Posted on 07/15/2018 11:12:45 AM PDT by Hojczyk
An 11-million ton iceberg, perched off the coast of a tiny Greenland village, is striking fear in the hearts of residents.
Residents of Innaarsuit worry that a chunk of it could break off and unleash a tsunami upon the town.
What happens to the gigantic mountain of ice, which a Danish meteorologist said is 650 feet wide—nearly the length of two football fields—and rises almost 300 feet into the air, depends largely on the weather.
A strong wind could push the iceberg into the nearby Baffin Bay, averting a crisis.
Alternatively, a large amount of warm precipitation could further destabilize the berg and cause a large piece to break off and create a wave that would inundate the town
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
There once was a topic about the Lituya Bay glacier landslide tsunami, but it was under the ‘old school’ system of URL contruction, and was purged. Here’s the former URL, take a look at the Web Archive:
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a9f1cc964a4.htm
Bare bones info here, in a couple of consecutive posts, thanks Fred Nerks:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1607979/posts?page=145#145
Samoan Tsunami wave was 46 feet high
Associated Press | Dec 4, 2009 | Unknown
Posted on 12/04/2009 12:15:05 PM PST by decimon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2400443/posts
Native American Oral traditions tell of tsunami’s destruction hundreds of years ago
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Posted on 03/16/2012 2:06:22 PM PDT by Theoria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2860043/posts
Tsunamis in the Alps? A killer wave slammed medieval Geneva, a new study says... [500 A.D.]
National Geographic | Wednesday, October 31, 2012 | Daniel Stone
Posted on 11/01/2012 7:36:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2953567/posts
Signs of ancient megatsunami could portend modern hazard
phys.org | 10-02-2015 | Provided by: Columbia University
Posted on 10/02/2015 2:34:09 PM PDT by Red Badger
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3343981/posts
A face weathered, in the iceberg?
Wait a minute, I thought all the icebergs had melted already, the polar bears all drown, and Soddom and Goremorrah were under water.
Upper right of berg, with pointy chin and dark sunken eyes? Mouth down turned.
Bastardi was ranting about the ice pack, greenland snow cover, and the below average temps in the artic most of yesterday's weekend outlook. He also uses the term: Climate change Ambulance chasing now.
The Global warming folks will always create a big deal about IceBergs....they know nothing about weather or the natural changes of the worlds ice.
Thanks. for being as weird as I am! Smiling ;^}
Ice Ice BabyCover ft. Aubrey Logan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anx5IctHVGU
Oh my. Wonder what they would do with a minute or two of warning for a tornado?
Hank Johnson is a great man of science!
If the peeples on Guam weight more than a duck they wood tip over into the Pacific Oshun!!
Pfffftttt! It’ll melt long before it capsizes. Right ‘al’?
Cue “Jaws” theme music....
“Back when Jim Carrey was funny”
I musta missed that. I’ve never thought he was funny .
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