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Do you think Ireland could ever be hit by a water Tsunami?

  • 16-05-2017 09:39PM
    #1
    please helpThank YOU
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    Do you ever think Ireland could ever be hit by a Water Tsunami?


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  • #2
    Cupcake_Crisis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,448 ✭✭✭✭Cupcake_Crisis


    No.


  • #3
    knucklehead6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,848 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    Yes


  • #4
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    As opposed to a chocolate tsunami?

    Let's see... It has a coast, so yes, it absolutely could.


  • #5
    greenflash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 499 ✭✭greenflash


    As opposed to a shredded paper tsunami?


  • #6
    A Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭A Battered Mars Bar


    Not a water one no but a jelly one is possible


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  • #7
    yellowlabrador
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,219 ✭✭✭yellowlabrador


    it happened before, so it can happen again . Check the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake


  • #8
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    OP surely qualifies for their own kneemos-style megathread at this stage?


  • #9
    please helpThank YOU
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭please helpThank YOU


    yellowlabrador wrote: »
    it happened before, so it can happen again . Check the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake
    Wow I will check out Lisbon Earthquake that is not to far from Ireland.


  • #10
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 33,628 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    maudgonner wrote: »
    OP surely qualifies for their own kneemos-style megathread at this stage?
    This!


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,334 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Look up Tenerife and the possibility of the mountain collapsing into the sea and the resulting tsunami.


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  • #12
    flandabieduzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭flandabieduzie


    Yes. And they're normally preceded by 19ft squid being caught around the coast! 100% fact ... ðŸ˜


  • #13
    HONKEY TONK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 779 ✭✭✭HONKEY TONK


    Of course we could

    We have the North American plate and the African plate West and south of us


  • #14
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    yellowlabrador wrote: »
    it happened before, so it can happen again . Check the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake

    Here's a list of previous ones. Most are in the Mediterranean, but there were plenty up north, too : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tsunamis_in_Europe


  • #15
    Beyondgone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,166 ✭✭✭Beyondgone


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Look up Tenerife and the possibility of the mountain collapsing into the sea and the resulting tsunami.

    Not to mention the effect it will have on people seeking year-round sun at affordable prices. :( Feck the Tsunami -the holidays will be ruined. Dalkey could do with a wash anyway.


  • #16
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,252 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    yellowlabrador wrote: »
    it happened before, so it can happen again . Check the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake

    Tsunami, earthquake and fire all in one day!

    I like chocolate tsunamis;)


  • #17
    Mean Laqueefa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 ✭✭✭Mean Laqueefa


    please helpThank YOU wrote: »
    Do you ever think Ireland could ever be hit by a Water Tsunami?

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  • #18
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Of course check out the sand dunes on parts of the east coast


  • #19
    Dave0JV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭Dave0JV


    Shenshen wrote: »
    Here's a list of previous ones. Most are in the Mediterranean, but there were plenty up north, too : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tsunamis_in_Europe

    I did not know they were so frequent in Europe :eek: That's pretty interesting.


  • #20
    Allinall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,887 ✭✭✭Allinall


    Paul Murphy would have an orgasm.


  • #21
    deco nate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,340 ✭✭✭deco nate


    Yes, If the volcano on Tenerife go's boom, we could go bye bye

    Edit:beaten to it by derekeire


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  • #22
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    Allinall wrote: »
    Paul Murphy would have an orgasm.


    Ah christ don't put that image in my head, I'll be off my food for a week :(


  • #23
    Allah snackbar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 161 ✭✭Allah snackbar


    What I want to know is will I be safe 750 feet above sea level in my house in county Clare , I'm indifferent about the rest of ye


  • #24
    deco nate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,340 ✭✭✭deco nate


    Allah snackbar wrote: »
    What I want to know is will I be safe 750 feet above sea level in my house in county Clare , I'm indifferent about the rest of ye

    No, glad to help


  • #25
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    please helpThank YOU wrote: »
    Do you ever think Ireland could ever be hit by a Water Tsunami?

    Just read this.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunamis_affecting_the_British_Isles


  • #26
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,428 ✭✭✭cml387


    Allah snackbar wrote: »
    What I want to know is will I be safe 750 feet above sea level in my house in county Clare , I'm indifferent about the rest of ye

    And what will you do for food up on your mountain eh?

    Oh the living will envy the dead, believe me.


  • #27
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,575 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Barleycove beach in west Cork is only there because if the 1775 tidal wave.


  • #28
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Everywhere on earth close to an ocean is potentially at risk of tsunami no matter how unlikely


  • #29
    DanMurphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 398 ✭✭DanMurphy


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Look up Tenerife and the possibility of the mountain collapsing into the sea and the resulting tsunami.

    In Tenerife there's a mock up of the aftermath of a Mount Teide eruption on the northern side, which is quite likely.
    No more Cork City, and a lot of the South of Ireland.


  • #30
    please helpThank YOU
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭please helpThank YOU


    Shenshen wrote: »
    Here's a list of previous ones. Most are in the Mediterranean, but there were plenty up north, too : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tsunamis_in_Europe
    Just looked at the list Dublin got one?:eek:


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  • #31
    Mean Laqueefa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 ✭✭✭Mean Laqueefa


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Everywhere on earth close to an ocean is potentially at risk of tsunami no matter how unlikely


    But what about a WATER tsunami or worse !

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