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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 03:07 PM
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How a nuclear armed terrorist could kill millions with a single bomb
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Edited on Wed Dec-29-04 03:11 PM by Walt Starr
Yeah, I can be a sick dude when I think up this stuff, but hear me out.

A single nuclear device placed properly on La Palma Island in the Canaries could trigger a trillion ton landslide that would create a Tsunami wave that makes the Indian Ocean tsunami seem like a cannonball in a backyard swimming pool. It would affect Europe, the entire East Coast of the United States, the Carribean Islands, possibly South America, and Africa in one fell swoop.

The loss of life could be in the millions from such an event. Since there would be an absence of measurable seismic activity such as the volcanic blast that is currently theorized to be the trigger of such an event, there would be little warning of the tsunami either.

Should I be an action story novelist or what?
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