Okay, so I've been hearing all kinds of things about how the American West Coast was utterly devastated by a super tsunami that swept out from where the SDF-1 Macross space folded out along with South Ataria Island and a decent chunk of the Pacific Ocean.
And yet, later on, we see that Minmei's home town of Yokohama is just fine.
Wut.
No really, what the hell?
Because here, this map shows where South Ataria Island (actually South Iwo Jima in real life) is actually located.
So, how the hell is the West Cost screwed over six ways to Sunday, but Yokohama is just fine? Was this yet another one of Harmony Gold's bending of the facts or did someone legit not do their homework?
Or, more importantly, can such an event even spawn such a huge tsunami? Because, IIRC, tsunamis are caused by shifts in the tectonic plates that adjust the relative depths of the sea floor on either side of the faultline. And I would think that would be shifting a helluva lot more volume of sea water than what got taken with the SDF-1.
So.... help?
And yet, later on, we see that Minmei's home town of Yokohama is just fine.
Wut.
No really, what the hell?
Because here, this map shows where South Ataria Island (actually South Iwo Jima in real life) is actually located.
So, how the hell is the West Cost screwed over six ways to Sunday, but Yokohama is just fine? Was this yet another one of Harmony Gold's bending of the facts or did someone legit not do their homework?
Or, more importantly, can such an event even spawn such a huge tsunami? Because, IIRC, tsunamis are caused by shifts in the tectonic plates that adjust the relative depths of the sea floor on either side of the faultline. And I would think that would be shifting a helluva lot more volume of sea water than what got taken with the SDF-1.
So.... help?