Author Topic: Tsunami warning (Read 606 times)

Siaf__csf · « **on:** February 24, 2005, 12:43:01 AM »

I'm sure many of the posters here live on the east coast..

The recent happenings made me remember again this:

http://www.cdnn.info/article/tsunami/tsunami.html

Scary stuff.

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #1 on:** February 26, 2005, 02:04:18 PM »

Nobody bothers to comment on this?

Aren't people taking it seriously or what is the problem?

hawker238 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 26, 2005, 02:06:18 PM »

What do you want me to do about it?

DiabloTX · « **Reply #3 on:** February 26, 2005, 02:09:17 PM »

I remember seeing something on that on the Discovery Channel. The experts, IIRC, say that it could fall of in months, years, decades, centuries, or millenia.

And like Hawker said, not a whole lot we could do about it.

SunTracker · « **Reply #4 on:** February 26, 2005, 02:09:57 PM »

How often do islands just collapse into the water? This is just hype.

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2005, 02:15:38 PM »

That's where you're wrong. The vulcanic activity can easily make things collapse and there's a half mountain hanging on the edge.

I have no doubt there's anything you personally could do to stop it, I was just thinking if any preparation is made in case it happens.

It just struck to me that it would be kinda hard to migrate millions of people kilometers inland in just 9 hours.

Martlet · « **Reply #6 on:** February 26, 2005, 02:16:17 PM »

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Originally posted by Siaf__csf
That's where you're wrong. The vulcanic activity can easily make things collapse and there's a half mountain hanging on the edge.

I have no doubt there's anything you personally could do to stop it, I was just thinking if any preparation is made in case it happens.

It just struck to me that it would be kinda hard to migrate millions of people kilometers inland in just 9 hours.

I have a surfboard

Elfie · « **Reply #7 on:** February 26, 2005, 02:27:14 PM »

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Originally posted by Martlet
I have a surfboard

I dont need one, I live far, far inland.

hawker238 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 26, 2005, 02:39:12 PM »

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Originally posted by Martlet
I have a surfboard

I have one of those seat pillows from an airplane.

Martlet · « **Reply #9 on:** February 26, 2005, 02:40:04 PM »

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Originally posted by hawker238
I have one of those seat pillows from an airplane.

No one would miss Rhode Island anyway.

hawker238 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 26, 2005, 02:42:41 PM »

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No one would miss Rhode Island anyway.

As much as I try, I can't refute your claim.

but we're taking boston with us

Martlet · « **Reply #11 on:** February 26, 2005, 02:44:52 PM »

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but we're taking boston with us

What? And destroy all that history? I don't actually live in Boston, anyway. I'm on the north shore. Losing Boston would be good for my commute.

SuperDud · « **Reply #12 on:** February 26, 2005, 03:05:19 PM »

The one thing to remember about a whole mountain breaking up is Mt. St. Helen. Back in 1980 they knew it was gonna blow, but they didn't expect that huge eruption followed by the biggest land slide in recorded history. And who knows, it might take one good eruption for a large chunk of rock to dislodge over in the canaries. Will it likely happen...no, but is it possible... definatly. Just my opinion.

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #13 on:** February 26, 2005, 03:22:15 PM »

If people would start to get worried about this it might have serious implications to the stock exchange. That's why all the media keeps quiet about it.

Hortlund · « **Reply #14 on:** February 26, 2005, 03:35:31 PM »

Are you seriously asking "why is no one worried about this" when "this" is a hypothetical? What if there is an earthquake that will cause an island to collapse and send a tsunami across the atlantic?

wtf if you want to worry about hypotheticals, why not start worring about the earths crust opening up and swallowing the entire eastern seabord or something creative.