Could a tsunami hit Ireland?

ilovesleep · 13-03-2011 9:17pm

Paco Rodriguez wrote: »

I saw a documentary that says that in years and years time another fault line will develop on the eastern shore of the US, so I guess we could get a tsunami from that.
But isnt there a small fault that runs along the English channel?

Thats scary. When is that going to happen. any estimates?

rainbowtrout · 13-03-2011 9:30pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Yes we could, I saw a documentary on this once. There are very unstable volcanoes on the Canaries, there's one volcanous mountain that could slide into the sea if it errupts and cause a tsunami that could wipe out the east coast of the USA 15 miles inland, we would get the rebound

Isn't that the one that would supposedly wipe out Cork if it hit Ireland?

CreepingDeath · 13-03-2011 9:35pm

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Isn't that the one that would supposedly wipe out Cork if it hit Ireland?

Yeah, it could cause thousands of Euro worth of damage.

ilovesleep · 13-03-2011 9:43pm

So we have 3 reasons how a possible tsunami could hit ireland
1) another lisbon 1755 earthquake
2) a mountain spitting in the canaries and if/when the nearby volcano erupts it could push the mountain into the sea
3) a new fault line developing on the east coast of the US, (iceland would be north of this fault line)

is that correct?

losthorizon · 13-03-2011 9:53pm

ilovesleep wrote: »

3) a new fault line developing on the east coast of the US, (iceland would be north of this fault line)

I assume Iceland would be west of this fault line (if it went N-S).

Ive visited Iceland twice and you can actually walk where the Mid atlantic ridge "comes ashore" and is pushing the two plates west and east. An amazing site. You can argue then that half of Iceland is in America and half in Europe.

Dunjohn · 13-03-2011 9:59pm

I was thinking about this in my usual idle ah-well-now way earlier today (in between automatic signs of the cross and "amens") and I figure that if a tsunami was triggered in the Atlantic somewhere, the continental shelf would wear it out as it approached Ireland and by the time it got here it'd be well and truly knackered. So there'd be a bit of damage but nothing on the scale of what Japan's seeing.

Captain_Generic · 13-03-2011 10:01pm

losthorizon wrote: »

You can argue then that half of Iceland is in America and half in Europe.

I'm pretty sure Greenland and Canada don't consider themselves "America"

davyjose · 13-03-2011 10:02pm

ilovesleep wrote: »

So we have 3 reasons how a possible tsunami could hit ireland
1) another lisbon 1755 earthquake
2) a mountain spitting in the canaries and if/when the nearby volcano erupts it could push the mountain into the sea
3) a new fault line developing on the east coast of the US, (iceland would be north of this fault line)

is that correct?

Option 1 is the only likelihood in the next couple of millennia. A fault line would take an almost unimaginable length of time to form.

It's not gonna happen lads. We will never experience anything like that. Calm down.

losthorizon · 13-03-2011 10:03pm

Captain_Generic wrote: »

I'm pretty sure Greenland and Canada don't considered themselves "America"

Er, Yes, I do!

davyjose · 13-03-2011 10:05pm

Captain_Generic wrote: »

I'm pretty sure Greenland and Canada don't consider themselves "America"

They probably don't consider themselves the "USA", maybe?

Captain_Generic · 13-03-2011 10:10pm

losthorizon wrote: »

Er, Yes, I do!

davyjose wrote: »

They probably don't consider themselves the "USA", maybe?

Alright alright, they're in The America's or North America! I always relate just "America" to the US

thetonynator · 13-03-2011 10:25pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Canary islands, Norway and of course the runaway release of methane hydrates by global warming or any large meteroite landing in the Atlantic

Could you explain the runaway release of methane hydrates? I looked up methane hydrates and understand that, but can't find anything about them causing tsunamis???

ilovesleep · 13-03-2011 10:27pm

davyjose wrote: »

Option 1 is the only likelihood in the next couple of millennia. A fault line would take an almost unimaginable length of time to form.

It's not gonna happen lads. We will never experience anything like that. Calm down.

I know it probably won't happen in our lifetime. I suppose it wouldn't hurt putting a plan in place all the same for such a disaster. Look where ignorance on behalf of our government got us - deep up sh1ts creek in dept.

If a comet was to hit the altantic ocean wouldn't that cause a tsunami?

Never having babies after learning this info. Im going to die a lonely old cailleach.

Capt'n Midnight · 13-03-2011 10:28pm

thetonynator wrote: »

Could you explain the runaway release of methane hydrates? I looked up methane hydrates and understand that, but can't find anything about them causing tsunamis???

It's a runaway effect, once the ones at top are released there is less pressure on the deposits lower down - worst case the whole seabed bubbles over and you get land slides

ilovesleep · 13-03-2011 10:31pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Canary islands, Norway and of course the runaway release of methane hydrates by global warming or any large meteroite landing in the Atlantic

How would norway cause a tsunami

Capt'n Midnight · 13-03-2011 10:32pm

ilovesleep wrote: »

So we have 3 reasons how a possible tsunami could hit ireland
1) another lisbon 1755 earthquake
2) a mountain spitting in the canaries and if/when the nearby volcano erupts it could push the mountain into the sea
3) a new fault line developing on the east coast of the US, (iceland would be north of this fault line)

is that correct?

The underwater landslides off Norway a few thousand years ago which reached 50Km inland in Scotland would give for concern too. And the ones that lifted rocks onto the Aran Islands and a meteroite landing in the Atlantic.

And the Shell gas field explodering when the Shell to sea saboteurs hijack a rig :pac:

or if there is an accident with one of the many Nuclear subs in the Irish Sea.

The proposed underwater gas storage in Dublin Bay.

ilovesleep · 13-03-2011 10:58pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The underwater landslides off Norway a few thousand years ago which reached 50Km inland in Scotland would give for concern too. And the ones that lifted rocks onto the Aran Islands and a meteroite landing in the Atlantic.

And the Shell gas field explodering when the Shell to sea saboteurs hijack a rig :pac:

or if there is an accident with one of the many Nuclear subs in the Irish Sea.

The proposed underwater gas storage in Dublin Bay.

more reasons for possible tsunamis to hit ireland. And no disaster plan except for to quote bonyarsebogman - iodine tablets and cheese. Well aren't we the lucky bastards.

davyjose · 13-03-2011 11:02pm

ilovesleep wrote: »

I know it probably won't happen in our lifetime. I suppose it wouldn't hurt putting a plan in place all the same for such a disaster. Look where ignorance on behalf of our government got us - deep up sh1ts creek in dept.

If a comet was to hit the altantic ocean wouldn't that cause a tsunami?

Never having babies after learning this info. Im going to die a lonely old cailleach.

TBH, you're overreacting.

bodhrandude · 13-03-2011 11:08pm

galwayrush wrote: »

Obviously the Mayans made allowances for all the historical changes that occured in our calenders.:D

One thing they didnt foresee was their own demise, so for that matter I cannot take their predictions seriously.

Dunjohn · 13-03-2011 11:09pm

ilovesleep wrote: »

more reasons for possible tsunamis to hit ireland. And no disaster plan except for to quote bonyarsebogman

I missed that pamphlet.

pegasus1 · 13-03-2011 11:58pm

davyjose wrote: »

TBH, you're overreacting.

you take things too literal and dont get sarcasm at all!

Adrian009 · 14-03-2011 12:06am

Geologists are monitoring the Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma in the Canary Islands after scientists found a threat of a large chunk of the volcano collapsing into the sea, kicking off a mega tsunami. Such an occurrence could send waves of up to 15 metres high to Ireland in about six hours.
Furthermore, a landslide risk exists off our own western seaboard along the edge of our continental shelf, McConnell said.
With the new system, Irish authorities would have four hours’ notice if an earthquake occurred in Portugal again and five hours if one struck the Caribbean. Tsunami travel at about the same speed as a 747 aircraft, according to Blake.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article7127829.ece

Penfailed · 14-03-2011 2:10am

ilovesleep wrote: »

Thats scary. When is that going to happen. any estimates?

Not anytime soon. Nothing to be scared about

wonderfulname · 14-03-2011 2:34am

Can anyone explain to me why we need to do a half assed job of monitoring ourselves?
We could get better information just as quick from countries that actually have a need to monitor seismic activity.

The wonders of t'internet and telephones...

s3129 · 14-03-2011 2:40am

I just don't know where the safest place to live is anymore.

ilovesleep · 14-03-2011 2:40am

wonderfulname wrote: »

Can anyone explain to me why we need to do a half assed job of monitoring ourselves?
We could get better information just as quick from countries that actually have a need to monitor seismic activity.

The wonders of t'internet and telephones...

FF were in power for the past 13 to 14 years and they only ever cared about themselves.

Penfailed · 14-03-2011 2:46am

ilovesleep wrote: »

FF were in power for the past 13 to 14 years and they only ever cared about themselves.

Eh?

jocmilt · 12-05-2011 2:28am

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

It's a runaway effect, once the ones at top are released there is less pressure on the deposits lower down - worst case the whole seabed bubbles over and you get land slides

.... and the polar bears will drown and the sky falls and the big bad wolf will kill all of the little ikkle piggies and .... and then you will wake up and change the sheets... again!

holystungun9 · 12-05-2011 11:12am

ei.sdraob wrote: »

I live and work 120 meters of sealevel according to gps and google earth

bring it on

I thought about that before, screw everybody else, I'm out of the danger zone. But rather than just hang around waiting to die, a lot of people will be able to mobilize, and guess where they are going? Yep, ding dong. "Whoever could be at the door at this hour??"

Taking couchsurfing to a whole new level.

Capt'n Midnight · 12-05-2011 12:27pm

jocmilt wrote: »

.... and the polar bears will drown and the sky falls and the big bad wolf will kill all of the little ikkle piggies and .... and then you will wake up and change the sheets... again!

We've had events in the past that have caused step changes in climate. And these events are not reversable in the short term.

Most of the events I've listed have happened in the past, and we aren't doing anything to prevent them happening again.

This novel is a bit far fetched, but not impossible.
http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/JFOLLETT.HTML

ICE....1986
Thousands of square miles of ice have broken off from the Southern Continent and are drifting towards New York. Can the collision be averted?

Could a tsunami hit Ireland?

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