The Scariest Thing I've Ever Seen on TV

[Borodog]

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Just watched a program on the eventual megatsunami that will be generated by the collapse of the Cumbre Vieja,...after crossing the ocean the wave will be hundreds of feet high

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I estimate the wave will be no more than 10' high, but more likely no more than 5' high.

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Can you post your calculations?

[CORed]

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You can practically get to Ohio from Boston with eight hours notice.

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Unless everybody else that lives in Boston is trying to do so at the same time.

Evacuating the Florida Keys, Outer Banks and many other barrier islands isn't going to happen in eight hours.

[MuresanForMVP]

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yea but thats nothing compared to the inevitable collision between our galaxy and the andromeda galaxy

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again, this is gonna be in about 3 billion years...who cares?

[TheHusky]

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When it collapses, half a trillion tons of rock will hit the Atlantic Ocean, driving a megatsunami 2000 feet tall at almost 500 miles per hour across the ocean. It will strike and destroy every city on the east coast of the United States.
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Tens of millions of people are going to die. There will be approximately 8 hours warning, but you know millions won't make it.

[/ QUOTE ]Do you suppose the United States should be thinking about organising something as a nation - or should it leave this totally to the private sector ?

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Organizing what as a nation? Preventing a volcanic island from collapsing? How?

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Nuke it?

[wacki]

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Here is what appears to be a credible opposing view.

Mega Tsunami Threat

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lol @ credible

[LuckOfTheDraw]

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Here is what appears to be a credible opposing view.

Mega Tsunami Threat

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lol @ credible

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But, look at all the pretty colors.

[Quaalude]

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Just watched a program on the eventual megatsunami that will be generated by the collapse of the Cumbre Vieja, the active volcano on the island of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. It's highly unstable, and when it collapses, half a trillion tons of rock will hit the Atlantic Ocean, driving a megatsunami 2000 feet tall at almost 500 miles per hour across the ocean. It will strike and destroy every city on the east coast of the United States (I don't see how it won't wipe out every city on the east coast of the entire Americas, as well as all the Carribean island nations, but they didn't mention it specifically).

It's not a question of if, but when this happens. In 1949 Cumbre Vieja erupted, and the western side of the island slipped almost 15 feet toward the ocean before stopping. When it finally lets go, tens of millions of people are going to die. Even after crossing the ocean the wave will be hundreds of feet high, and will wipe out everything up to 12 miles from the coast. There will be approximately 8 hours warning, but you know millions won't make it.

Scary [censored].

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You know, I've always thought that this would make an awesome terrorist attack. One strategically placed nuclear device, and goodbye East Coast. Or maybe I think too much like Dr. Evil. Muhahahaha!

[Reef]

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You can practically get to Ohio from Boston with eight hours notice.

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Alongside millions of other people going in the same direction?

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you can (slowly) walk 15 miles in 8 hours.

[flatline]

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You know, I've always thought that this would make an awesome terrorist attack. One strategically placed nuclear device, and goodbye East Coast. Or maybe I think too much like Dr. Evil. Muhahahaha!

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It certainly would make a great season of 24!

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If you dropped a nuke in the ocean, would it cause a tsunami?