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What is different about this particular volcano is that it is the core of a small (several trillions of tons of rock above water) island, and the nature of the rock is such that the volcano has formed a series of containers which store water in vertical collums around the core.

Because of this, when it errupts the magma comming up the center of the core heats the water between the collumns (formed from magma from previous erruptions) which creates huge pressures to the side. The steepness of the volcanic mountain and its geological structure make the whole west 1/3rd-1/2 of the island unstable and eventually it will slide off into the sea. Odds are this will be a few thousand years from now, but it could be next week. We just don't know.

I'm not sure how feasable a plan to relieve the water pressure is, but I'd think such an idea would be at least worth exploring.

=S=

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As you were saying, I just read this in this the news about the tsunami that just hit.


Told you so! 8)
 
The reason this one would be different, GrG, is because La Palma would split in two when the volcano erupted. It would split and fall into the ocean, it's like dropping a pebble in a pond and looking at the shock wave. Imagine that times by over a million.
All this was on the news a few months ago. It's highly unlikely it'll happen anytime soon.

I've been to Gran Canaria (the biggest Canary Isle) it's a lovely place. I loved it so much, I've been there three times now. I've heard it's the best climate on the planet, I certainly agree.
 
I enjoyed Manaco but I still prefer the whole Island thing. The only time I have been to Gran Canaria though I was only 8 and my parents did not let me enjoy it much.
 

Just a minor point... we are talking about several trillions of tons, so it's far more than "a million times over". How many pebbles in ton? Let's say a million... Then multiply that by several trillion. It's an unimaginonably large number... as in something on the order of...

6,000,000,000,000,000,000 x a pebble.



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GermansRGeniuses said:
I can't do it now, but tommorrow I'm making a chart explaining why this isn't feasible...
Click to expand...

LOL - it's a proven fact this HAS HAPPENED many times in the past.
 
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