Bartacking is a type of reinforcement stitching used by the fabric and textile industries to fortify stress points in clothing, sporting equipment, uniforms, and a host of other products.
A: With wave speeds that can reach as much as 435 miles per hour, a tsunami can travel as far inland as 10 miles, depending on the slope and the shape of the shoreline that it is traveling across. Ships...
A tsunami can be triggered by earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean including undersea earthquakes with epicenters located only tens of miles offshore the Oregon coast. Over the last century, wave heights of tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean have reached up to 13.5 m (45 ft) above the shoreline near the earthquake source.