...and the macademia nuts...

Nah, if Kona was in jeopardy, then we have a REAL problem, as the best coffee in the world would be in danger....

I guess my time-share on Kona could be in jeapordy...

For many reasons, I am so glad to be on the desert side of the Sierra Nevada at a nice 5700 feet of elevation.

Yep. And some people think that the funneling of the tsunami along the coast of Turkey produced a wave that was 60' high.

There were probably other factors, however, in the fall of Crete. They had recovered from some devastating earthquakes between the pre-palatial and the palatial periods a few hundred years earlier, and then gone on to become the local superpower.

Nonetheless, it is interesting to contemplate what the world might be like if Crete had not fallen. I have heard someone suggest that if Minoan civilization had persisted, the Jesus might have delivered his sermons, televised...from the Moon.

Jan

Clive Cussler's "Fire Ice" novel...

You asre probably thinking of LaPalma Canary Island. See Dobs link above, it is slowly cracking and sliding just like Hawaii, and has the same potential, only it will take out the east coast (and DC!!!!!) thus effectively eliminating the swamp, and making it a real swamp...

Yes, and the resulting tsunami took out Crete as the Mediterranean superpower.

Haven't found one yet, and I live here. I am at 1000 feet so BRING IT ON!

Thanks for posting that. I couldn't remember what the slump was named.

Hmmm... Contemplating the loss of the Left coast and many of its Left-leaning imbeciles. I'm searching for the downside...

The eruption of Thera, in about 1625 BC, probably involved the the ocean waters flowing into the caldera through fissures. This caused a chunk of subterranean/sub-oceanic material to essentially vaporize: it is estimated to have been between 14 cu mi - 24 cu mi of material.

Jan

That's very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I'm inland enough in NorCal where I'm not worried.

Fingers crossed

What God giveth, God taketh away, it's an Indian giver. Yaweh is a fickle, unreliable, and unsympathetic God, so you'd better be careful what you ask for because it's also a tricky bugger. My advice would be to be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it..

You said the "G" word!

No, they could a flood of biblical proportions. And then send it to the DC metro area, esp Mont Co, MD.

A few years ago I read about a large undersea cliff off the west coast of Africa that could create large tsunamis for the east coast of the US... I live about a mile from the Atlantic Ocean... See above..

Nah, they date the last big one to 120K years ago, and the last Cascadia was 318, so much greater chances of it. But....you never know, as pointed out, the Grand Solar Minimum may have something to do with things....

Hmmm... And here I was gearing up for Cascadia rising. This one looks far more likely and just about as devastating.

"It's Electric baby "as OUC would say.

I was talking to a young lady we just hired who has a degree in Geology, and specializes in Volcanology, and she did not know much about the Canary Island thing, and huge potential for a 1000 foot tsunami on the east coast, nor did she believe in the 100o foot one for the west coast if the whole escapment broke. When I told her that USGS has it on their website, she says "Oh, well I can better believe it if USGS says so". Liberal education at work here....and she seems so nice and smart too...why she is making chips is a mystery, other than her husband is getting his useless degree in Portland...

Guaranteed stuff the DONT teach in school...

Interesting, that implies a phenomena of some kind, maybe grivitationally(?)may be at play?

My Pleasure....