Mega Tsunami Threatens US East Coast

In the last decade, people around the world have undergone a wide scale of record-setting natural disasters. The tsunami that rocked the nation of Japan in 2011, the biggest hurricanes the modern world has seen bombarding the United States. Volcanoes in Guatemala and Hawaii, and a trifecta of earth, water, and fire in Sulawesi last year. Hell... even Russia had a close call with a meteor in 2013. Our planet has been displaying its catastrophic potential, and all of the science says that at the rate we are going... the stakes are only going to get higher, and matters are only going to get worse.

When the term "mega-tsunami" is brought into a conversation in America, a lot of peoples' concern usually dwells upon the western coast. With good reason; that part of the country (and the world for that matter) has always been more prone to potential devastation due to its position on Earth's tectonic plates. Although, what if I told you that the chances of a mega-tsunami taking place on the east coast were possible as well?

Unfortunately, I regret to inform you; that it is not only possible, but at this day in age, highly probable. I'm not talking about an asteroid striking the Atlantic ocean probable either. Although, if that happened the devastation would most likely be even worse. In reality, I am talking about the Canary Islands, a volcanic strip of islands off the western coast of Africa. After a significant volcanic episode on the islands, scientists visited the islands in order to study the geological damage that had been inflicted. One of the volcanoes on the island had given way to a massive fissure that stretched down its entire side. It was theorized that if a powerful enough eruption was to take place again, the entire cracked section of the volcano could collapse and fall straight into the ocean. The scientist stated that a landslide of this magnitude will produce a massive wave that could possibly reach a height of 100 feet.

For the sake of summarization, such a wave could prove to be apocalyptic... not only for those in the east coast of the US but for multiple countries in Europe and South America as well. Miami, DC, New York, Boston, and everything in between would be completely wiped off of the earth. Although some skeptics have gone on record to discredit the theory for being alarmist, the arguments they presented failed to take into consideration the potential our planet has to completely ignore our underestimation of its devastating power.

Considering the Theory Today

This is not going to be another coverage piece on the canary islands theory, that concept has been used and abused time after time. Instead, I want to discuss what that theory would look like if we considered it during the circumstance of today's time. Over the last several years, our planet has shown modern man its destructive capabilities in more ways than one. Volcanoes erupting in different countries worldwide, catastrophic tsunamis washing entire towns away, even the first recorded report of multiple cat-5 hurricanes crossing the Atlantic in human history. Our planet has been undergoing a variety of rare and unusual events, and millions have had to experience the unbiased destruction caused by them.

If you were to ask someone why this was taking place, you'd most likely receive an answer concocted for some form of political agenda, rather than a genuine thought or opinion. Some might say climate change, others may write it off as some kind of coincidence. You may even get one of the conspiracy nuts that believe it's our government using HAARP to control the weather. Regardless, the point is that you will seldom get an intelligent well thought out response. I'm not absolutely sure how significant our carbon footprint is to the changes in climate witnessed over the years. Nor do I agree that climate change just doesn't exist... Climate change absolutely exists, and has since long before Homo Sapiens conquered the planet. The question is: what impact does the variable that represents humanity have on the overall equation. Scientists around the world have come together to address the topic, and a large majority have come to the consensus that if left unchecked, the consequences can bring devastation to our entire species.

That consensus on the state of our climate was determined and announced well over five years ago, yet the efforts we have made to prevent its occurrence have done little, if anything, to alter its course. Thus, we continue to see record-breaking wildfires, and some of the biggest hurricanes in recent history. An increase in size and power for every natural disaster across the board.

The Domino Effect

I bet you're wondering what on god's green earth, climate change has to do with the possibility of a mega-tsunami striking the east coast. The answer is simple, everything that happens on this planet, in one way or another, effects the grand majority of everything else. Volcanoes, for instance, are a perfect example of this. It is a fact that most volcanoes are located on, or near, the ocean, and when they erupt, they release scorching toxic chemicals by the tons; most of which spews out either straight up into the sky, or down into the ocean, simultaneously affecting both. One volcano is certainly not enough to cause any significant change. However, what if two dozen volcanoes erupt across the earth consecutively. The amount of heat that would come from such a chain of events would affect the entire world. Most notably creating warmer skies and waters. The increase in our oceans' temperatures would have a direct impact on the strength of the storms that'll inevitably form over those bodies of water. A catastrophic domino effect that can potentially take the lives of millions worldwide.

Now increase the scale of the catastrophes to match that of a planet undergoing climate change. This would mean higher sea levels than normal, and a greater amount of ocean water around the globe. Consider the Canary Island simulation under these circumstances, unstable tectonic plates, increasing volcanic activity, record high sea levels. The landslide those scientists feared in the late 90s would be nothing compared to the magnitude of the wave that would strike us under those pretenses.

A Prepared Society

There is no official evidence that any of this will happen anytime soon. Unfortunately, that gives people a false sense of security when it comes to things staying the way they are now. In the course of our planet's history, it has undergone five different extinction level events. Four of which were directly caused by a drastic change in its climate. For one to believe that these things are no longer possible simply because we're here now... Is by far the most foolish notion anyone could ever believe in. Mother Earth is not going to stop doing what she has done for millions of years, especially not for a species of humanoids that barely show her any respect as it stands. Forget the fact that if the ice caps melt, they'll release the bubonic plague and Spanish influenza; ignore the fact that rising sea levels mean trouble for about 75 percent of the global population. The instability our planet would undertake will go on to set off a massive amount of disasters worldwide including the eruption of the Canary Island volcanoes. The landslide that this collapse creates would fall, crashing directly into the raised ocean. The force of which would ignite one of the greatest Mega-tsunamis to ever come hurling to our nation's eastern coast. A brutal event that would take our once-great country decades, if not centuries, to come back from. Yet, since there aren't any obvious signs of such a catastrophe taking place anytime soon, most believe it isn't even a possibility. This lack of preparation will eventually lead to an amount of death so large it would dwarf the entire 1900s in comparison. A society that's ready for anything they may face, is one that will have a greater chance of surviving anything they do face. Besides, even if the course of our climate is altered, and the landslide never transpires... The only other extinction event was caused by a massive asteroid plunging into the earth, and you better believe that a wave that is created by an event of that nature will do far more than wash away the east coast. Go on and read about that one town in Russia that was blessed to experience a tiny percentage of the power that kind of impact can possess.