The Coming Atlantic Mega-Tsunami

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."

Comments

It's good for the economy!

[HexaByte]

It's good for the economy! Poor people will be hit the hardest, except for the mega-rich and thier beachfront properties, of course. That means with more of the poor wiped out, less welfare to pay. Which will be good, because the tax base will shrink, too.

Then they'll also be all the work to clean up, bury the bodies, rebuild, etc. No more unemployment! At that point, will be asking the surviving Mexicans to wade the Rio Grande to help out!

And just think of all the ways we can rebuild those antiquated, overcrowded, old costal cities into vibrant, new, spacious cities!

Did I mention I'm in real estate?