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Predicted Natural Disasters

Postby Straylight » Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:27 am

Has anyone read about this stuff? It's pretty scary:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/966968.stm

Geologists have told the UK Government that the country risks being hit by a giant wave of water that could destroy many coastal communities.

Experts at University College London (UCL) have contacted the science minister Lord Sainsbury to warn him that a collapsing volcano in the Canary Islands could send a wall of water, hundreds of metres high, sweeping out over the Atlantic Ocean.

Their research suggests the Caribbean and the east coast of the US would take the brunt of the devastation, but high water could also submerge large parts of the west coast of Britain.


There's also this one, about the Yellowstone "super volcano":

http://www.solcomhouse.com/yellowstone.htm
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Postby Technomancer » Tue Dec 16, 2003 1:26 pm

People have saying that parts of the Hawaiin islands might do the same thing. With a large enough landslide, a very powerful tsunami could be created.

There is also concern over the possibility of a significant quake in the Pacific Northwest. The area is believed to be overdue for one, and Vancouver Island keeps getting taller.
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Postby Gypsy » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:58 pm

Wow ... the thought of a huge wave coming at you with nothing you could do about it ... now I want to watch Deep Impact again.
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Postby Straylight » Tue Dec 16, 2003 3:15 pm

Yeah, that's a cool film ;)
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Postby Twilly Spree » Tue Dec 16, 2003 5:12 pm

*singing Enon's Natural Disasters* hehe sorry just reminded me
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