Watch out America...a tsunami is coming

[Phlegm]

according to God. From Associated Press:

(AP) In another in a series of notable pronouncements, religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says God told him storms and possibly a tsunami will hit America's coastline this year.

Robertson has made the predictions at least four times in the past two weeks on his news-and-talk television show "The 700 Club" on the Christian Broadcasting Network, which he founded.

Robertson said the revelations about this year's weather came to him during his annual personal prayer retreat in January.

"If I heard the Lord right about 2006, the coasts of America will be lashed by storms," Robertson said May 8. On Wednesday, he added, "There well may be something as bad as a tsunami in the Pacific Northwest."

Robertson has come under intense criticism in recent months for suggesting that American agents should assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip.

[The Kizzy]

I love the out he left himself. "If I heard the Lord correctly"

[Spliffs]

lol, yeah. "My hearing aid wasn't turned all the way up, and he was kind of mumbling, but what i THINK he said is _____"

[Jimmy Durante]

I love the out he left himself. "If I heard the Lord correctly"

God - "Moses, this is the Lord, thy God, commanding you to obey my law. Do you hear me?"
Moses - "Yes, I hear you, I hear you... a deaf man could hear you!"
God - "What?!"

[Martrae]

Pat Robertson is sinking farther and farther into senility.

[Minrott]

Please let it hit California. This might drive me to prayer

[Hylissa]

(AP) In another in a series of notable pronouncements, religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says God told him storms and possibly a tsunami will hit America's coastline this year.

Sweet, guess us Canadians on the west coast are safe! God loves Canadians

[Phlegm]

Please let it hit California. This might drive me to prayer

Nah. He said pacific northwest so it's Washington and Oregon.

[Minrott]

BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER PHLEGM

[Muglack]

That would be one hell of a tidal wave, is there even a tectonic plate capable of producing a wave that would hit the west coast?

[Ginzburgh]

is there even a tectonic plate capable of producing a wave that would hit the west coast?

You bet your fuckin ass there is:



When that foot comes down, prepare to run for the hills.

[Hylissa]

That would be one hell of a tidal wave, is there even a tectonic plate capable of producing a wave that would hit the west coast?

http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/050103_cascadia_tsunami.html

[KaiineTN]

So God hates Microsoft too? Washington is going down.

[dammuzis]

ooh can i play too?
its going to be june 18 in portland the lime green jello thats been in the fridge for 8 years told me so

[Lionking]

Funny, God told ME to assassinate Pat Robertson. WTF a conflict of interest?

[Captain Insano]

Please let it hit California. This might drive me to prayer

we can all surf and mexicans swim like stinky rats. No bid deal really.

[Gidan]

If this years storms are half of what last years were, people will start calling him a profit.

[Martrae]

Only if they bet on him.

[Donnel]

Only if they bet on him.

haha

[Hound]

people will start calling him a profit.

With a net worth somewhere between $200M and $1B, I think people
probably call him that already.

[Maeya]

That would be one hell of a tidal wave, is there even a tectonic plate capable of producing a wave that would hit the west coast?

In addition to the article about the Cascadian Subduction zone, I've actually watched a couple of programs on Nat. Geo (or some similar channel) about the it the last few weeks, so this info is pretty fresh in my mind. According to the shows, tsunamis have hit in the past. They pretty much wiped out some town in Californa, I forget the name though. They were also saying that much of the infrastructure on the coast isn't built to survive a tsunami like what hit in December 2004. But these shows always like to play at the worst case scenarios, so they were talking about a major earthquake in the area not only sending tsunamis, but the earthquake damage itself would destroy buildings, in adition to liquifaction causing the buildings to sink, and then landslides would pretty much wipe out the rest of the town.

Also, tsunami waves travel at incredible speeds across long distances. Quakes in our region before have sent tsunamis to Japan. And if I remember correctly, the earthquake in 2004 also sent tsunami waves to Africa. Of course, they weren't as devistating as the ones at ground zero, but they still hit. If I am remembering that correctly.

Anyway, despite what the Lord Himself might say to people, there's no real way to predict when it will strike. There's tsunami sensors off the coast of Washington/Oregon that measure when sizable waves pass over them and send warnings back to the coast, but if a quake as close as the Cascadian Subduction zone was to hit, the warnings wouldn't provide enough of an alarm to really do anything. A few minutes at most.

[lareau]

Has a tsunami ever hit the Us? I don't recall ever hearing any news coverage about one.

[Maeya]

Yes - according to the Live Science article, the last one hit Alaska in 1964. So nothing in relatively recent times.

[Gidan]

Has a tsunami ever hit the Us? I don't recall ever hearing any news coverage about one.

Many times, nothing in 40ish years or so.

[Adivina]

So storms and possibly a tsunami will hit the coast, boy thats a fucking revalation, I mean shit STORMS never hit coastal areas, hell half of Massachusetts isn't underwater right now from torential downpours.