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To: MHGinTN
One of the terrible possibilities with the democrat approach to appease and talk to terrorists is the very real possibility of them detonating a series of two or three nuclear weapons in the Gulf. The tsunami waves would render the Gulf Coast unihabitable for quite some time

It would take quite a bit more than two or three 10 kt devices to do that. Water is extremely heavy, and a lot of the water around a nuclear burst is just vaporized, not lifted and dropped.

For reference, the Crossroads Baker shot in 1946 involved a 20kt device (identical to Trinity and Nagasaki) exploded 80 ft deep in Bikini lagoon. The resulting wave swamped some of the target ships in the lagoon, and the reflected concussion blew the bottom out of a (target) aircraft carrier. However, the surrounding atoll was not at all wiped out by the tsunami. (AFAIK, it didn't do any appreciable damage on land.)

72 posted on 08/25/2006 9:25:16 AM PDT by Campion ("I am so tired of you, liberal church in America" -- Mother Angelica, 1993)
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To: Campion

Detonate a 20 kt device or three at a depth of three hundred or more feet, perhaps one hundred miles apart. The swell created would devastate the coast in a very short time, and done at height of beach visitation time, the murder potential is astronomical. Don't make the mistake of under estimating the murderous intentions or potential of these demonspawn arising from Islam.


80 posted on 08/25/2006 3:12:38 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: Campion

BTW, when I read about the damage to the atoll, it appeared pretty darn wrecked for habitation for years. It is now re-inhabited.


81 posted on 08/25/2006 3:14:19 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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