Connie Z wrote:
> Cumbre Vieja, a volcano at the floor of the Canary Islands, will create
> a landslide ce the size of the Isle of Man, crashing into the Atlantic.
>
> The effect would be to generate a huge wave that after travelling across
> 4,000 miles of the Atlantic for about nine hours, the tsunami would hit
> the Caribbean islands and the east coasts of Canada and the US with
> devastating effect. It would stretch for many miles and sweep into the
> estuaries and harbors for up to 20 miles inland, destroying everything
> in its path.
>
> Those scientists are warning that the US government is not taking the
> threat from Cumbre Vieja seriously enough and not enough is being done
> to monitor it. Professor Bill McGuire, the director of the Benfield
> Grieg Hazard Research Centre at University College, London, warned that
> *Boston, New York, Washington DC and Miami will be virtually wiped out*.
>
> http://mfile.akamai.com/5022/wmv/coa...u_atlantic.asx
Here in DC we're a lot more than 20 miles inland.
Jeff
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