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May 15, '08 7:09 PM
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Canary Islands, Future
One group of scientists believes that conditions are ideal for a tsunami-producing landslide on the island of La Palma in the Canaries. The western flank of the island's active volcano has the potential to give way in a future eruption. If it did, a huge mass of rock weighing 500,000 million tons would fall into the Atlantic Ocean. Experts in Switzerland have simulated the potential effects of such a collapse. Their model shows that it could generate a wave capable of engulfing every port on the east coast of the U.S., which they believe may have happened during a similar tsunami 120,000 years ago.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tsunami/once-nf.html

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ricesweet wrote on May 15

Hmm wishful thinking but won't happen.

jonsey1976 wrote on May 15

Okay...well I'm glad I'm in Texas.LOL that sucks

irianithewitchnz wrote on May 16

seekingsunset said

during a similar tsunami 120,000 years ago.

not a very regular event then...

seekingsunset wrote on May 16

HA HA Iri, no, I think I missed that event120.000 years ago....neglected to mark it down on my calendar I guess!!!! LOL

petestoppeddreaming wrote on May 16

be careful with experts from switzerland -
They just want to prove why it's better to live on a highland
haha

seekingsunset wrote on May 16

well I know I wouldn't mind living there :)

petestoppeddreaming wrote on May 16, edited on May 16

Der Berg                                             The Mountain

Hätte man sämtliche Berge der ganzen Welt,           Had somebody carried together 
zusammengetragen und übereinandergestellt            all mountains of this world and put them on top of each other
und wäre zu Füßen dieses Massivs,                    and would there be at it's base
ein riesiges Meer, ein breites und tiefs.            a giant ocean, wide and deep          
Und stürzte nun, unter Donnern und Blitzen           And would now, with thunder and lightning
der Berg in dieses Meer – na das würd’ spritzen!     the mountain collapse into this ocean - that would splash !!!

Heinz Erhardt (1909-1979)

seekingsunset wrote on May 16

wow I never heard that before.....& how TRUE!

petestoppeddreaming wrote on May 16

haha

irianithewitchnz wrote on May 16

I love the mountain poem lol

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