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The Coming Atlantic Mega-Tsunami

Posted by timothy on from the something-will-kill-you dept.

rbrander writes "It's not news at all that scientists predict an eventual "mega-tsunami" that will sweep across the Atlantic that will still be anything from 60 to 150 ft high when it hits the U.S. Eastern seaboard. This Old News, however, suddenly seems fresh. Like an asteroid hit, it could be millenia away, or tomorrow, that a volcano in the Canary Islands just off Africa drops half a trillion tons of rock into the Atlantic. A short description of the problem from BBC News and some more graphic descriptions (of up to 100 million dead) and shrewd commentary on the politics of warning from journalist Gwynne Dyer."

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  1. Re:Early warning by timcrews · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, what do you suppose the chances are of getting two responses from folks with user IDs within 6 of each other? 11211748 vs. 11211742? Next will come responses from two slashdot members with very similar slashdot user IDs who will somehow collaborate to beat this. . .

  2. Denver beachfront property by peter303 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I live in Denver and was hoping to have some beachfront property sometime. Its depressing to have to drive so far to see the ocean.

  3. Re:Why Worry? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Personally, I'm of the opinion that wiping out large portions of the population via natural events is a healthy thing for Earth.

    You like it because 90% of the people who die are poor brown people, you racist fuck.