Mega-tsunami dangers

Public release date: 31-Aug-2001

Mega-tsunami to devastate US coastline

A tsunami wave higher than any in recorded history threatens to ravage the US coastline in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands, UK and US scientists will report today. Locations on both African and European Atlantic coastlines - including Britain - are also thought to be at risk.

The new research, a collaboration between Dr. Simon Day of the Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre at UCL and Dr. Steven Ward of the University of California, reveals the extent and size of the mega-tsunami, the consequence of a giant landslide that may be triggered by a future eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano.

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Fifty-kilometre-high waves?! Methinks a proofreader was asleep at the switch É

Fifty-kilometer waves? That would make Earth look like Iapetus (scaled up to Earth's size).
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Fifty-kilometer waves? That would make Earth look like Iapetus (scaled up to Earth's size).

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Fifty-kilometre-high waves?! Methinks a proofreader was asleep at the switch É

It had me fooled for a moment. I actually checked to see how high Nelson's Column really was.

Well, the article got that part right; itÕs certainly less than 50 km tall. ;)

It is clear natural routine that in every 1 million years earth passes huge natural phenomenon like tsunami, earthquake, asteriod and every 50k years there is an ice age. The latest big fact is the Yellowstone park volcano in north america that if it explodes the earth might get into snow cover for all year around for 2-3 years. The last big super volcano explosion was in Indonesia about 100 years ago.

If people manage to prepare intelligently for these phenomenons it is quite cool adventure. But there are many negative advertisements on this like doomday or the end day stuffs.

Instead of inventing all kinds of weapons if there were super single family shelter for all kinds of natural disasters and super home electricity station (nuclear, solar, wind powered) invented all those Mega-Phenomenons are could be considered as kind of cool adventure.
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Mandtugai!

Fifty-kilometer waves? That would make Earth look like Iapetus (scaled up to Earth's size).

Yeah, it would make for one hell of a surf.

It is clear natural routine that in every 1 million years earth passes huge natural phenomenon like tsunami, earthquake, asteriod and every 50k years there is an ice age. The latest big fact is the Yellowstone park volcano in north america that if it explodes the earth might get into snow cover for all year around for 2-3 years. The last big super volcano explosion was in Indonesia about 100 years ago.

If people manage to prepare intelligently for these phenomenons it is quite cool adventure. But there are many negative advertisements on this like doomday or the end day stuffs.

Instead of inventing all kinds of weapons if there were super single family shelter for all kinds of natural disasters and super home electricity station (nuclear, solar, wind powered) invented all those Mega-Phenomenons are could be considered as kind of cool adventure.

Fifty-kilometer waves? That would make Earth look like Iapetus (scaled up to Earth's size).

Yeah, it would make for one hell of a surf.

I don't know if that fellow finally wiped out or not.

Ah, you're thinking of humans as a highly efficient species that plan for and deal with events such as these much better than we do. Unfortunately that isn't how it is.

Just a few examples: People keep living right next to oceans. Even when the land is almost level with the water. Another one is here in America people keep building homes from wood even when the area is in a tornado or hurricane zone.

20 years ago there was not any imaginative chance that anywhere in the world corners people can discuss any subject almost live in the digital forum for almost free of charge

20 years ago there was not any imaginative chance that anywhere in the world corners people can discuss any subject almost live in the digital forum for almost free of charge

Free of charge as in water? Sorry, we pay dearly for this technology, computer costs, software costs, isp fees... And even worse, it's mostly used to manipulate the masses rather than to educate them... ;)

Maybe more positive trend of public education might help on many advancements.

Tidal wave threat 'over-hyped'

The risk of a landslide in the Canary Islands causing a tidal wave (tsunami) able to devastate America's east coast is vastly overstated.
That is the view of marine geologists studying ancient landslides in the area.

In typical Canary Island landslides, chunks of land break off in bits, not in one dramatic plunge, they argue.

This contradicts previous warnings that an Isle of Man-sized chunk of land could fall off the island of La Palma into the sea, causing a mega-tsunami.

However, the researchers behind the original claim are sticking to their guns, pointing to evidence of catastrophic past events in the region.

Continued at BBC



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This is a simulation of a tsunami that may result from a large landslide caused by the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma.
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Could raw wave relate to tsunami? Because certain few giant ship get sank by raw waves maybe numbers unknown.
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Mandtugai!

Could raw wave relate to tsunami? Because certain few giant ship get sank by raw waves maybe numbers unknown.

Could raw wave relate to tsunami? Because certain few giant ship get sank by raw waves maybe numbers unknown.

I'm not sure what you mean by raw wave. I suppose a giant ship could be sunk if a relatively large wave hit it. Maybe you mean waves that occur during bad weather. Large waves are more common in some places becuase of the shape of the ocean floor.