<!--QuoteBegin-DuoGodOfDeath+Jan 7 2005, 01:45 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuoGodOfDeath @ Jan 7 2005, 01:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> They said the waves reached 30 feet high? Well thats what I heard. Although, yes it sucks that many people died but this will be dwarfed when La Palma collapses into the Atlantic Ocean. 50 meter (160 feet) wave hitting the entire East Coast of the US and many other countries. Although these are just estimates from scientists Its also suppose to reach atleast 20km (12 miles) inland. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> La Palma erupts (on average) once every 200 years. It erupted 50 years ago, so it'll probably be 100-150 years before it even erupts again. Even then, scientists don't know how many more eruptions are necessary before the island collapses, creating the giant-**** tsunamai that will wipe out much of the East Coast of America. We could be gone in 100 years, 500, 1000, noone knows.
Or someone could just drop a whole bunch of nukes in the fissure in an attempt at destroying the US, but that's a whole other can o' worms.
Also, India most definitely got hit by a tsunamai when Krakatoa blew, and that was decidedly less than a millenia ago. It was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded histroy; it created the "year with no summer" or somesuch because it blew so much ash into the air. People in England heard the explosion as a distant gunshot. It was BIG. I'm quite sure that tsunamais hit all shores in the area after that.
Now, for an emotional response to the topic....I truly can't think about this tragedy. It's just too painful on the emotional level. I'll stay at the cold scientific level if you don't mind. <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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<!--QuoteBegin-Snidely+Jan 8 2005, 01:17 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snidely @ Jan 8 2005, 01:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> That's just human nature, though. I'm sure that Jews will be blamed. I'm sure that e-mails will go out, claiming that a widow in Thailand has inherited a vast fortune but due to the tsunami can't...[blah blah blah]...hand over your bank details. I read that someone set up a site, disguised as the home office's one, telling people that the loved ones they were waiting to hear from in the affected area were dead, just for ****s and giggles.
On the positive side, the British public have raised ~£60 million in donations. That's four times the amount our government has pledged. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> And what a load of pointless hand-wringing it is. Meh.
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La Palma erupts (on average) once every 200 years. It erupted 50 years ago, so it'll probably be 100-150 years before it even erupts again. Even then, scientists don't know how many more eruptions are necessary before the island collapses, creating the giant-**** tsunamai that will wipe out much of the East Coast of America. We could be gone in 100 years, 500, 1000, noone knows.
Or someone could just drop a whole bunch of nukes in the fissure in an attempt at destroying the US, but that's a whole other can o' worms.
Also, India most definitely got hit by a tsunamai when Krakatoa blew, and that was decidedly less than a millenia ago. It was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded histroy; it created the "year with no summer" or somesuch because it blew so much ash into the air. People in England heard the explosion as a distant gunshot. It was BIG. I'm quite sure that tsunamais hit all shores in the area after that.
Now, for an emotional response to the topic....I truly can't think about this tragedy. It's just too painful on the emotional level. I'll stay at the cold scientific level if you don't mind. <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
On the positive side, the British public have raised ~£60 million in donations. That's four times the amount our government has pledged. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
And what a load of pointless hand-wringing it is. Meh.
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