[PAR35]

relatively little money is available for ocean research

I think I see the agenda here.

[Onelifetogive]

Scientists: Submerged Volcanoes Pose Tsunami Threat

Freeper: Scientists Are Totally Reactionary in Stating the Obvious

[Doomonyou]

Chicken little alert!

[sandbar]

>>>could trigger a devastating tsunami at any moment

Yeah, and monkey's could fly out of my butt.

Jeez.

Give us money so we could see if this volcano that has never triggered a tsunami before MIGHT be able to trigger a tsunami that we could do nothing about if it DOES trigger a tsunami.

[RightWhale]

This is easy. The enviros should lobby the UN to make underwater volcanos illegal.

[sgtbono2002]

If a volcano decides to rise from the seabed there isnt a damned thing we can do about it except warn that the water is on the way. Why spnd a ton of money on it, fact is Yellowstone Park could produce a volcano tomorrow and cover half the earth with ash. Nothing we can do about it.

[ApplegateRanch]

Scientists: Submerged Volcanoes Pose Tsunami Threat

"Duh!"

There was a time scientists told us what we didn't already know. Now, they seem to be the last to find out...and still can't figure out they should put the insulation between the tank wall & outer skin, rather than spray it on the outside.

[theDentist]

One of the world’s most active volcanic areas is a relatively unknown part of the seabed between New Zealand and Tonga, and could trigger a devastating tsunami at any moment...

And a comet could strike earth and cause devestating earthquaks and tsunamis at any moment... and a hurricane could wipe out the eastern seaboard..... and F5 tornadoes could wipe out 1/2 a state... and it's been that way throughout history...

Yet, we're still here. Bloody Chicken Littles...

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

It's Bush's fault.

[Leg Olam]

"It is ironic that we know far more about the topography of Mars and the Moon than about Earth, simply because much of our planet is covered in water.”

My friends and I promise to do our part in correcting that irony this weekend with a lot of drinking.

[JimSEA]

The geologic history of the Hawaiian Islands would suggest that numerous Tsunamis will originate in land subsidence there alone. The warning system cannot be the individual monitoring of each potential slide area throughout the oceans but rather should be space based and more generalized. To do this efficiently, problem areas on islands, sea-mounts and volcanically active areas need evaluating and mapping.

The incidence of such waves is frequent in geologic terms but rare in Human terms. :)

[GreyFriar]

science ping

[Iron Matron]

Sigh...

So, how much money does the USA have to spend this time?