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Tsunami Risk Of Asteroid Strikes Revealed
New Scientist ^
| 5-12-2006
| Jeff Hecht
Posted on 05/12/2006 11:49:03 AM PDT by blam
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I wonder of this article was prompted by the kooky Frenchman who predicts a comet impact on 5-25-2006?
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:49:04 AM PDT
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blam
To: SunkenCiv; RightWhale
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:50:59 AM PDT
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blam
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:52:05 AM PDT
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Aetius
To: blam
In the Niven/Pournelle book "Lucifer's Hammer" from the 1970s they talk about this. If it hits land, it's pretty much tough luck for anyone under it. If it hits water, it's very bad globally. Besides the tsunami, it would also instantly vaporize a huge volume of water into the atmosphere.
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05/12/2006 11:53:44 AM PDT
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Heyworth
To: Heyworth
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:56:07 AM PDT
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freedumb2003
(Any guest worker program that does not require application from the home country is Amnesty)
To: blam
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05/12/2006 11:57:02 AM PDT
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blam
To: Heyworth
"Lucifer's Hammer"
Great Book...great survival guide
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:58:08 AM PDT
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Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: blam
if a small planetoid hits the earth i don't think waves would be our biggest problem
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05/12/2006 11:58:23 AM PDT
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kinoxi
To: blam
The solar system's population of 100 m to 400 m asteroids is poorly known, as are coastal population distributions The first is fairly well known. The second is well known. The Gulf of Mexico is suspiciously round for a large feature.
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05/12/2006 11:58:25 AM PDT
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RightWhale
(Off touch and out of base)
To: blam
What kind of English format is this title? Does it not make sense to anyone else?
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05/12/2006 11:59:04 AM PDT
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sandbar
To: blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619315/posts
"He [Eric Julien, a former French military air traffic controller and senior airport manager] concludes the May 25 event is tied in to the Bush administration's policy of preemptive use of nuclear weapons against Iran, and the effect of nuclear weapons on the realms of higher intelligences."
I cannot say it, but as you see, it is ___'s fault.
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:59:07 AM PDT
by
bwteim
(Begin With The End In Mind)
To: Heyworth
If it hits land, it's pretty much tough luck for anyone under itHow do you know this? Has this been proven by MIT scientists?
To: blam
To: Robe
"Lucifer's Hammer" Great Book...great survival guide
Loved that book, but some of those books are impossible to find nowadays. Roberto Vacca's book is particular difficult to find.
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05/12/2006 12:06:59 PM PDT
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Centurion2000
(The social contract is breaking down.)
To: RightWhale
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05/12/2006 12:09:47 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam
A buoyant flood road, piano hinged on land side, dead man anchored on sea side; that naturally swings up into a vertical seawall, would at least mitigate some of the wave damage. Do you have a better solution?
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05/12/2006 12:17:01 PM PDT
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timer
To: Robe
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05/12/2006 12:20:51 PM PDT
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ASH71
To: Heyworth
"Besides the tsunami, it would also instantly vaporize a huge volume of water into the atmosphere."
Wonder how long it would take, for such a huge volume of seawater to precipitate back to ground? I''d think that salt damage to productive agricultural lands would be a potential problem lasting long after other damage is repaired as well.
To: blam
The wave aspect of everything.
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05/12/2006 12:33:36 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: timer
It would probably help -- but even the U.S. couldn't afford it. The Thames Barrier in London cost nearly $3 billion in todays money. (A different technology -- but a similar purpose.) It has probably paid for itself in protecting against numerous tidal surges. However, this is a much smaller apparatus than would be required to protect an entire coast; and the tidal surges occur at fairly predictable intervals -- more than once every 6,000 years.
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