Posted on 01/03/2005 12:34:11 PM PST by Pyro7480
Never say never. Though it would take hours for a tsunami wave to get across the Atlantic, and the global seismic detection network would probably pick it up, I wouldn't bet lives on a one in 10,000 year chance.
If they could predict when, it would be a BIG help. I wouldn't mind seeing a gathering of Hollywood celebs at a posh resort on the coast at that time.
Well, if a tsunami hits the west coast of the U.S., it's a fair bet me and mine won't live to see another day. We're right on the beachfront and travelling inland on California's ridiculously crowded roads is a lesson in futility. Even if we had a full 24 hours advance warning, we wouldn't be able to get more than 10 miles in unless we walked...armed to the teeth.
Y'all have fun with that, California.
The Canary Island thing is unlikely, but if it does happen it will take out many East Coast cities. Even with hours of warning I doubt if you could evacuate these cities.
I wouldnt turn down a nice waterfront home at Myrtle Beach if the price was right. Hell your own home is more likely to burn down with you in it than a Tsunami. Too many ways for a person to die for me to worry about a Tsunami every 10,000 years.
Most of the West coast has high bluffs or cliffs, so a tsunami would only carry away structures down near the water.
It's always been known that California and the Pacific coast generally are earthquake prone. People take their chances because they like living there.
And considering that in California, it's against the law to be armed to the teeth, sounds like you're pretty well scrod.
Now what are the odds of winning a large lottery and, people play those odds to win????
Well, if that volcano is turned into bombing range, one could chip off and landslide that mountain into the sea little by little, taking a dollar in pennies, as it were. That way there'd be no tsunami, and there would be a good training ground for the bomber pilots.
I better get an ark ready.
Does CA have clearly marked "Tsunami Evacuation Route" signs along the coast roads?
It's been a while since I've driven along the PCH.
Do you remember the tsunami warning around 1977 in southern CA when there was a massive earthquake in Japan? We were living in Huntington Beach than.
That should be more than enough.
More likely to happen on the west coast, but could also happen on the east coast. I was reading though that the maximum height of the wave is limited by the depth of the water. They apparently believe that the wave could not get much higher than about 20 feet here in Central Florida.
Plus, I'm sure that when it does hit, the rest of the world will be offering lots of aid and support, right? Aren't they always there for us when we need them?
Blah blah blah... We could get hit by a meteor too.
This is the classic "it's a slow news day so lets scare the sheep" story.
A system is alrady in place.
See above.
He calculates that its flank could collapse the next time the volcano, Cumbre Vieja, erupts.
If so, that would send a dome-shaped wall of water up to 100 metres high racing across the Atlantic at 800 kilometres per hour, hitting the western coast of Africa and southern coast of England within a few hours.
Some eight hours after the collapse, the US East Coast and Caribbean would bear the brunt. Cities from Miami to New York would get swamped by waves up to 50 metres high, capable of surging up to 20 kilometres inland, according to Day's research.
While some researchers discount this, we have to remember that it is very difficult to make timeline predictions in matters such as this. Also, there are NO warning devices on the East coast, only the West coast.
Tsunami's are in ... comets are out ... global warming is on hold.
Or is it Tsunami's are in ... global warming is out ... comets are on hold?
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