Not a typo 300-500 meters, 1000-1600 FEET. I got it from a show on Discovery channel. They were showing how the inside of the volcano has vertical walls of hard rock with rubble in between and the spaces are filling with water. A big eruption will boil the water and split the mountain. One of those 'geologic time' things. No telling when in a human time frame. michael Dave Kruger wrote: > Michael, that figure of 300 - 500 meters for the wave height predicted > when the volcano in the Canaries splits ... is that a typo? If not, > where did the figure come from? > > -- > Dave Kruger > Astoria, OR > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Neverdosky" <mikenever_at_earthlink.net> > >> cholst_at_bitstream.net wrote: >> >>> I wonder if there is a warning system in the Atlantic? Some scientists >>> have worried that a large chunk of volcano in the Canaries (I think) >>> could >>> catastrophically slide into the ocean, creating a similar or even >>> greater >>> tsunami around the Atlantic. > > >> I think it is La Cumbre Vieha (spelling???) on La Palma. >> They are saying that it is only a question of when, not if. >> When the volcano splits the wave that makes landfall on the east coast >> of the USA would be something like 300-500 meters high. -- "Why build JUST a Web site... when you COULD build a Web BUSINESS?" http://buildit.sitesell.com/webbible.html Hurry! The Buy-1-Get-1 Free Holiday Promotion ends January 5, at the stroke of midnight! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Dec 29 2004 - 20:15:38 PST
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