[BARC-List] BARC Question of the Week: SlashDot series about HamRadio and disasters

[Dan Malloy]

The cause of a tsunami in the Atlantic would be if, and it's a big if, a 
volcano in the Canary Islands collapsed during an eruption.  This happened 
to the North Face of Mt. St. Helens in 1980.  If it happens to an island, it 
triggers a submarine landslide which will cause a tsunami.  This happened at 
Krakatoa in 1883- the largest explosion in recorded history- and at the 
Greek island of Santorini (Thira).  I visited Santorini in 1985 and it is 
C-shaped to the west.  Some think that the tsunami triggered by its eruption 
and collapse was the cause of the "parting of the Red Sea."  Most tsunamis 
aren't caused undersea eruption, which occur frequently without disaster- 
like Surtsey. Most are caused by powerful earthquakes at subdution zones, 
such as the west coast of South America and Mexico, the Gulf of Alaska and 
the Aleutians, Japan, and Java-Sumatra.
Here in Everett, I'm probably high enough at 18 metres that I would not be 
flooded.  My biggest concern would be fires from the nearby NG tank farf, 
especially if a tanker is offloading at the time.
DE Dan, KA1RDZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <k1nun at netscape.net>
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Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 9:38 AM
Subject: [BARC-List] BARC Question of the Week: SlashDot series about 
HamRadio and disasters


> Hi,
>
> By now, you've probably seen references to Time Magazine's offhand comment 
> about Ham Radio being a casual and quirky old-fashioned hobby. Well, it 
> has set off a storm of replies to Time itself as well as this series on 
> the online blog-like website, SlashDot. Check out the comments, which are 
> quite complimentary to Ham Radio (for the most part): 
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/02/2343256&tid=215
>
> For the Question of the Week (and first of this new year), scientists have 
> predicted the east coast of the US will also be hit by a tsunami. They 
> just don't say when. They cite faults under the Canary Islands as being 
> prime for an upheaval. So, let's pretend it will happen in two months from 
> now. What will you do? Are you prepared - and do you want to be?
>
> 73,
> ERIC
> K1NUN
>
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