{"599844":{"#nid":"599844","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Offshore Islands Might Not Shield Coastlines from Tsunami Waves","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe conventional wisdom has always been that islands near a coastline would offer protection from tsunamis. But new research indicates that may not always be the case. In fact, the waves from a tsunami could end up being higher on beaches in the so-called \u0026quot;shadow zone\u0026quot; behind an island. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/fritz-dr-hermann\u0022\u003EHermann Fritz\u003C\/a\u003E, a civil engineering professor with a courtesy\u0026nbsp;appointment in\u0026nbsp;the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, wasn\u0026#39;t involved in the research but gives his take on its findings.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-12-13 16:26:39","changed_gmt":"2017-12-13 17:40:14","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Department of Radiology","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/eos.org\/articles\/offshore-islands-might-not-shield-coastlines-from-tsunami-waves","dateline":{"date":"2017-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"599845":{"id":"599845","type":"image","title":"Hermann Fritz","body":null,"created":"1513182706","gmt_created":"2017-12-13 16:31:46","changed":"1513182706","gmt_changed":"2017-12-13 16:31:46","alt":"","file":{"fid":"228689","name":"Hermann Fritz Square.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Hermann%20Fritz%20Square.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Hermann%20Fritz%20Square.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":31697,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Hermann%20Fritz%20Square.jpg?itok=u8KI67US"}}},"media_ids":["599845"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"144881","name":"hermann fritz"},{"id":"176512","name":"tsunamis"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}