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...
Although speeds can exceed 600 miles per hour in the deep ocean, watercraft on the surface may not be aware that they are in the midst of a tsunami, as the height from crest to trough will only be a few feet or less and the distance between wave crests may be about a hundred miles apart.