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Old 05-22-2001, 08:17 PM   #13
JohnR
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O.K. EVERYBODY, THINK ABOUT THIS...........THE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE EQUATOR ONE IS THE GREATER RISE AND FALL OF TIDES WILL TAKE PLACE, SI!
Less water for the sun and moon to pull on, eh?

You're pretty observent there Frankie boy :P See ya tomorrow at MSBA?

Good reason for the rip roaring tides in the Ditch...


If I remember my history correctly, the difficulty in the landing at Inchon during the Korean war was because of the height of the tide. They had to land and have the bigger support ships out in a matter of hours or they would have been stranded. Something like 15 foot tides...

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