India plants trees to help with Tsunamis
 

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...s_050114060312

Won't people just get pinned or crushed against them when the wave comes in? Not to mention the trees will be toppled, not like sand is strong enough to hold a tree... :2 cents:

im sure they've taken that into consideration before doing so

Yep, it's not like they're monkeys or something.

Not exactly, lots of trees over the coast will help reduce damages of future tsunamis, since it will loose power..

problem is the time its needed before those trees get BIG!

I'm sure you've put way more thought into it than they did.

:)

Did you read that story? They want to put the trees on the coast for two reasons, one so people don't live there, and two so it slows down the water heading inland to the villages.

leave them alone, if they want to plant trees let it be