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SailDesign · 11-07-2011, 03:50 PM

Not to diss anyone's opinions, but...
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. And tsunamis are an example of this. Drop a rock in the water and it sends out ripples. The energy contained in those ripples will remain constant under ideal conditions, but will drop over time in any real situation. In order for a 1/4 mile high wave (or even a 100-metre-high wave) to hit the whole East Coast, enough energy must be imparted at the source to create such a wave. I haven't crunched any numbers yet, but I'd be willing to bet (with my life, actually, since I live on a small island on the East Coast) that no one volcano in the Canaries can produce enough power to do this.
You not only have to create the initial wave, but then to send it over 3000 miles, and have it create a mega-wave over 2000 miles of coastline. Assuming the landslide that causes this is over, say 5 miles of coast, then each mile of slide must be able to power a giant wave that will cover 400 miles of coast on the other side.
I call "Improbable" at best, but will look at the numbers.

11-07-2011, 03:50 PM	#6
SailDesign Drives: . Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: . Posts: 1,931	Not to diss anyone's opinions, but... Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. And tsunamis are an example of this. Drop a rock in the water and it sends out ripples. The energy contained in those ripples will remain constant under ideal conditions, but will drop over time in any real situation. In order for a 1/4 mile high wave (or even a 100-metre-high wave) to hit the whole East Coast, enough energy must be imparted at the source to create such a wave. I haven't crunched any numbers yet, but I'd be willing to bet (with my life, actually, since I live on a small island on the East Coast) that no one volcano in the Canaries can produce enough power to do this. You not only have to create the initial wave, but then to send it over 3000 miles, and have it create a mega-wave over 2000 miles of coastline. Assuming the landslide that causes this is over, say 5 miles of coast, then each mile of slide must be able to power a giant wave that will cover 400 miles of coast on the other side. I call "Improbable" at best, but will look at the numbers.