Not really suitable for LBN, but

[Guy_Montag]

just heard on the news that part of the Canaries is about to drop off the island sending a massive tsunami your way. Sounds like it will really spoil the day of everyone on the east coast.

If the dormant volcano on La Palma erupts, expect a 500m wave coming your way. (& I guess my way too.)

Sorry for lack of details, didn't catch the boffins name.

[LittleApple81]

1. One of the VERY few advantages of living in Kansas...Of course,

we make it up with tornadoes.

[MuseRider]

2. Just exactly

what I was thinking. LOL, Kansas is good for something!

[sui generis]

3. hey there Manhattan

greetings from an alumni

[LittleApple81]

6. Hi back! n/t

[Viking12]

4. Some links

Expert Warns of Devastation Unleashed by Collapsing Volcano

By John von Radowitz, Science Correspondent, PA News


World leaders were today urged to wake up to the threat from a collapsing mountain which at any moment could unleash a massive tidal wave on the east coast of North America.

A chunk of a volcano in the Canary Islands the size of the Isle of Man is on the brink of falling into the sea, a leading expert warned.

Scientists believe it could break away when the Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma next erupts.

If that happened a giant tsunami, or massive wave, reaching heights of more than 500 feet would be sent racing across the Atlantic at the speed of a passenger jet.

-more-

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3318282

Scientist warns of tsunami in the making
Tidal waves which could swamp the eastern seaboard of the Americas are a more pressing concern than the chance of an asteroid causing mass destruction, according to scientists studying natural disasters.

Scientist Bill McGuire has told a news conference tens of millions of people along the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada may drown if the slow slippage of a volcano off north Africa becomes a cataclysmic collapse.

Professor McGuire, from the Benfield Grieg Hazard Research Centre, says that some time in the next few thousand years, the western flank of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma will collapse.

He says that would send walls of water 100 metres high racing across the Atlantic.

-more-

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200408/s1172546.htm

[Guy_Montag]

5. Thank you, Viking n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. I wonder how far inland that will go?

My niece lives in D.C. and my sister lives in VA. Hurricane Isabelle did some major damage in VA......yikes. Should I alert my sister and niece? :scary: When is this expected to happen? Do they know? Is it soon? Like within days? weeks? months? years? Do we know?

I found this in the post article...

>>>>>Boston, New York, Washington DC and Miami would be virtually wiped off the map and tens of millions of people killed.<<<<<<<

That's scary! It sounds like they don't know EXACTLY when this will happen. It could happen the next time the volcano erupts. :scared:

[Guy_Montag]

8. That's the problem...

no-one's monitoring it. The boffin on the news was saying it might be next week or next century, but it's coming.

I'm a little unconvinced, but I wouldn't worry about what you can't effect. Save to write to your elected officail to suggest they spend a few thousand on monitoring it.