Hurricane or Tsunami?: North Carolina coast turns to Tar Hell around time of Magna Carta

The Cosmic Tusk ^ | January 5, 2011 | George Howard

[baynut]

I have always been curious about the lack of documented evidence for a tsunami ever occuring on my home coast of North Carolina. Some of the largest undersea land slides on earth have been documented off our wonderful Outer Banks, and earthquakes are not completely unknown in the Carolinas. Both cause big waves. And more to point for the Tusk, some very credible work has documented cosmically-induced tsunami in the New York and Hudson Valley region, not far away from NC in a regional sense.

[Past Your Eyes]

I have a brother who lives on Albemarle Sound about 6 inches above sea level. Came through Irene no problem.

[coloradan]

“Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.” Just sayin’.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks baynut.

Some of the largest undersea land slides on earth have been documented off our wonderful Outer Banks, and earthquakes are not completely unknown in the Carolinas. Both cause big waves. And more to point for the Tusk, some very credible work has documented cosmically-induced tsunami in the New York and Hudson Valley region, not far away from NC in a regional sense.

I'm the keeper of the Catastrophism and Godsgravesglyphs keywords -- and while I didn't add them to this topic, they fit.

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[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks baynut. Some of the largest undersea land slides on earth have been documented off our wonderful Outer Banks, and earthquakes are not completely unknown in the Carolinas. Both cause big waves. And more to point for the Tusk, some very credible work has documented cosmically-induced tsunami in the New York and Hudson Valley region, not far away from NC in a regional sense. I'm the keeper of the Catastrophism and Godsgravesglyphs keywords -- and while I didn't add them to this topic, they fit. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

[SunkenCiv]

• Clare Places: Islands: Mutton Island or Enniskerry (9th century catastrophe in Ireland) [2005]

  [snip] "the sea swelled so high that it burst its boundaries, overflowing a large tract of country, and drowning over 1,000 persons." This happened on March 16th, 804. [/snip]

  
  
  

[AlexW]

There has been some excellent documentaries on the History Channel, regarding earthquakes and tsunamis.
Check it out:
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/tsunami/tsunami.html

I am under the impression that the killer tsunamis are generated very far...thousands of miles away from where they make impact.

I have been looking at many documentaries on Earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.
Many single events have drastically changed Earth and civilizations.
Nobody, however, can predict when and where it will again happen.

[heartwood]

[AlexW]

Yes, I should have made my last post more clear.
I am referring to seismic events that could wipe out the entire east coast, or entire states.
The wave seems to amplify with distance traveled, and according to the program that I watched, they traverse an entire ocean, growing larger with distance.
Their main concern was seismic areas off the coast of Africa.

I watched the videos of the Kobe Tsunami, and yes, that quake
was not so far offshore.

[blam]

Carolina Bays

[bert]

My friend had a place on Goose Creek that was heavily damaged. He lost 250’ of pier, out buildings and severe damage to his house.

[Conan the Librarian]

Don’t forget Lake Waccamaw.

[BenLurkin]

Interesting! (The barrier Islands always seemed to me to de a dicey place to build, but then I could never afford to live there so....)

[BenLurkin]

On the subject of a “Magna Carta Tsunami”, this was an intersting link from that article:

“1014 AD impact event causes Atlantic tsunami and end of Aztec’s Fourth Sun?”
http://2012quest.com/featured/1014-ad-impact-event-causes-atlantic-tsunami-and-end-of-aztec%E2%80%99s-fourth-sun/

[baynut]

That’s right, Ben. The links are much better than the post, and confirm a disconnected swirl of evidence something transatlantic happened around this time.

[baynut]

That’s right, Ben. The links are much better than the post, and confirm a disconnected swirl of evidence something transatlantic happened around this time.

[TheOldLady]

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[SunkenCiv]

Ooooh! Nice find! Looks like a topic for tomorrow!

Unless of course some kind stranger on the www happened to post it and ping me so I know where it is. ;’)