Blogcritics: Comments on Another Loss To The Wave

Comment by Eric Olsen

Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:15:28 EST

I always cheer when I am shot at with bows and arrows

Comment by RJ

Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:10:03 EST

Comment by Aaman

Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:54:12 EST

I appreciate your point, RJ - thank you for clarifying. Everyone is very concerned indeed.

Comment by RJ

Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:13:33 EST

FWIW, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge tends not to bring about earthquakes like those seen in other areas. Different types of faults lead to different types of earthquakes, with different consequences...

Comment by RJ

Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:10:42 EST

This is how I empathize, Aaman. I put myself in another's shoes, so to speak. I'm trying to imagine what the situation would be like if such an event were to occur where I reside. No cold-heartedness meant...

Comment by Aaman

Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:23:34 EST

Seriously, isn't Comment#2 somewhat self-serving in a time of grief? Please do not take this personally, I've felt the same way about disasters in places far away myself. It is somewhat of a valid point, but do not underestimate the potential effects of 4% of the earth's ice melting or breaking off from Greenland, etc. to cause tsunamis on the west coast. Tectonic Plates can move in any direction - the Atlantic Shelf per tectonics is spreading due to divergent boundaries

Where two plates spread apart, cracks or rifts form in the earth's crust. We see this force at work today in Iceland, where that island nation (and all of the middle of the Atlantic ocean) is spreading apart

Comment by RJ

Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:37:47 EST

Luckily, such a disaster is unlikely in to occur Florida, where I reside. The movement of the plates in the Atlantic and Caribbean are not terribly conducive to the formation of massive tsunamis. The West Coast of North America is not so lucky, however. Alaska has been known to suffer enormous quakes, and the ensuing monster waves, in the past. Such waves could conceivably affect Vancouver, Seattle, Anchorage, San Francisco, etc. :-/

Comment by Jason Koulouras

Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:05:03 EST

Thanks for this posting - amazing what nature can take away from humanity at a moment's notice