Why would jumping in a swimming pool not save you from a tidal wave?
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I’m assuming you mean a tsunami, and it’s not really the water that’s gonna get you when a tsunami comes inland, it’s all the stuff the water is carrying. Cars, trees, houses, boulders – some intact, some smashed to pieces – rushing at you and slamming into the pool you dove in, and then just incorporating the pool water into the wave and detritus, pulling all of that water (and you) along with it as it continues to move ahead. But now you’re not in a pool filled with nice clean water – you’re in the midst of a fast moving wave packed with lots of heavy sharp things moving in all directions, slamming into whatever is ahead, ripping that from the ground and adding it to the mix. Take a look at this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxm050h0k2I) to get a sense of what happens when a tsunami hits a developed area.
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