Hierro....volcanic activity

[Wansworth]

undersea volcanic activity causes seaside village to re locate

 

[ripvan1]

Is this the one that's going to flood uk?



http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/update-on-the-submarine-eruptions-at-el-hierro/

 

[Wansworth]

Is this the one that's going to flood uk?



http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/update-on-the-submarine-eruptions-at-el-hierro/

for the momment discoloured water and the tang of sulpha.....

 

[SlimRick]

And some dead fish:

http://www.irishweatheronline.com/n...-edge-closer-to-el-hierro-mainland/41531.html

 

[sarabande]

don't tell tcm, he'll divert his cat to catch ready cooked fish...

 

[ripvan1]

i thought something was predicted to happen around canaries (earthquake, volcano) that would cause a tsunami that affected uk, or were the catastrophe mongers at it again.

 

[maxi77]

i thought something was predicted to happen around canaries (earthquake, volcano) that would cause a tsunami that affected uk, or were the catastrophe mongers at it again.

There is a theory it could happen but it needs half of one of the islands to fall into the sea to make it happen, but of course any earthquake which affects the sea can cause a tsunami.

There is also predictions of a big one going off in Iceland too so could be an interesting winter

 

[paulm299]

I think you are referring to the NE ridge on Tenerife which is expected to break away . The volcanic ridge has a series of dykes which hold water that in the event of volcanic activity would turn to high pressure steam which would cause the western side to slide into the sea . It is supposed to have happened before .

 

[webcraft]

I think you are referring to the NE ridge on Tenerife which is expected to break away . The volcanic ridge has a series of dykes which hold water that in the event of volcanic activity would turn to high pressure steam which would cause the western side to slide into the sea . It is supposed to have happened before .

No, he is thinking of La Palma.

- W

 

[paulm299]

Webby you are correct . My apologies , Must have been a bad day . It's the ridge in the South of la Palma that is supposed to cause a Tsunami .

 

[lenseman]

Current location and update:


EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
CANARY ISLANDS.
NGA CHART 51260 (4TH ED).
DISCOLORED WATER WITH SUBMARINE VOLCANIC
ACTIVITY REPORTED VICINITY 27° 35'N 018° 00'W.

2143Z 08 NOV 2011

NNNN

 

[phanakapan]

Ooh, I thought it had stopped- I was going to stop off there for a gander before going to the Cap Verdes- maybe I wont now...

 

[lenseman]

Ooh, I thought it had stopped- I was going to stop off there for a gander before going to the Cap Verdes- maybe I wont now...

The port (fishing village) of La Restinga is currently completely closed to all boats (and aircraft overflying). This has been widely reported in the recent press:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...evacuated-Spains-southern-Canary-Islands.html

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/231...uption-canary-islands-canaries-sea-stains.htm

 

[Plomong]

The port (fishing village) of La Restinga is currently completely closed to all boats (and aircraft overflying). This has been widely reported in the recent press:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...evacuated-Spains-southern-Canary-Islands.html

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/231...uption-canary-islands-canaries-sea-stains.htm

And fully evacuated. Residentsa are allowed in during the day on a strictly-controlled basis. Must leave before nightfall. All seems very relaxed, as you would expect with an evacuation that is really a precaution, not against a grave and imminent danger. Staying overnight is obviously not on, as anything that might happen with the population asleep complicates matters, as does the darkness.

Plomong

 

[CodStewart]

The planet is so mighty. Love it.

 

[lenseman]

The planet is so mighty. Love it.

I love the fact you love it.

 

[Wansworth]

The Herreños are not to awed by nature just pissed off that they cannot sleep in their owm beds!

 

[MASH]

Wherever it is in the Canaries it is on the W coast and facing the E coast of the USA. Whether and if so how much it would affect the UK pales into insignificance compared to the damage it could do to the E Seaboard of the US.
Predictions can't always be taken at face value but if the big one happens - the whole side of a mountain rising from the deep slumping into the abyss the consensus is for 30 - 40m waves to strike from Florida to Newfoundland. NY, Washington, Philadeplhia, Boston, Miami and many other cities would be all but eradicated, Bermuda, Florida and most of the Caribbean completely wiped out, floods up to 100 miles inland. Deaths towards a hundred million quite feasible...Travel time would be a few hours, nowhere near enough time to evacuate even a fraction of the population. The generations alive when this happens will see large parts of the Western world catapulted back into the dark ages - and the worlds entire economy destroyed for many decades, if not more. Not a pleasant prospect.
Don't suppose the Thames Barrier would be much help.