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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: average joe who wrote (30305)	9/3/2010 3:32:24 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36918

Yes, Rarotonga [where I am right now] was unaffected. It seems to be not a big deal. It's a reminder than natural events far exceed anything people can do. For example regarding sea level rise - with prodigious effort in CO2 production, people might raise sea level half a metre over 100 years if the Doomster Alarmists are correct. But a tsunami from a Pacific Ocean bolide would remove Christchurch from the map. Even a decent tsunami from a landslide, earthquake or volcano could do some damage. A Taupo type eruption at Matata in the Bay of Plenty for example, or offshore, would end life and cities up and down the east coast of New Zealand [build on sand spits such as Pauanui, Mount Maunganui, Papamoa, Ohope, Whakatane]. The other side of the ocean would be damaged too, and in a big way if it was a Taupo-sized eruption. Mqurice