Article: The Tsunami Next Time: Yes, it can happen here. Yes, you can survive it. A yachtsman's guide to the world's most misunderstood natural disaster.(Special Report)

Byline: Chuck Husick; Don Wallace

From a yachting perspective, the great tsunami of December 26, 2004, generated two initial responses: It can't happen here, and if it does, there's nothing you can do about it.

Both of these gut reactions are demonstrably wrong. Though the mainstream press has focused, understandably, on the current disaster, many local publications have taken the occasion to delve into long-forgotten records. The result? Accounts of tsunamis of various origins wreaking havoc in harbors and other seaside areas from around the world. Along with the reports, ranging from Wales and England to Grand Banks, Newfoundland, to the entire ...

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