You’re probably not familiar with La Palma yet. But you will be hearing about it soon.
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https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/it/la-palma/news/141424/La-Palma-volcano-update-Earthquakes-continue-becoming-shallower.html
A small island, part of the Canary Islands chain, off the coast of Spain. The island itself is the very top of a large undersea volcano, sort of like the Hawaiian chain. Earthquake frequency has spiked up recently, and the quakes are getting progressively shallower. This likely indicates magma movement upwards within the mountain. If a significant eruption occurs, it’s fairly likely that a large section of the western shore of the island will slump into the ocean (sort of how the side of Mount St Helens collapsed during it’s eruption, except way, wayyyy larger). This movement of earth into the ocean will displace several dozen cubic miles of water within a few seconds. That will create a tsunami that will hit most of coastal Europe with a surge of about 30-90 feet of water, and the east coast of the US, Caribbean islands, and much of the east coast of South America with a surge between 150-400 feet of water. All cities on the eastern seaboard within 30-40 miles of the coast/sea level would be inundated, including DC. It would make the Indonesian tsunami event of 2004 look like a broken water main by comparison. We’d have about 6 hours warning here. |
Anonymous
| You need some Xanax. |
Anonymous
| Interesting. |
Anonymous
To the contrary, I absolutely know I’ll be dead if it happens. So I’m not worried about it. |
Anonymous
| The volcano last erupted in 1971. There was no mega-tsunami then. Why would it be different now? |
Anonymous
Experts are insisting the chances of an eruption that would put the local population in danger are slim. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/news/world/1490812/spain-news-la-palma-cumbre-vieja-volcano-yellow-warning-latest-update/amp Chances of you dying tomorrow being hit by a bus are higher. Good luck. |
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This is not worth worrying about because if it happened it would be catastrophic and there'd be nothing we can do.
It's like walking around worrying about an asteroid hitting the earth. It could happen, but if it does, it's so far out of your control that there is absolutely nothing you could do to prepare. What's your plan, move away from the East Coast? Where -- where would you be safe from the remote possibility of a catastrophic natural disaster? These are once in 10,000 year events. Thinking about it will just cause you stress and will not help you prepare. If anything, it will distract you from preparing for far more likely problems. |
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The mega-tsunami is predicted within the next few thousand years. But maybe it will not happen in the next summit collapse but another collapse after that, so not for another 100,000 years.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2000/mega_tsunami_qanda.shtml |
Anonymous
| 6 hours is actually a lot of time, but even if you can't escape, we're going to be dead anyway, no use spending time worrying about it, enjoy your life, and maybe start building an ark. |
Anonymous
| FFS |
Anonymous
| Great! Add It to the stuff I can’t worry about. |
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"The earthquake swarm has slowed down significantly over the past 24 hours, but it is too early to draw conclusions as to whether the crisis might soon be ending or whether it will pick up again in intensity."
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/lapalma/sep2021seismic-crisis/current-activity.html |
Anonymous
| UGH! Didn't know about this threat. Hoping it will take the 5+ eruptions before it happens. Sounds horrific from BBC page I read. |
Anonymous
| LOL If D.C. is going to get a Tsunami wouldn't that mean the entirety of Europe would be literally wiped off the map? |
Anonymous
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I live on the highest ground in NoVa! Sorry for the rest of you suckers.
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