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Massive eruption at Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai produces huge shockwave and tsunami

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by KingCheetah, Jan 15, 2022.

  1. KingCheetah

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    They were busting out the longboards in SoCal.
     
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    Isn't this the plot of a recent movie?
     
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    Incredible new video (link) from the BBC.
     
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    Crazy - tsunami alert for the west coast (may have passed already).
     
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    Washington still had one an hour or so ago. A friend texted me about the eruption early this morning and I thought it was going to be a disaster for somebody. I know that parts of California were getting waves 4 feet above normal, but I don't know how widespread or where that was.
     
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    Yeah I read about it this morning but didn't realize how large the eruption was -- the shockwave in that gif is nuts.
     
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    Yeah, I saw a satellite image of the eruption this morning -- not sure if it's the one you posted, but the first thing I thought was how much power must be behind that eruption to shove that much ash from the under water that high. I don't know what the depth of the volcano is, but still ...

    NSFW audio, but the audio is what it's really about (I'm guessing it's real) :



    Waves look like you're in a bathtub :

     
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    coincidentally we had a 6.7 earthquake the day before this. then there were the great floods across southeast asia. could mother earth be up to something?
     
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    Stupid Celestial waking up. Call the Eternals.
     
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    i called dr. mindy, but he's not picking up. probably out there banging dr. dibiasky
     
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    Did Gaia just rip one in the bathtub?
     
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    Ring of Fire, and not the Johnny Cash version.
     
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    Alien ship blown up underwater
     
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    The Baker underwater detonation at Bikini Atoll. The large WWII aircraft carrier, the Saratoga, was in it and didn't sink. My father served on her for a time during the war. I think there were something like 90 warships anchored for the test. The Navy wanted to see what it would do to them. They found out.

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    There is a great Nat Geo special about those tests that came out about a year ago.
     
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