Both Coasts of Americas Seen Vulnerable to Tsunamis (We're ALL Gonna DIE !!! Alert)

Reuters ^ | Tue, Feb 08, 2005 | Maggie Fox

[Darkwolf377]

It was nice knowing you all... :(

John in Boston

[presidio9]

Stop clowing around. This is both hugh and series.

[xrp]

As a resident of the state of Kansas (KCMO metro area), I am deeply concerned about a tsunami washing me away.

[CzarNicky]

I'm glad I live in Cleveland. No Tsunamis are coming off our lake.

[Darkwolf377]

I really don't feel comfortable discussing this til I read the whole piece. I'm gonna print it out.

[Rudder]

We're talking Blue States, right?

[AnAmericanMother]

I guess I better start worrying about a tsunami coming off the Chattahoochee River . . .

My parents live on the GA coast, but what the outer bar doesn't catch the tidal rivers and inlets and islands should . . . assuming this happens any time soon . .. which I kinda doubt.

(Why don't we worry about the New Madrid Fault, just for a change of pace?)

[null and void]

If one washes you away, I will be deeply concerned!

[dljordan]

If it makes it over the Rockies I deserve to die. I'm gonna worry about that damned volcano up in Yellowstone it's too close for comfort.

[presidio9]

Unquestionably Bush's fault...

[Zivasmate]

Reuters politically correct egalitarianism now even extends to the world's oceans. After all, they don't want to just single out the Indian Ocean. That would be oceanic discrimination.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Nicky, as I am a native Pittsburgher, I will politely refrain from all comments regarding anything coming off of Lake Erie in the Metro Cleveland area...

Boy, am I a good sport or what?

[Strategerist]

(Why don't we worry about the New Madrid Fault, just for a change of pace?)

Odd that nobody worries about Charleston, South Carolina getting leveled by an earthquake again. Can't remember a thread I've even seen a mention of it. People are too obsessed with Yellowstone, etc.

[bayourod]

I've read that they travel 600 miles per hour and also that when you see one coming that if you walk fast you can get far enough inland before it reaches shore to be safe. ???

[Strategerist]

They only travel 400+ miles per hour in the deep (miles deep) open ocean. They're not even noticeable when they're moving that fast.

They travel about 40 mph when they're hitting land. Too fast to outrun, still.

However, if you start walking or running inland when you see the water rapidly recede preceeding the tsunami, in most cases in most locations you'll be safe.

[AnAmericanMother]

1886? My great grandparents were there at the time. Apparently it was a big mess, but not too many folks were killed. Lot of chimneys fell down though.

[Paul_Denton]

If it makes it over the Rockies I deserve to die. I'm gonna worry about that damned volcano up in Yellowstone it's too close for comfort.

I love 1,000 feet above the water. Not too worried about Tsunamis but the Yellowstone volcano is another matter.

[Darkwolf377]

The most interesting video of the recent tsunami showed the pure power of the thing, and it's not in some Hollywoos spectacular way. The waves coming in looked like any old wave--they just kept going. The clip I've got shows what looks like the water simply RISING all at once, not on one point like a cresting wave or something, but like the whole ocean suddenly gained mass. I don't think you can run from it unless you know ahead of time it's coming. If you're SEEING it approaching, you ain't gonna outrun something as big as what you describe above.

I don't really care, though. If I lived my life looking out for everything that could possibly kill me I wouldn't do anything.

[presidio9]

Don't you understand that they are going to hit both coasts simultaneously? I'm telling you: WE'RE SCREWED.