"This town needs an enema!"
Posted on 12/28/2004 12:53:24 AM PST by kattracks
It hardly raised a ripple when it was reported over the summer, but news that a tsunami could one day hit New York is suddenly getting a second look.Several months ago, geologists raised concerns that an unstable flank of a volcano in the Canary Islands off the coast of Western Africa could slide into the sea and send giant waves across the Atlantic at the speed of a jumbo jet.
Within three hours, the wave could swamp the west coast of Africa. Within five hours, it could hit southern England, and within 12 hours, it could build up enough force to wipe out the U.S. East Coast, including New York, Washington, Boston and Miami, according to a British researcher.
"Eventually, the whole rock will col lapse into the water, and the collapse will devastate the Atlantic margin," said Bill McGuire, of the Benfield Grieg Hazard Research Center.
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Scientists at the time of McGuire's August study paid little attention to the warning, largely because the volcano in question has been dormant since 1971, even though it erupts every 20 to 200 years.
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We live on a living planet. It is alive and changing sometimes violently.
A global warming report? Or a real concern report?
Few are aware that a major geological fault line runs from the Ramapo Valley right through Manhattan. Has NYC prepared for an earthquake, as well?
I saw a special about the island I think it was Discovery channel, about a year ago.
It's not a matter of if, it's a question of when.
the new city will be bathed . . . .
Has NYC prepared for an earthquake, as well?
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I doubt it. Given the construction materials used since colonial days, it would be devastating. I can't imagine an earthquake plan that would work.
Some scientists have expressed concern that the rift on the big island of Hawaii, might represent the beginning of a similar process. If it ever happens (unlikely in our lifetime), the west coast of North and South America will be affected.
"This town needs an enema!"
I grew up in upstate NY. I seem to remember that the entire Hudson river vally is a fault line, and that everything east of there is on a subplate type structure. And that the main fault extends down into the Atlantic west of Manhatten.
I'm aware of the fault line.
This will be interesting to note on tremors.
That's the one with our name on it.
Does your freeper name have anything to do with Elton John?
Yes--nine months after Hillary gets pregnant again.
Back in '84, I experienced one, while living on LI. It was like everything we have ever read on this topic ... the rattling of patio doors, the sound of a 'train' running past the house; quite eerie.
BTW, Con Edison had originally planned to build its plant in lower Manhattan. They dug down to bedrock and were in the final planning stages, when an engineer recalled some old maps with fault lines. They dug down another 100' to a fault cavern, then proceeded to close up the excavation, build a children's playground and move the plant across the East River to Queens.
Isn't there a Nuclear Plant in the Ramapo Valley?
Let me guess ... this is the new theme to scare the hell out of people??
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