Tides and where the water goes

[The Tea Boy]

Afternoon all, my work mate and i were dicussing about where water goes when the tide at the coast is out, say for instance if you were on the west coast of ireland and the tide was out, would that mean that on the east coast of america the tide would be in? Or is it possibe that the tide could be out at both side and in which case where has the water gone?
Please help this is doing my nut in!

Regards
Matt

[lewis_sharman]

The moon does it (gravity)

HTH

[Papa_Hotel]

Here y'are, there's a loverly pictature too.

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/snot/w...

[tonyvid]

It would be bulging in the middle somewhere

No, really.

[Lefty Guns]

lewis_sharman said:

The moon does it (gravity)

HTH

What he said. Gravity "pulls" the water, altering the depth slightly.

[V8mate]

tonyvid said:

It would be bulging in the middle somewhere

No, really.

Hey hey! I must be a human tide then

[Papa_Hotel]

V8mate said:

tonyvid said:

It would be bulging in the middle somewhere

No, really.

Hey hey! I must be a human tide then

There must be some crap joke in there about the gravitational pull of big cakes.

Edited by Papa_Hotel on Wednesday 9th September 12:54

[Tony*T3]

The Tea Boy said:

Afternoon all, my work mate and i were dicussing about where water goes when the tide at the coast is out, say for instance if you were on the west coast of ireland and the tide was out, would that mean that on the east coast of america the tide would be in? Or is it possibe that the tide could be out at both side and in which case where has the water gone?
Please help this is doing my nut in!

Regards
Matt

I believe they have very High tides in Newfoundland at the same time we have very low tides over here.

[drivin_me_nuts]

V8mate said:

tonyvid said:

It would be bulging in the middle somewhere

No, really.

Hey hey! I must be a human tide then

He said tide, no one mentioned Tsunami...

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sorry

[The Tea Boy]

Thanks for that the website answerd the questions i had. I knew the moons gravity was a part but what i wanted to know was where the water went! Who else clicked the link then saw the what would happen if you were to fart in a space suit and felt the need to click it?

Matt

[tonyvid]

V8mate said:

tonyvid said:

It would be bulging in the middle somewhere

No, really.

Hey hey! I must be a human tide then

Well spotted! I'm using that as my excuse now

[tonyvid]

The Tea Boy said:

Thanks for that the website answerd the questions i had. I knew the moons gravity was a part but what i wanted to know was where the water went! Who else clicked the link then saw the what would happen if you were to fart in a space suit and felt the need to click it?

Matt

It's a really funny website - well done SM

[tank slapper]

Tony*T3 said:

The Tea Boy said:

Afternoon all, my work mate and i were dicussing about where water goes when the tide at the coast is out, say for instance if you were on the west coast of ireland and the tide was out, would that mean that on the east coast of america the tide would be in? Or is it possibe that the tide could be out at both side and in which case where has the water gone?
Please help this is doing my nut in!

Regards
Matt

I believe they have very High tides in Newfoundland at the same time we have very low tides over here.

That is about right, though local tide times are influenced a great deal due to the shape of the surrounding land. Also, the tides are roughly opposite at either side of the south coast of the UK, so for example this morning low water at Dover was 0837, while high water at Falmouth was 0733.

[pits]

Papa_Hotel said:

V8mate said:

tonyvid said:

It would be bulging in the middle somewhere

No, really.

Hey hey! I must be a human tide then

There must be some crap joke in there about the gravitational pull of big cakes.

Edited by Papa_Hotel on Wednesday 9th September 12:54

Perhaps he is saying he is a lardy bd (no offence) and has his own gravity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVuBr6OAt-c