"Michael Crichton's new book "State of Fear" addresses this very issue. Good read."
Just last evening I finished "Scimitar SL-2" by Patrick Robinson which is about this EXACTLY - terrorists nuke La Palma, tsunami, hits the east coast, etc.
The book's not bad IMHO and operates from a political perspective that most of us here would not have a problem with except for one thing. The jacket lists the author as splitting his time betwen Ireland and Cape Cod and I fear he has that Irish obsession with Kennedy adoration.
Beginning on page 268, out of nowhere, he brings in Senator Edward kennedy by name and describes him as "...the senior member of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, whose patriotism was unquestioned and whose personal motives to act on behalf of the United States were always impeccable."
I kept waiting for the punch line but he was serious.
I mean, I know this is fiction but.....sheesh!!
I got the Robinson book at the library and read it last Thursday night (until 3:30 am) and Friday morning. I agree 100% with your comments about Kennedy worship. The only reason Sen. Teddy would care about the tsunami is that it would wipe out Hyannis Port and most of Boston.