Dear friends:

Several years ago I first heard about a possible East coast tsunami, the subject of the below ominous article.  I know nothing about the author and cannot vouch for his credibility, and am passing this along only because this is not the first time I have heard about it.  There must be some truth to it.

If it happens as he describes, it will mean 60-150 waves from Florida to Maine, virtually destroying all civilization along the entire U.S. East coast for miles inward, including cities and many military installations.  It would cripple the United States government and economy.  There is no way that many people could flee, with no where to go anyhow, and no way to prepare for such a disaster.  The damage would probably be much greater than a massive nuclear attack.

This sounds like stuff of the Tribulation.  If it happens at all, I believe it will be after the rapture.  If not, those of us on the East coast will all be surfing right into the arms of Jesus, hanging ten on a giant killer wave, singing "Surfin' USA," and shouting "Yippeeee, halleluyah!  Jesus, here I come."

Jim
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Sugarloaf, PA January 3, 2005

U.S. Officials Must Prepare for Imminent East Coast Tsunami

By Ned Dougherty

In the September 11, 2004 edition of On Angels Wings, a
newsletter I publish periodically, I warned that a devastating and
deadly tsunami directed at the eastern seaboard of the United
States was a not if, but when scenario. I became so concerned
with the timing of this possible future event that I traveled to
the Canary Islands in November 2004 to investigate for myself
what has become known as the La Palma Threat. While I was
living on the island of La Palma, I researched the scientific
facts concerning the potential threat and hiked to the top of the
volcanic mountains to personally observe and experience for
myself what may become the next Ground Zero.

I determined that the threat was not only real but, perhaps,
imminent. Of course, my research trip took place just prior to
the devastating Asia Tsunami of December 26, 2004, the full
impact of which the scientists are still trying to comprehend.

The cause of the apocalyptic scenario in the Canary Islands is
the Cumbre Vieja ridge line of volcanoes on the western-most
island, La Palma. I reported in the September 11th newsletter
that Professor Bill McGuire, director of the Benfield Grieg
Research Centre at University College in London, England,
found that a diagonal fracture has already separated the western
slope of the ridge line and only friction keeps one third of the
island from falling into the ocean creating a rushing wall of
water with a clear run across the Atlantic to the U.S. eastern
seaboard. According to Professor McGuire, this scenario may
be triggered either by an earthquake or a volcanic eruption.
Finally through Professor McGuire and other scientists, I have
been given the scientific support for this future event scenario
that I have been publicly speaking and writing about since 1994.

Even in the absence of an earthquake or eruption, the La
Palma western slope is already slipping slowly but surely into
the ocean. I suggest that there is also a more ominous threat
possibility. A strategically placed high explosive or nuclear
device along the Cumbre Vieja ridge by terrorists could also
achieve similar results; a devastating tidal wave sweeping across
the Atlantic and spreading a wall of rushing water between 60
and 150 feet or higher when it hits the east coast of the United
States from Florida to Maine; the epicenter of which would be
aimed directly at Washington, DC.

Until the 2004 record-breaking hurricane season, which I
contend is only a precursor of climatic events to come, U.S.
east coast residents have lived somewhat comfortably assured
that they were not in the crosshairs of major geophysical events.
After all, east coast residents did not have to worry about, for
example, a San Andreas Fault scenario, which means not if but
when the fault slips drastically, the west coast of the U.S. will be
faced with massive destruction and potential tidal waves. East
coast residents typically believed that they had little to fear from
earthquake activity or tidal waves. That is until now.

My purpose in reporting the potential of the La Palma threat
in the September 11th newsletter was to send out a warning
signal to east coast residents that the threat of a tsunami was
very real, possibly imminent, and needed to be addressed.

U.S. government agencies, particularly the Federal Emergency
Management Agency FEMA have been well aware of the La
Palma threat and other scenarios that could result in an Atlantic
tsunami but appropriate warnings to the public were not made in
the past. In the last several days, the major media outlets have
finally been addressing this issue, but now only as a result of
the deadly Asia Tsunami, which would be dwarfed by a future
Atlantic tsunami.

Although the U.S. government is not in the business of
informing the public of apocalyptic-type worst-case scenarios,
several precautions have already been taken. Coastal Evacuation
Route signs have sprung up in recent years from Florida
to Maine, a coordinated effort overseen by several Federal
agencies, particularly FEMA in cooperation with state and
local officials. The appearance of these blue and white signs
on Eastern Long Island several years ago, literally overnight,
prompted at least one local newspaper to question from where
the signs came. And why all the secrecy?

Certainly, hurricanes and other storms make the coastal areas
vulnerable and, therefore, the sign program can be justified. But
the impetus for the coastal warnings programs from Florida
to Maine was fueled primarily by the potential threat from
tsunamis or tidal waves. Yet, the public had not been informed
of the potential threat until now.

Unfortunately, irregardless of the Coastal Evacuation Route
program, most east coast residents will not have sufficient
warning to evacuate to higher ground and out of reach of the
tsunami waves which may surge as much as twenty miles or
more inland according to several scientific projections.

Regarding a tsunami generated in the Canary Islands, east
coast residents would have approximately 8-9 hours notice
to evacuate inland and to higher ground. Florida residents
recently experienced the massive traffic gridlock that results
with a warning period of several days, not just a matter of
hours. Imagine the entire populace of the east coast from
Maine to Florida attempting to evacuate on short notice to the
Appalachian Mountains. The loss of life will be certain and
unimaginable.

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