Gulf Oil Spill - The Greatest Disaster Since The Flood? :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website

Gulf Oil Spill - The Greatest Disaster Since The Flood? :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website: "If the methane bubble explodes, it would create a tsunami that would wipe out anything within dozens (and possibly hundreds) of miles of the Gulf Coast in all directions. The tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004 wiped out between 150,000-300,000 people, some as far away as South Africa. This was caused by an earthquake that shifted the ocean floor by meters. An explosion of this size would shift the ocean floor for miles. The Gulf is touched by the Mississippi River and opens into the Caribbean where it is exposed to the Panama Canal."