The underwater mountain in question:
Posted on 03/30/2010 6:33:20 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
EUROPE'S largest undersea volcano could disintegrate and unleash a tsunami that would engulf southern Italy "at any time", a prominent vulcanologist has warned.
The Marsili volcano, which is bursting with magma, has "fragile walls" that could collapse, Enzo Boschi told the leading daily Corriere della Sera.
"It could even happen tomorrow," Prof Boschi, president of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said
"Our latest research shows that the volcano is not structurally solid, its walls are fragile, the magma chamber is of sizeable dimensions," he said.
"All that tells us that the volcano is active and could begin erupting at any time."
The event would result in "a strong tsunami that could strike the coasts of Campania, Calabria and Sicily," Prof Boschi said.
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Sounds like a good reason to raise taxes on Americans.
I hate it when that happens.
Lots of grumpy volcanoes these days.
Note to self: Only vacation in NORTHERN Italy!
“Sounds like a good reason to raise taxes on Americans. “
Think of the health care the Italians will need :)
No Voltax!
on the flip side, hey thats life in this world, Pompei residents were not so happy either, Come Lord!!
BUSH's FAULT!!!!
>>And we all know it will be...
BUSH’s FAULT!!!!
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Heck yeah, get ready to play “connect the dots to the Halliburton Weather Machine” from your friends at the MSM BS factory..
Never does a day go by that I don't think about that.
These EU countries will try anything to get out of their sovereign debt.
This is a Chicken Little alert! Take cover!
Suspend normal programming...
“This is a not a test. This station, KVOL, is conducting a full-fledge volcano eruption alert of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is not a test.”
(The special attention signal is sent. Broadcast the two-tone Attention signal from the EBS encoder for 20 to 25 seconds.)
“This is not a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. The broadcasters of your area in voluntary cooperation with the Federal, State and local authorities have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an actual volcano emergency that could happen at any time. If this had been an actual emergency, the Attention Signal you just heard would have been followed by official information, news or instructions. This station, KVOL, serves the sothern Italy area. This concludes this Chicken Little test of the Emergency Broadcast System.”
The underwater mountain in question:
That tsunami will be bouncing off the walls and hitting all the shorelines in the Western Mediterranean REPEATEDLY!
PING
Can you give some perspective? How high are the peaks off the ocean floor, 1,000 feet or so? Less?
Save the Lasagna. Save the Lasagna!
You're right, North Africa, Spain, France and Northern Italy will feel this.
We could put Al Gore’s fat ass in the volcano hole and block it up.
Ah, the image of that makes my geological day.
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