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Could a Tsunami hit our coast, one day?

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  • 11-03-2011 1:15pm
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    bc dub
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    I'm not talking about today or this weekend, or basically because of what's going on now. But realistically could we get hit?
    Having looked at this pic I can't see why we're any different to the rest?


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    Hogzy
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    bc dub wrote: »
    I'm not talking about today or this weekend, or basically because of what's going on now. But realistically could we get hit?
    Having looked at this pic I can't see why we're any different to the rest?

    It depends on how the plates are moving. I remember from Leaving cert geography that the mid atlantic plates are pulling away from each other which just results in Volcanos. They most violant seismic behaviour comes from plates that collide or slide along one another.

    http://geology.com/noaa/atlantic-ocean-tsunami/


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    FatherLen
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    i doubt it the plate border is too far out but if the plates moved loads really quickly then maybe but its unlikely.


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    Blatter
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    One day - yes

    Anytime in the next few hundred years - no


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    [Deleted User]
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    There's always the threat of a Tsunami. Does this country have any plan in place for this eventuality?


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    SeaFields
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    Yes. Anything is possible. The scale of it is another matter.

    During the Lisbon earthquake and tsunami in 1755 it was said that boats in Cork harbour were lifted several feet by a high wave.


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    samhail
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    I,ll be in the local :)


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    Run_to_da_hills
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    Only if everyone in the UK flushed their toilets at the same time.


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    jonbravo
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    There's always the threat of a Tsunami. Does this country have any plan in place for this eventuality?
    we hardly have a plan for a bit of snow and ice.


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    Sonics2k
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    There's always the threat of a Tsunami. Does this country have any plan in place for this eventuality?

    This country was barely able to plan for a bit of snow over the Winter, what are the odds we've ever made a plan for a Tsunami?

    Yeah, we're screwed.


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    Cybertron85
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    Oh no! Limerick might be wiped off the map :D


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    Tabnabs
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    Not good news I'm afraid.

    http://articles.cnn.com/2001-08-29/tech/tidal.wave_1_tidal-wave-tsunami-cumbre-vieja?_s=PM:TECH


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    godtabh
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    bc dub wrote: »
    I'm not talking about today or this weekend, or basically because of what's going on now. But realistically could we get hit?
    Having looked at this pic I can't see why we're any different to the rest?

    Just looking at the photo of the plates there. I've walked in the crack in the earth caused by the separation of the plates in Iceland. Cool stuff!


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    alexa5x5
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    Tabnabs wrote: »
    Not good news I'm afraid.

    http://articles.cnn.com/2001-08-29/tech/tidal.wave_1_tidal-wave-tsunami-cumbre-vieja?_s=PM:TECH

    Remember seeing something about this on National Geographic. Basically Cork would be destroyed. And much of the rest of the South would be severally damaged.


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    Sergeant
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    There's always the threat of a Tsunami. Does this country have any plan in place for this eventuality?

    Iodine tablets.


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    SeaFields
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    Sergeant wrote: »
    Out of Date Iodine tablets.

    FYP


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    bonerm
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    God I hope not! :(


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    Mike 1972
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    Why the big hype about Tsunami's anyway ?

    Yes they can be baddd muttafukkas but prior to the unusually severe one which took place in the Pacific a few years back most people hadnt a clue what a Tsunami was.


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    EverEvolving
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    Sergeant wrote: »
    Iodine tablets.

    My flatmates snorted them at the time so were all out.


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    stephendevlin
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    If Mary Harney jumps in the sea ... Maybe... :D


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    cyrusdvirus
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    The topography of the seabed, with the mid atlantic ridge precludes a tsunami form the mid atlantic fault line ever reaching Ireland as anything other than a slightly large swell.

    The Canary Island Collapse tsunami on the other hand.....


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    stevenmu
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    There's always the threat of a Tsunami. Does this country have any plan in place for this eventuality?
    The government will gather to nominate an emergency comittee and give them instructions to begin immeditiately making plans to hold a meeting. This process will most likely take several weeks so won't be able to actually do anything, but it will be able to launch a major independant review of the tsunami, and on the foot of this issue a number of key recommendations. It is expected that among these recommendations would be the creation of a so called "bad coast", which would purchase all of the most worthless useless assets from the NAMA portfolio and place them along the so called "bad coast" in the hope that another tsunami will destroy them and leave the rest of us alone.


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    Lapin
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    Cybertron85 wrote: »
    Oh no! Limerick might be wiped off the map :D

    So would Cork :D

    Oh Shít

    So would Galway :(


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    rossie1977
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    a tsunami south of ireland in say spain or portugal could cause major damage to the southcoast of ireland, a tsunami out in the mid atlantic would be less destructive given the high mountains/cliffs all along our western coast


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    Degag
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    I presume if there was a big quake around the Gulf of Mexico and the Eastern side of the States we could get a Tzunami very easily.:(


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    JDfan
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    alexa5x5 wrote: »
    Remember seeing something about this on National Geographic. Basically Cork would be destroyed. And much of the rest of the South would be severally damaged.

    Cork would be destroyed oh no :D


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    dolphin city
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    There's always the threat of a Tsunami. Does this country have any plan in place for this eventuality?

    ya, take the iodine pill they gave us years ago, and hope for the best. Buying a house near a big hill might be an idea too. :D


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    dolphin city
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    sorry sargeant - you got there before me.

    we could line up all the electronic voting machines along the coast to act as a barrier tho. At least they'd be good for something. How many millions again....?:mad:


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    JerryHandbag
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    There's always the threat of a Tsunami. Does this country have any plan in place for this eventuality?

    We would all run for high ground on our mountain of free cheese


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    Diabhal Beag
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    If an Asteroid or a meteorite hits the sea there would be a massive tremor and the waves would definitely hit Ireland.


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    Badgermonkey
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    Mike 1972 wrote: »
    Why the big hype about Tsunami's anyway ?

    Yes they can be baddd muttafukkas but prior to the unusually severe one which took place in the Pacific a few years back most people hadnt a clue what a Tsunami was.

    It was the Indian Ocean but your point is valid.


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