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Millions in U.S. Face Mega-Wave from Island Collapse (don't worry about meteors)
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| Mon 9 August, 2004 14:33
| Scientist Bill McGuire, Jeremy Lovell
Posted on 08/09/2004 10:27:49 AM PDT by Truth666
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Best laugh of the day - and still there's a lot to read between the lines ...
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:27:56 AM PDT
by
Truth666
To: Truth666
The bad news is tens of millions of people along the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada may drown if the slow slippage of a volcano off north Africa becomes a cataclysmic collapse. Big deal - they're almost all Kerry voters anyway...
"A future president of the United States must make a call on what to do when La Palma collapses," he said.
Kerry's Vietnam service should be sufficient to avert this disaster.
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:29:51 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Forget Berger's socks - has ANYONE searched his skin folds for classified documents?)
To: Truth666
President Kerry will consider a nuanced, sensitive response to the crisis, right up to the moment that the wave smashes the White House...
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:29:52 AM PDT
by
Poohbah
(If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)
To: Truth666
Surely, it is all GEORGE BUSH'S FAULT!
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:31:04 AM PDT
by
bondjamesbond
(We live in a wonderful country where any child can grow up to be the next Ronald Reagan.)
To: Poohbah
To: Truth666
Within 10 to 30 years, all the near-earth asteroids will have been charted. What about the moon-sized asteroid that is flying between stars right now that will pass through this system ten times faster than a near earth asteroid and smash directly into the moon or the earth? They will see it about ten minutes before it hits.
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:31:43 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
To: Truth666
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:33:23 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Re: Protection from up on high, Keyser Sose has nothing on Sandy Berger, the DNC Burglar)
To: RightWhale
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:35:01 AM PDT
by
OSHA
(Cheap Shots, Low Blows and Late Hits. Free Delivery. Fast Friendly Service with a Smile!)
To: Truth666
Reuters is recycling a Discovery/Learning Channel program that first aired
over two years ago.
It must be a slow day in the newsroom.
To: Truth666
Let's see - a volcano collapsing off the African coast will send a sustained 100-foot tsunami thousands of miles.
OK.
This tsunami will potentially destroy the entire 2000 mile Eastern seaboard, even though the area of the volcano collapse is only a few square miles.
OK.
The volcano will apparently go out of its way to harm the US, but leave the coasts of Africa, Europe and South America completely untouched.
OK.
I guess if you have a degree you can make any crazy claims you like.
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:35:38 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: Truth666
Best laugh of the day
Unfortunately, the Cumbre Vieja collapse will actually occur someday. Whether that is ten years or ten thousand is the question. Similar devastating collapses have occurred in the past.
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:37:19 AM PDT
by
Arkinsaw
To: Truth666
I've seen a one hour documentary on this, the threat is real...I just don't know about the timing.
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:38:06 AM PDT
by
blam
To: All
The timing of this is very suspect. The VRWC is attempting to draw attention away from Kerry's campaign. They must be stopped.
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:38:53 AM PDT
by
cwiz24
To: wideawake
The volcano will apparently go out of its way to harm the US, but leave the coasts of Africa, Europe and South America completely untouched.
The tens of dollars of damage it could do to Africa and South America was not considered newsworthy.
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:41:25 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Arkinsaw
I don't question that. I'm just saying that this story isn't about collapsing mountains - check the bold parts
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:42:32 AM PDT
by
Truth666
To: Arkinsaw
Similar devastating collapses have occurred in the past.Howard Dean leaps to mind.
To: Truth666
IIRC, one of the Hawaiian Islands is cracking and is expected to do the same thing in the Pacific. I dont know if the 'wave' is to be aimed at the US or not.
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:45:22 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways)
To: Truth666
Typical self-absorbed crap from the eastcoast-centric press.
Besides, its far more likely the west coast will be swamped by a megawave originating from gargantuan subsurface rock slides in the Hawaiian islands. At least theres a precedent for that.
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:46:38 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: blam
I've seen a one hour documentary on this, the threat is real...I just don't know about the timing.I saw that documentary too. It's a very REAL threat, and it's going to happen. Like you, I don't know when, but it will wipe out much of the east coast.
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:46:59 AM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
(Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.)
To: wideawake
Let's see - a volcano collapsing off the African coast will send a sustained 100-foot Meter tsunami thousands of miles. It's over three times as bad as you thought.
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posted on
08/09/2004 10:47:09 AM PDT
by
RJL
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