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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

The wave that destroyed Atlantis

2007-04-21

The legend of Atlantis, the country that disappeared under the sea, may be more than just a myth. Research on the Greek island of Crete suggests Europe's earliest civilisation was destroyed by a giant tsunami.

Until about 3,500 years ago, a spectacular ancient civilisation was flourishing in the Eastern Mediterranean. The ancient Minoans were building palaces, paved streets and sewers, while most Europeans were still living in primitive huts. But around 1500BC the people who spawned the myths of the Minotaur and the Labyrinth abruptly disappeared. Now the mystery of their cataclysmic end may finally have been solved.

The wave would have been as powerful as the one that devastated the coastlines of Thailand and Sri Lanka on Boxing day 2004 leading to the loss of over 250,000 lives.

Posted by:Anonymoose

#14 Nah....

God will get bored and switch off the simulation and then go have some tea.

Posted by: CrazyFool 2007-04-21 18:29

#13 And Al Gore didn't save them.

Posted by: Icerigger 2007-04-21 17:18

#12 Gotta Nuke Something....

/Nelson M.

Posted by: Shipman 2007-04-21 11:01

#11 We've covered this already, haven't we?

Posted by: Kevin Costner 2007-04-21 09:22

#10 I think the History Channel covered this several years ago. A little late in the 'news' category, both the event and the reportage.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-04-21 09:12

#9 And that exploding nuclear waste dump on the far side of the moon 8 years ago? Don't worry about it; it never happened.

Posted by: Eric Jablow 2007-04-21 07:15

#8 I am decoding incrementally. ;-)

Actually, Gabriel's Sword is a thing of the past. There was only one arc-angel "Gabriel" (or shall we say "Gabrielle"?) and she's presently tame. Of course, it is a human tendency to presume that what happened in the past--and especially if there was some degree of recurrence--would happen in the future. See Bible's Book of Revelation, that is a typical example--extrapolation of past events into future. Well, that story is long over, long enough that we got into another extreme, thinking that the current setup always was, is, will be.

And though the sight of the sword may have been spectacular and rather awesome to watch, its reach was only skin deep, so to speak--that means the lithosphere and localized track. Not a good thing to be in its path, I agree.

Posted by: twobyfour 2007-04-21 05:09

#7 As for the other nasties, Joe, earth popping out of the orbit is not that big a deal. Or rather, small increases or decreases in orbit (say + - 20 days) would have a relatively mild effect by themselves. The event that would trigger the change, though, would have to be 7 to 9 ELE (scale of 10, 10 being total). So yea, in that context, the orbital change is rather unwelcome.

Posted by: twobyfour 2007-04-21 04:51

#6 Joe, I can ease your worries... moon will not explode. We may encounter some other "problems", but moon exploding one is not on the list, at any point.

Posted by: twobyfour 2007-04-21 04:40

#5 Personally I think Joe is asking "What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?"

Posted by: gorb 2007-04-21 03:50

#4 Anyone wanna loan me their Joe decoder ring?

Posted by: GK 2007-04-21 02:46

#3 Joe's in Code Mode. It's calling down a strike somewhere.

Posted by: Shipman 2007-04-21 02:33

#2 WTF?

Posted by: Danking70 2007-04-21 02:03

#1 Personally, I'm more concerned about the massive tidal waves that will strike the rest of the world, including the Pacific, iff the Moon explodes + riccochets into the Earth ala THE COLOR OF MONEY + EARTHSTORM, D ***nged TOM CRUISE = VINCENT and his EIGHT BALL??? THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT COULD BE WORSE, ala GABRIEL'S SWORD slicing/halving the earth's sphere as opposed to the Earth merely being popped out of orbit [FATIMA - Dancing of the Sun]. Once Gabriel's Sword is unleashed, not even MOTHER MARY can stop it.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-04-21 01:17

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