La Palma is rumbling - What are the implications of a 40 foot Tsunami along the east coast?

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Corpun said:
If that guy's house makes it out alright he can probably make a hell of a living off of obsidian and whatever else hardens from that Magma that is on his property.

They seem to go out of their way to not report the possibility of a mega tsunami. Guess it's it's another zero reporting on WuFlu in late 2019 again.
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I think having an obsidian driveway would be considered a luxury addition to his property. In the least, he has now the most expensive fence bordering his neighbors on earth - pure obsidian. Nice...

The critical thing at this stage will be the lava if it makes it to the ocean and if a substantial amount is deposited only because this can have significant violent reactions with the sheer of the volcano under the water and destabilize it.

In fairness it would take a very substantial sum of the lava to accomplish this but it is possible. It is important to remember this island is more like a steep iceberg and what we see on the surface is not really important, it is what is beneath the ocean that really is for consideration of sheer failure.

Also of interest will be if the magma atop causes solidification and results in other vents being formed that push against the sheer or cause it to weaken through pressure amalgamation. A vent forming under the ocean surface is also possible and not wanted by residents, that can cause very violent explosions that can tear off mountains of rock.

Much to look out for in the coming weeks. And remember if the volcano stops spewing this doesn't mean the magma has stopped, and is likely a bad thing meaning the pressure will be building beneath.
 
teriyakiburns said:
Possible hypermegasupertsunamis aside, one effect of a prolonged eruption in the sub-tropics is to cause significant cooling across the entire planet. The tropics are the beating heart of an oceanic heat engine that distributes heat around the planet, keeping the higher latitude temperatures far more stable (and warmer) than they would be if the oceans didn't exist. Dumping gigatons of ash and sulphur oxides into the stratosphere above that engine means that engine slows down. We were already expecting a colder than typical northern winter this year. If this volcano has any noticeable effect, then we're going to get a much longer, cooler winter than even those predictions.
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Its pumping out tons of ash, especially if this thing keeps getting worse. Lets not forget 1816, "The year without a summer" Also caused by a volcano and dropped temps worldwide about 1°F. As a result tons of crops failed and famine across the northern hemisphere.
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I don't see how that mountain doesnt collapse at this point triggerong a landslide of some severity...maybe not catstrophic but that caldera is floating on lava
 
I don't really know if people just don't care about the situation or Africa in general, geologists somehow know it is not going to be bad (or watching before sounding the alarm), or this is going to go bad in some form. The media sure loves to talk about things that are not a threat but ignore things that are or could be a threat.
Sad about the people losing their homes though, wonder where they are going.

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Fanatical Pragmatist said:
Where at in Georgia?
Really they would just have to get west of Statesboro/Valdosta. Honestly west of the Pleistocene coastal terraces usually a county inland or so.

Georgia has an advantage over Florida in the most of Georgia's barrier islands are still natural and covered in trees, as well as a larger salt marsh buffer.
In the 2004 Indonesian hurricane coastal vegetation was found to play a huge role in dissipating the damage to inland structures behind it.
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About a hundred miles to the southwest of Atlanta, which is like a two hour or so drive.
 
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Some people are getting too excited.

It has been said repeatedly, it is gonna take quite a lot to happen for a sheer collapse. Until then it is just an eruption and while it looks impressive it has miles and miles to go before it is a substantial Eruption. Until we are talking Cubic Miles of Magma and flows, it is a small time eruption.
 
Menotaur said:
Some people are getting too excited.

It has been said repeatedly, it is gonna take quite a lot to happen for a sheer collapse. Until then it is just an eruption and while it looks impressive it has miles and miles to go before it is a substantial Eruption. Until we are talking Cubic Miles of Magma and flows, it is a small time eruption.
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Its been repeadtly said the chances are pretty low but those conditions are currently occuring and are expected to continue for sometime that may make this possibly happen

Its not a small time eruption as we dont know how long it will last. We could looking at 10 times the magma next week.

also Kaboom

 
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