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She's Gonna Blow: Canary Island Evacuated Amid Volcano Fears
Der Spiegel ^
| 09/29/11
Posted on 10/01/2011 7:15:02 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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I remember some experts claiming that volcanic eruption in Canary Island could cause huge chunk of mountain to crash down to the sea, causing catastrophic trans-Atlantic tsunami to hit U.S. east coast.
To: TigerLikesRooster; SunkenCiv; blam
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posted on
10/01/2011 7:15:46 AM PDT
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TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: SE Mom
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posted on
10/01/2011 7:17:28 AM PDT
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maggief
To: TigerLikesRooster
...so Wasserman-Shultz’s district may be under water pretty soon..?
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10/01/2011 7:19:06 AM PDT
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who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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10/01/2011 7:21:20 AM PDT
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sodpoodle
(God is ignoring me - because He is watching you.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
“I remember some experts claiming that volcanic eruption in Canary Island could cause huge chunk of mountain to crash down to the sea, causing catastrophic trans-Atlantic tsunami to hit U.S. east coast.”
It’s the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma that’s of concern, not this one. Of course if this one triggers a Cumbre Vieja eruption, that would be different. Even then, though, there’s no guarantee that the next eruption will cause the landslide...it might take several more.
http://www.rense.com/general56/tsu.htm
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10/01/2011 7:24:39 AM PDT
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PreciousLiberty
(Palin '12 - Take Back America!!!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
We’ll need to follow the tweets.
To: TigerLikesRooster
WDC could use the rinse BEFORE the elections.
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posted on
10/01/2011 7:26:17 AM PDT
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G Larry
(I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
To: PreciousLiberty
You seem to know a lot about the subject. I saw the TV program on NATGEO or The Science Channel a couple of years ago, but when it happens (the La Palma mountain tsunami) would the resulting 160’ high wave completely wash over the Florida Peninsula on into the Gulf of Mexico?
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10/01/2011 7:36:50 AM PDT
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ngat
To: TigerLikesRooster
“I remember some experts claiming that volcanic eruption in Canary Island could cause huge chunk of mountain to crash down to the sea, causing catastrophic trans-Atlantic tsunami to hit U.S. east coast. “
I guess I could say some stuff here, but, as they say “Loose lips sink ships.”
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posted on
10/01/2011 7:46:12 AM PDT
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BobL
(PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I remember some experts claiming that volcanic eruption in Canary Island could cause huge chunk of mountain to crash down to the sea, causing catastrophic trans-Atlantic tsunami to hit U.S. east coast.
A specific island which has a specific topography, and this is not that island.
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10/01/2011 7:47:29 AM PDT
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Cheburashka
(If life hands you lemons, government regulations will prevent you from making lemonade.)
To: sodpoodle
I see that Gamera lives there
and at first I thought one of the islands was Lazamataz.
To: ngat
...but when it happens (the La Palma mountain tsunami) would the resulting 160 high wave completely wash over the Florida Peninsula on into the Gulf of Mexico?
Until the landslide actually happens all one can do is speculate about how big the landslide will be. Until you know how big the landslide is you can't be sure how big the tidal wave would be.
But hey, we have to sell papers or get hits on our web page to make money, so let's go with the most extreme possibilities. Who knows, maybe it will actually be as bad as we speculate.
Also the tsunami expert we use needs grant money, so it's in his interest to inflate the possibilities of catastrophe as much as possible.
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posted on
10/01/2011 7:55:09 AM PDT
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Cheburashka
(If life hands you lemons, government regulations will prevent you from making lemonade.)
To: PlateOfShrimp
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posted on
10/01/2011 7:56:06 AM PDT
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null and void
(Day 983 of America's holiday from reality...)
To: G Larry
WDC could use the rinse BEFORE the elections.A rinse right off the map... be a shame to lose some of the national heirlooms in the Smithsonian.
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10/01/2011 7:56:45 AM PDT
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DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: DTogo
Yeah. I’m stumped for anything else we’d really miss.
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10/01/2011 8:00:37 AM PDT
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null and void
(Day 983 of America's holiday from reality...)
To: TigerLikesRooster; Quix
To: ngat
“You seem to know a lot about the subject. I saw the TV program on NATGEO or The Science Channel a couple of years ago, but when it happens (the La Palma mountain tsunami) would the resulting 160 high wave completely wash over the Florida Peninsula on into the Gulf of Mexico?”
I’m no expert, but I seriously doubt even a 160’ wave would significantly impact the GoM after traversing Florida, in fact I don’t think it would make it clear across at all. The long wavelength of this type of wave would allow it to potentially go far inland though. There might be some direct impact to Mexico and maybe south Texas as the wave passes south of Cuba...it also depends on how deep the bottom is there.
I understand there’s of controversy about how large this wave would be at the US East Coast even in the worst case scenario. It is worth noting that landslides have caused some amazing waves in other places like Alaska.
I’d just as soon not find out how big it’ll be in my lifetime...here’s hoping! :-)
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10/01/2011 8:03:11 AM PDT
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PreciousLiberty
(Palin '12 - Take Back America!!!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
10/01/2011 8:06:42 AM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(I never win at Scrable.)
To: sodpoodle
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10/01/2011 8:10:28 AM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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