Amabhomu Enuzi oLwandlekazi iPacific

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"IHawaii iyizwe lokuqala elilungiselela umphakathi ukuthi kungenzeka kube nesiteleka se-ballistic missile esivela eNyakatho Korea." I-Hawaii Civil Beat Julayi 21, 2017

I-Emergency Management Agency yesifundazwe imemezele umkhankaso wokufundisa umphakathi ngokumele kwenziwe. Izincwajana zolwazi, kanye nezimemezelo ze-TV, umsakazo ne-inthanethi zizosiza ukufundisa umphakathi ngomsindo wenhlabamkhosi entsha futhi zinikeze isiqondiso sokulungela. "Uma bengafundile, bangase bethuswe yilokho," kusho uMqondisi oMkhulu wale nhlangano uToby Clairmont.

Uma umuntu ehlala esiqhingini esimaphakathi nePacific Ocean okwenzeka kulolo Lwandle kufanele kube okubaluleke kakhulu.

Ochwepheshe bathi kungathatha umcibisholo imizuzu eyi-15 - mhlawumbe imizuzu engama-20 - ukufika. Fika kuphi? Ake sithi umcibisholo wawuzowela olwandle?

Ingabe ochwepheshe bethu basitshele okuthile mayelana nokuphonsa imicibisholo e-Pacific Ocean?

Ake ngikuxoxele indaba engavamile uma ixoxwa. Ngo-November 1, 1952, i-United States yaqhumisa lokho okwakubizwa ngokuthi “ibhomu lokuqala le-hydrogen emhlabeni” eMarshall Islands. Futhi i-United States yazama ukugcina ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kuyimfihlo. Phela akekho umuntu waseMelika owayekwazi ukubiza i-Eniwetok Atoll, noma azi ukuthi iMarshall Island yayikhona noma inakekelwa.

Kwakukhona iziqhingi ezingamashumi amane ezihlanganisa i-Eniwetok Atoll ngaphambi kokuhlolwa kuka-“Mike”. Lokhu kuhlola kwahwamisa ngokuphelele isiqhingi sase-Elugelab kanye nezingxenye zeSanil neTeiter, kwashiya umgodi ongamamitha angu-164 ukujula namakhilomitha angu-50 ububanzi.”  Ikhredithi: US Air Force

“Ngaphezu komonakalo nokuwa okuvela kuMike, kube ne-Pacific wide Tsunami, eyasuka eMarshall Islands yaya enhlonhlweni yaseKamchatka, yehlela eJapane yaphinde yanqamula iPacific yaze yayofika ogwini olusenyakatho ye-O'ahu, eHawaii. ngi.” Richard U. Conant

I-Midway Island ngemva kwe-Tsunami yangomhla zizi-4 kuNovemba 1952

Ingabe u-Ivy Mike wayeyibhomu lokuqala le-hydrogen njengoba satshelwa? Vele akunjalo.

Ukuhlolwa kokuqala kwebhomu le-hydrogen kwenzeka e-Alaska ngo-Ephreli 1, 1946

Ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe II, i-Alaska yakhethwa njengendawo eyintandokazi yePentagon yokuhlola izikhali zenuzi. Kwakuseduze neRussia ngakho-ke ukuwa kwakuzongcolisa iSiberia futhi kuqhelelene ngokwanele nezwekazi lase-US ukufihla imiphumela “yokudubula” noma ukuhlolwa. Umxhumanisi wokuhlolwa kwe-nuke yase-Alaska kwakunguDkt. Edward Teller—owayebizwa kanjalo “ubaba ye-H-bhomu: "

Ngo-April 1, 1946 “Enye yamatsunami acekela phansi kakhulu ePacific yonke yabangelwa ukuzamazama komhlaba okunesilinganiso esingu-7.8 eduze kwase-Unimak Island e-Alaska’s Aleutian Island Chain. Igagasi elikhulu lamamitha angu-35 licekele phansi ngokuphelele i-US Coast Guard's Scotch Cap lighthouse e-Unimak futhi labulala bonke abahlali bayo abahlanu. Ngaphandle kwesixwayiso, amagagasi e-tsunami abhubhisayo afinyelela eziQhingini zaseHawaii, ngemva kwamahora amahlanu, abangela umonakalo omkhulu nokulahlekelwa ukuphila. Amagagasi ayiqothula ngokuphelele indawo engasemanzini yaseHilo esiqhingini saseHawaii, abulala abantu abangu-159 lapho. Sebebonke abantu abangu-165 balahlekelwa izimpilo zabo kule tsunami, okuhlanganisa nezingane ezifunda eLaupahoehoe Point yaseHawaii, lapho amagagasi afinyelela ku-8 m acekela phansi nesibhedlela. Umonakalo wawulinganiselwa ku-$26 million (ngo-1946 dollar). (Intl. Ulwazi lwe-Tsunami. Isikhungo).

Ukuqhuma kwesithathu kwebhomu le-hydrogen kwenzeka e-Alaska ngoMashi 9, 1957

I-Pentagon yaqala i-BIG ONE ngoMashi 9, 1957 e-Alaska. Lokhu mhlawumbe kwakuhlobene ne-Operation Dropshot-ukuhlasela okuhleliwe kweRussia okwakuhlelelwe i-1958:

“Ngo-March 9, 1957, ukuzamazama komhlaba okuyi-8.3 magnitude eningizimu yeziQhingi zase-Andreanof, eziQhingini zase-Aleutian zase-Alaska - endaweni evamile efanayo naleyo yango-April 1, 1946 - kwabangela i-tsunami esabalele ePacific. Nakuba kungafanga ukuphila, kwaba nokucekelwa phansi kwempahla eziQhingini ZaseHawaii, nomonakalo olinganiselwa ezigidini ezinhlanu zamaRandi (amaRandi ka-5).

Amagagasi ayephezulu kakhulu ogwini olusenyakatho yesiqhingi saseKauai lapho afinyelela khona ukuphakama okungamamitha angu-16, egcwala umgwaqo omkhulu futhi ebhidliza izindlu namabhuloho. Lokhu kwakuphindwe kabili ukuphakama kwe-tsunami ka-1946.

E-Hilo, eHawaii, i-tsunami ifinyelele ku-3.9 m futhi kwaba nomonakalo ezakhiweni eziningi eduze nolwandle. Ngaphakathi kweHilo Bay, iCoconut Island yayimbozwe yimitha elilodwa lamanzi futhi ibhuloho elixhuma ngasogwini, njengango-1, laphinde lacekelwa phansi.”Intl. Ulwazi lwe-Tsunami. Isikhungo).

Ulwazi ngokudubula kuka-Ivy Mike aluzange lukhishwe kwaze kwaba cishe eminyakeni emibili ngemva kokuqhunyiswa kwayo, okuyisikhathi eside sokuzama ukugcina into eyimfihlo enkulu.

UBeverly Keever, PhD, UH USolwazi u-Emiratis ubhale incwadi ethi “News Zero” egxeka i-New York Times ukumbozwa kokuhlolwa kwezikhali zenuzi zase-United States ePacific ngaphambi nangesikhathi seMpi Yomshoshaphansi. UBeverly Keever uthe leli phephandaba alikaze libe yinselelo emgomeni kahulumeni wase-US kodwa licindezele ngamabomu ulwazi kubafundi balo mayelana nenani kanye nesivuno sezivivinyo.

Ngokocwaningo lukaKeever, leli phephandaba labika kuphela amaphesenti angu-56 ezivivinyo ezingu-86 iUnited States eyazenza ePacific phakathi kuka-1946 no-1962. - term impilo kanye nemvelo imiphumela.

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UJuergen T Steinmetz

UJuergen Thomas Steinmetz ubelokhu esebenza ngokuqhubekayo embonini yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kusukela esemusha eJalimane (1977).
Wasungula eTurboNews ngo-1999 njengencwajana yokuqala ye-inthanethi embonini yezokuvakasha yezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele.

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