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Giant wave could threaten US
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| 10 August 2004
Posted on 08/09/2004 8:34:11 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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To: FormerACLUmember
Start waxin' those surfboards, dudes!;)
To: muawiyah
650 metres (or meters) equals about 1900 feet high, which is a wave a third of mile high hitting the East Coast. The Empire State Building is only 1/4 of a mile high. It would travel 20 kilometers inland, or 12 miles from the ocean.
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posted on
08/09/2004 8:50:40 PM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(Free Republic is 21st Century Samizdat)
To: Cold Heat
At the time I am writing this post there are 20 replies and so far no one has said:
Women and minorities to be hardest hit.
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posted on
08/09/2004 8:52:21 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all)
To: FormerACLUmember
How long would it take to reach the east coast?
To: Texas Eagle
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posted on
08/09/2004 8:53:19 PM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=20040531140357545)
To: FormerACLUmember
"...say half a trillion tonnes of rock falling into the water all at once... "; is that like a one with nine zeroes after it or is it a million times a billion? In the US a billion is a one with nine zeroes after it(a thousand million). In the UK a billion is a million million. In the US a trillion would be a onnnne with 12 zeroes behind it or a million million or one UK billion. Does that mean that a UK trillion would be a million times a million times a million or a one with eighteen zeroes behind it or would it be that a UK billion is the same as a UK trillion when expressed in US terminology?
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posted on
08/09/2004 8:53:28 PM PDT
by
vger
(asta la vista earthlinks!)
To: FormerACLUmember
Giant wave could threaten US We need to make sure Michael Moron doesn't belly flop into the ocean.
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posted on
08/09/2004 8:53:39 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(I Annoy Buchananites)
To: FormerACLUmember
La Palma volcano
To: FormerACLUmember
Swiss researchers who have modelled the landslide say half a trillion tonnes of rock falling into the water all at once would create a wave 650 metres high (2,130 feet) that would spread out and travel across the Atlantic at high speed. It'd be a damn shame if that half a trillion tons had the help of the first Islamic nuclear weapon to get it started.
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posted on
08/09/2004 8:56:20 PM PDT
by
asgardshill
(Jury Duty REJECT - Perfect 0 and 11 record stands.)
To: vger
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posted on
08/09/2004 8:57:05 PM PDT
by
vger
(asta la vista earthlinks!)
To: Recovering_Democrat
I question the timing of this.
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posted on
08/09/2004 8:58:10 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Saving Private Hamster)
To: denydenydeny
I imagine that terrorists are already doing theoretical work on seeing if the flank slide could be artificially triggered by a large explosion. That's the first thing that came to mind. That was the first thing that came to my mind as well. Second thing was to get crackin on the screenplay!!!!
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posted on
08/09/2004 8:58:16 PM PDT
by
ScottinSacto
(Win another one for the Gipper)
To: GATOR NAVY
Does anyone really live on Hierro?
To: fhayek
--John Kerry has a secret plan that will save us.--
he will "reach out" to the tsunami, and will end this arrogant "go it alone" bush tsunami policy.
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posted on
08/09/2004 8:58:24 PM PDT
by
smonk
To: FormerACLUmember
Why couldn't a nuclear bomb be used to neutralize/disrupt the wave?
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posted on
08/09/2004 8:59:43 PM PDT
by
fso301
To: FormerACLUmember
I saw this on the show "Blue Planet" on the Discovery Channel, it was pretty interesting.
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posted on
08/09/2004 9:00:07 PM PDT
by
Ros42
To: FormerACLUmember
650 metres (or meters) equals about 1900 feet high, which is a wave a third of mile high hitting the East Coast. The Empire State Building is only 1/4 of a mile high. It would travel 20 kilometers inland, or 12 miles from the ocean.---------------
I hope I'm at home when it happens. If I'm at work I'll be dead, but if I'm at home I should have easy beach access :)
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posted on
08/09/2004 9:00:45 PM PDT
by
sc2_ct
(This is the way the world ends... not with a bang but a whimper)
To: Howlin
LOL, I do to leaving in Wilmington, could ruin my whole day.
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posted on
08/09/2004 9:01:03 PM PDT
by
boomop1
To: boomop1
My niece just moved into a new house down there!
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posted on
08/09/2004 9:02:21 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Saving Private Hamster)
To: Frank_2001
Whoa, dude! You don't wanna wipe out on those waves, brahhh! Still, that would be, like, totally awesome man!!
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posted on
08/09/2004 9:02:37 PM PDT
by
GOP_Raider
(Conservative, Republican, Raider Fan)
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