not longer, fishermen and boaters in the Great Lakes have traded stories about monumental waves. They’ve gone by many names. “Freak tidal wave.” “Wall of water.” “Killer seiche.”
chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-la…
Scientists say many of these events were actually meteotsunamis – tsunami-like waves triggered by atmospheric disturbances.