The East Coast is fucked

[Hiroshi2]

NY Daily News...

Killer wave lying in wait

Volcano could unleash horror

BY PAUL H.B. SHIN

A tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption on an island off the coast of Africa could result in mountainous waves up to 75 feet high crashing into New York and other East Coast cities, scientists are warning.

A 12-mile-wide chunk of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary Islands rattled loose during a previous eruption and is at risk of smashing into the Atlantic Ocean, triggering what could be one of the largest tidal waves in recorded history, researchers told Britain's Royal Institution earlier this month.

"It's not a matter of if, but when," said Prof. Bill McGuire, director of the Benfield Grieg Hazard Research Centre at University College in London.

In the deep seas, a tidal wave created by such a landslide would travel at the speed of a jetliner - up to 600 mph - meaning U.S. coastal cities would have eight to 10 hours of warning before a mountainous wall of water reared up on its shores, McGuire said.

"Once it's happened, it would be extremely difficult to evacuate all those people out in time," McGuire told the Daily News.

The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma has been the most active volcano on the Canary Islands. A 1949 eruption shook loose the western flank of the 6,300-foot volcano that is now at risk of tumbling into the sea. The last eruption happened in 1971 on the southern tip of the island.

A similar catastrophe was responsible for the death of more than 2,000 people in Papua New Guinea on July 17, 1998, when a magnitude 7 earthquake triggered a landslide that in turn touched off a 50-foot-tall tsunami.

Other experts agreed that Cumbre Vieja could trigger a similar event.

"If you peel off a side of a volcano and let it slide into the deep ocean, yes, it's going to generate a tidal wave. And from that location it will travel to the U.S.," said John Mutter, a seismologist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

But without close monitoring of the volcano, it's impossible to predict whether the next eruption will be next week or decades away, Mutter said.

"They are seldom periodic. You're not going to be able to set your clock by it," he said.

If it does happen, however, computer models have shown the tidal wave could pack a devastating punch, said Philip Watts, a private engineer in Long Beach, Calif., who has helped researchers estimate the impact of tsunamis.

"The good news is this wave might break while traveling over the continental shelf and lose a lot of its energy by the time it reaches the shoreline," Watts said. "But there will still be places where it will hit considerably hard."

McGuire noted that such a tsunami could travel several miles inland, wreaking havoc on all in its path.

"The waves would be hitting all along the East Coast of North America," McGuire said. For every 300 feet of shoreline, the waves would dump "the same amount of energy as generated by the collapse of the World Trade Center.

"We need to get advanced warning because in the Eastern U.S. and the Caribbean, we have to get an enormous number of people away from the coastline," he said.



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It would be just like that movie Deep Impact. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.


East Coast YW people...........................y'all better move to the West Coast............HAHAHAHAHAHA.


Or maybe y'all could move to Indiana and hide out in TB4000's house.

[Mr.Lum]

God is punishing the US. hahahahaha.

If it happens, I'll just move to the West coast. No biggie. That's what the frontier is for.

[yoMAMA]

they have earthquakes in the west side.

[Mr.Lum]

I can go to the middle. It's a big country...Earthquakes aren't all that bad either.

[yoMAMA]

oh...but the middle is all about tornadoes in the summer and blizzards in the winter.

;)

[Chester]

Originally Posted by yoMAMA

oh...but the middle is all about tornadoes in the summer and blizzards in the winter.

Not to mention year-round boredom.

[Hiroshi2]

South Side baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mr.Lum]

Originally Posted by yoMAMA

oh...but the middle is all about tornadoes in the summer and blizzards in the winter.

;)

We have blizzards in New England quite often. I'm used to it. You go to the lower middle, you got it made. Nobody can fucking touch you.

[Martino]

Originally Posted by Mr.Lum

I can go to the middle. It's a big country...Earthquakes aren't all that bad either.

After the East Coast is drowned by the tsunami and the West Coast falls into the sea, the middle will turn into a hot bed of flat-earther creationist Christian fundamentalism. You'll probably be burned at the stake just for wearing Banana Republic.

Anyway, only a few years left before that asteroid hits ...

[Mr.Lum]

After the East Coast is dwowned by the tsunami and the West Coast falls into the sea, the middle will turn into a hot bed of Christian fundamentalism. You'll probably be burned at the stake just for wearing Banana Republic.

That's the deep south. When I build my mountain fortress of Quakerdom, non of those loons will touch me. There's hardly anybody in the middle. Population desnity is so low, it wouldn't matter if those white fundies were what they are cause I'd be safe and Quaker. Whatever I do, I stay away from the South.

[Hiroshi2]

Originally Posted by Mr.Lum

That's the deep south. When I build my mountain fortress of Quakerdom, non of those loons will touch me. There's hardly anybody in the middle. Population desnity is so low, it wouldn't matter if those white fundies were what they are cause I'd be safe and Quaker. Whatever I do, I stay away from the South.

Yeah.......................but here in the South nothing'll happen to us. Maybe Atlanta cause they're not that far away from the eastern seaboard.


But the East Coast has this shit.....................the West's got earthquakes..............the Midwest has tornadoes........................well, Chicago should be OK. Which means we can still crash at TB's house as planned.



Ya can't come to my house though. Mama wouldn't approve

Originally Posted by Mr.Lum

That's the deep south. When I build my mountain fortress of Quakerdom, non of those loons will touch me. There's hardly anybody in the middle. Population desnity is so low, it wouldn't matter if those white fundies were what they are cause I'd be safe and Quaker. Whatever I do, I stay away from the South.

And btw you'd be better off as a person of color in the Deep South than in the Midwest, trust me. I live down here and I've been out there.

[Mr.Lum]

And btw you'd be better off as a person of color in the Deep South than in the Midwest, trust me. I live down here and I've been out there.

I've been down there and I've been out there. There's more asians and more land. Of all the Southern states I've been to (Miss., Alabama, Luisiana, Georgia, Tennessie, Florida, Carolinas) Florida was the only one I found remotely appealing. The others were basiacally stereotypes all around. Been there, done that, not repeating.

But the East Coast has this shit.....................the West's got earthquakes..............the Midwest has tornadoes........................well, Chicago should be OK. Which means we can still crash at TB's house as planned.

Tornadoes aren't that big of a deal either. Not like a tidal wave or earth parting earthquake. The South is low lying as well. Coastal areas will be flooded more likely than not and you also have a tremendous number of Bible thumpers.violent Christians. In the event of a natural disaster, prepare for the Christian uprising. You'll be run by the churches.

[Hiroshi2]

Originally Posted by Mr.Lum

I've been down there and I've been out there. There's more asians and more land. Of all the Southern states I've been to (Miss., Alabama, Luisiana, Georgia, Tennessie, Florida, Carolinas) Florida was the only one I found remotely appealing. The others were basiacally stereotypes all around. Been there, done that, not repeating.



Tornadoes aren't that big of a deal either. Not like a tidal wave or earth parting earthquake. The South is low lying as well. Coastal areas will be flooded more likely than not and you also have a tremendous number of Bible thumpers.violent Christians. In the event of a natural disaster, prepare for the Christian uprising. You'll be run by the churches.

Low-lying? Only down in L.A. (Lower Alabama). Cities like Birmingham (where I live) and Atlanta are at the foothills of the Appalachians and can be very hilly and even mountainious in parts.



The only "low-lying" major southern cities I can think of are Memphis, New Orleans, and any citeis in Florida. Anything in Texas would be too far inland.


Tornadoes not that big of a deal? You ever seen one? A few years ago an F5 tornado tore thru Oak Grove, AL (a suburb of Birmingham) and the mess there looked a lot like Hurricane Charley. They're *still* feeling the impacts of that tornado, and that was back in 1998.

I just don't understand how you could bash the Deep South but praise the Midwest. Maybe if you were white, it'd be different, but some parts of the Midwest are no different than down here, except instead of a large black population, you got Indians.

[Mr.Lum]

Low-lying? Only down in L.A. (Lower Alabama). Cities like Birmingham (where I live) and Atlanta are at the foothills of the Appalachians and can be very hilly and even mountainious in parts.

Your coasts are gone.

The only "low-lying" major southern cities I can think of are Memphis, New Orleans, and any citeis in Florida. Anything in Texas would be too far inland.

The coasts are fairly large. I'm the foothills up here, we'd be the first folks to drown up here more likely than not. Texas is a gate way to the west. You'd be safe there. The Deep south states are usually listed as the ones to be flooded over, along with the NE. The more northernly southern states are safe. I'd leave the continent before going there.

Tornadoes not that big of a deal? You ever seen one? A few years ago an F5 tornado tore thru Oak Grove, AL (a suburb of Birmingham) and the mess there looked a lot like Hurricane Charley. They're *still* feeling the impacts of that tornado, and that was back in 1998.

I have lived through two tornadoes. It's easier to rebuild after a storm than a tidal wave or earthquake. Other than this supposed wave, the other two are minor concerns. Those aint nothin.

I just don't understand how you could bash the Deep South but praise the Midwest. Maybe if you were white, it'd be different, but some parts of the Midwest are no different than down here, except instead of a large black population, you got Indians

Deep South is the worst. No manners. I suppose if you stay in some of the cities it'd be alright but when you get away from them, people are just down right nasty. Missing teeth, unintellegable lanuage, overly religious and hostile. Midwest, in many ways is not different, but you've got asians. Midwest asians are gangster. Midwest is also less densly populated. There may be biggots, but they're spread out. Less hicks per mile. I also had an enjoyable experience in the Midwest, as opposed to the South which was only memorable for heat and biggotry.

[Hiroshi2]

Originally Posted by Mr.Lum

Deep South is the worst. No manners. I suppose if you stay in some of the cities it'd be alright but when you get away from them, people are just down right nasty. Missing teeth, unintellegable lanuage, overly religious and hostile. Midwest, in many ways is not different, but you've got asians. Midwest asians are gangster. Midwest is also less densly populated. There may be biggots, but they're spread out. Less hicks per mile. I also had an enjoyable experience in the Midwest, as opposed to the South which was only memorable for heat and biggotry.

No manners? Midwesteners aren't unfriendly generally but generally people down here do have manners. Even the gangsters here will say "yes ma'am" and hold the door open for you.


I could say that New England is full of a bunch of snobby, stuck-up boring ass geeks. But whatever floats your boat, mayne. This thread isn't even about geography, so if you got something else to say, PM me.