georgedp
Reged: 06/22/04
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As to the good news, most authorities believe the original estimates of an 1800 foot wave were GROSSLY exaggerated and most place the predicted height of the wave hitting the east coast at only 180 feet.
Just wanted to ease some concerns.
Well, thanks for that - now I'm relieved. An 18 story wall of water hitting the east coast - piece of cake LOL. A 180 story wall of water hitting the east coast and YCKYAGB.
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Andynap
Reged: 10/24/02
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Loc: Philadelphia
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Hey george- I guess most of New Jersey would be gone- darn!
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georgedp
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Hey george- I guess most of New Jersey would be gone- darn!
Fortunately I do not live in an area likely to get wiped out. About 50 miles inland and the Watchung Mountains (really hills) in the way - I would be safe even if the wave were 1,800 feet and travelled 20 miles inland. On the other hand, I could see that monstrous wave travelling up the Delaware River and banging into Philly big time and pushing that mothballed fleet of old navy ships
unto land and crushing thousands of unsuspecting philly residents to death.
So, I think you have more to fear than I LOL.
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Mike R
Reged: 05/26/03
Posts: 15952
Loc: Stinson Lake - New Hampshire
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yes george but your area would get inundated by the untold millions of pounds of trash and toxic debris that would be picked up by the storm surge and conveniently dumped inland...thus effectively cleaning up the filthy coastal areas of the likes of Elizabeth, JC, Bayonne, Perth Amboy etc...and dumping it in the less filthy toxic inland areas of the Garden State...
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Island Visitor
Reged: 12/19/02
Posts: 10396
Loc: Retraité
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Laff it up funny boy. When (not if, but when) the supervolcano under Yellowstone goes off, the entire left coast will be gone in a flash. The east coast will probably survive the initial blast although no one knows who will survive the several years of "nuclear winter" that will result.
The last supervolano was approximately 74,000 years ago near Sumatra. It is believed to have reduced the human species almost to the point of extinction, some saying that only 10,000 humans survived. Because of that, we are more genetically related today than our ancestors were.
Take heart, supervolcanos only go off every 50,000 years or so. And while that means we are overdo for one (and yellstone has risen a couple of feet over the last few decades) I dont think anyone is predicting it today.
Bonne chance.
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Mike R
Reged: 05/26/03
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Loc: Stinson Lake - New Hampshire
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several years of nuclear winter eh???..hmmmm....I better make sure all my skis are sharpened and waxed then
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Island Visitor
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several years of nuclear winter eh???..hmmmm....I better make sure all my skis are sharpened and waxed then
I dont think you will survive the blast. As I understand it, anyone within 1000 miles of the supervolcano will be killed by the explosion which will be seen, heard and felt on the east coast.
Bummer.
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Mike R
Reged: 05/26/03
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Loc: Stinson Lake - New Hampshire
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good thing we re going back to NH fulltime in a year then
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good thing we re going back to NH fulltime in a year then
Dont let the predicted Northeast Hurricane (overdo, say the Scaremongers) get you.
As a general rule, hurricanes are the disaster I fear least. Southerners are taught, from the time we are kneehigh to a hunting dog, that when the winds get bigger and bigger and the waves get stronger and stonger and you can no longer see the horizen, it's time to head to Asheville. The Biltmore is quite lovely. And the spa at the Grove Park is the rizzle madizzle fo shizzle.
Hurricane coming? Run.
It aint rocket science.
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Andynap
Reged: 10/24/02
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Loc: Philadelphia
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You are moving to New Hampshire?
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Mike R
Reged: 05/26/03
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Loc: Stinson Lake - New Hampshire
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You are moving to New Hampshire?
moving??..no..We maintain a home there as well..always have.....we' re just shifting back to there full time....next June....the back and forth with the shops will not work when Lena becomes school aged, and my mother really does need me close by now, so we re moving her up.....and I got a chance to be an ssst coach in a D3 college back there....and on and on....so off we go.......
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Mike R
Reged: 05/26/03
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Loc: Stinson Lake - New Hampshire
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Dont let the predicted Northeast Hurricane (overdo, say the Scaremongers) get you.
no biggie..I lived on the Texas Gulf coast from 79-83....was on the Cape when hurricane Bob blasted us....you just do what you gotta do and life goes on
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