If any Country had a gigantic earthquake or tsunami that killed thousands would America still hurry fast?
553265
not anymore.\nreasons:\n1. we got our own problems with Katrina.\n2. All the other countries hate us now so we don't want to help them anymore since they will hate us even more and try to kill us.
842812
Woe to a certain somebody who thinks America lacks natural resources. Have you any idea how big the United States is? 4th largest country in the world...\n\nBut anyhow, things would be scary... trade would certainly be thrown to the dogs. The world would be shocked, I reckon. Then people would start jabbering and causing a chaotic fit amidst themselves. Those who got money from the United States would see a huge gap in their marketing areas. In the Middle East, Muslims would briefly celebrate, and then they would try to go for Israel and some European countries instead of the United States. Britain would lose its biggest ally, Canada would have a war with us, Mexicans would be slaughtered, and some people who happened to have families in the U.S. would mourn.
1019046
If America is so ignorant of world politics, then why are we the only remaining superpower?  Where does that put your third-world, a$$-backward abortion of a country on the scale of things?\n  \nAnd here's a news flash for you:  The U.S. has ALWAYS been criticized, especially by those ungrateful countries that seem to conveniently forget how much the U.S. has done for them.\n\nWe spend several billion dollars a year propping countries like yours back up when disasters such as earthquakes and floods strike your pathetically underdeveloped countries.  It's funny,... I've never seen footage of disaster victims in foreign countries screaming for the Americans to leave their country...\n\nThe truth is this:  The only thing ignorant about American world politics is that we keep dragging your asses out of disasters that would certainly kill a great many more of you if we just had the cold, hard common sense to leave you alone, AS YOU SAY YOU WISH TO BE!...\n\nNow,... shut up and go make me a Slurpee!
854819
It mostly depends on the direction the meteor comes from and how fast it was before entering Earths atmosphere (although because of resistance of air the speed cannot exeed a certain velocity - I'd say >1000 miles per hour - before it breaks up into pieces), then it depends on where it hits the surface of the ocean ( if it's next to you - not as bad as 5 miles offshore )\nso to say the deeper the water is the more likely is a tsunami\n\nUnderwater earthquakes are even harder .... It depends on the force of the Earthquake, it's epicentrum and then of course how deep the water is....\n\n\nbut to take likely figures I'd say the meteor should have 1 mile diameter to destroy the west coast - or at least a part of it\nthen the earthquake mush be somewhere around 6 to 7 on Richter scala\n\n\nwhy do you ask - are you on a apocalyptical trip, if so you've forgotten about the supervolcano in Yellowstone
191952
yup. America as a whole is only interested in helping /destroying countries that get into it's way / hurt it.\nthere has been Aid , dont get me wrong, and we have accepted refugees FROM YUGOSLAVIA but, there is little media concern which means the general population cannot pester the government to spend more than it wants.\nthere is also crisis in burma, Africa,south america where the loss is like 20x worse than 9/11 but that gets virtually NO PRESS.
1091389
NO.\n\nNot only would you set off another tsunami just from using a nuclear weapon, you would load all that water with fallout.  Then, not only would you have a tsunami, you'd have a *radioactive* tsunami.  I'd rather deal with a flood than a flood AND radiation poisoning, thanks all the same.
62313
The seafloor on which the islands were built is continually moving northwestward across the hot spot at a rate of 7-9 cm per year.  The northwest Hawaii island chain actually merges along a rift line with the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, all part of the same family.  This has been going on for millions/billions of years.  Most of the islands, however, never meet a continental land mass, since islands formed from lava rock are highly unstable.  In fact, Molokai used to be part of a larger island since it was connected to Maui and Oahu in the past (they have a name for it, but I forgot).  There is evidence in Alaska of a tsunami caused by a large mass sliding into the ocean on the north side of this large, 3-part island, creating the world's tallest sea cliffs on Molokai (3000 feet tall).  Of course this happened LONG ago, but can happen at any time.  Most of the northeast sides of all of the Hawaiian islands are in danger of large avalanches into the sea because it is the predominantly windward side of the islands, creating large amounts of rainfall and thus increasing the instability and erosion.  And don't forget, earthquakes happen EVERY DAY.  All it takes is one big one and Alaska, Japan, California, Russia, Australia, and even Hawaii too  could feel the effects from the ensuing tsunami.
635143
If by "soon", you mean the next six months...then I'd have to answer the question with NO.  This is mainly because Islamic terrorists such as Osama bin Laden have shown a real patience after initial attacks on a selected target fail.  In 1993 the first attack on the WTC, though tragic, was a miserable failure from the standpoint of inflicting massive casualities.  They waited over 8 years before carrying out the next attempt, which as we all know, was far more deadly and horrific.  It has been nearly 5 years since 9/11.  It may be another 5 years before America is hit again with such devastation.  The terrorists are patient and highly adaptive to our security measures.  Because of this, nobody can ever really know when or where they'll strike again.\n\nOne thing is very certain, though.  Flight 93 failed to reach its intended target.  This means Al Qaeda will try to strike the Capitol or White House once again to complete their original mission that failed on 9/11.  Its unlikely they would hijack planes this time around, as many security measures have since been adopted to make that plan inoperative.  The more likely scenario would be a car bomb or perhaps a suicide bomber detonating themselves in or near a major Washington DC landmark.
1057437
No.It would collapse.The country was so locked down for so long it is going to take some time for them all to figure out how to get along without killing each other.
731200
Very pertinent.  If you live on the Pacific Ocean, you can check the two tsunami information web sites below.  Besides current warnings they have lots of information on tsunami and earthquakes in general.  That said, tsunami prediction is very imprecise.  In my town, Crescent City, California, we had a tsunami last week as a result of the earthquake north of Japan.  The prediction center had issued an "all clear", then later rescinded it.  At the predicted time, a small wave of only a few inches occurred, but two hours later a six foot wave caused nearly one million dollars damage to the harbor.\n\nA major problem with tsunami prediction is that many big waves are caused by underwater landslides, events that may not require a large quake to happen.  Additionally, local factors can have a great effect, increasing or decreasing the size of waves.\n\nIf you are in a tsunami zone and you feel the earth move, IMMEDIATELY move to the highest ground possible, preferably on foot as often roads become clogged.  Even if a quake is close at hand you may have several minutes to get away.  Often people have hours to prepare, and after our experience the other day I will always just assume the worst.  The Tsunami Warning Center is on my "favorites" list in my browser, but after the events of last week my faith has been shaken.
789979
Explanation of tsunamis would be interesting. More specific the tsunami alert system of the Pacific ocean involving mainly USA and Japan.
612280
I think it depends. If it was only the wealth of individuals & families, like Bill Gates, the Waltons (Wal Mart), Oprah & the British Royal Family, Everyone would probably be working poor level-one paycheck from disaster. If it was governments & institutions as well, like Saudi Arabia, the US and the Vatican, we'd probably be moderately well off. I read somewhere once that if the Vatican liquidated (and assuming they had the same income they have now), they could support South America FOREVER.\n\nThis was an interesting question, and I like your kitty.
1051499
Don't listen to that stuff you are hearing about a major quake.  If it happens it happens.  Here is what I know:  earthquakes cannot be predicted, you are just as likely to die tomorrow as you are a year or ten years from now (excluding a known terminal illness), and it seems senseless to waste energy worrying about this type of thing.  It is a complete unknown.
660044
if you are talking about the geological subject, them im thinking its a ticking time bomb that will errupt into something catastrophic one day. it could be far far into the future but we really need to consider the potential damage. At the same time it will be forming new land (though that takes a while) and the plates will probably start causing more and more serious earthquakes in places that have never felt them before, therefore noone will really no what to do.. in short, were all doomed. Seriously, i hope not, but its kinda like when people build condos on the beach, ur taking an awfully big risk of natures fury to take it out like a toothpick. but theres not much anyone can do other than advise against it if they see potential activity
684386
(m)\n\nThe Twentieth Century's Largest Earthquake\n\n\nThree of the ten largest earthquakes of the twentieth century occurred in Alaska, striking in 1957, 1964, and 1965. The strongest of these (magnitude: 9.2) took place on Good Friday in 1964, hitting 80 miles east of Anchorage. The biggest earthquake of the century struck Chile on May 22, 1960. Its magnitude, the highest ever recorded, was 9.5. \n\nThe deadliest earthquake of all time is believed to have occurred on Jan. 24, 1556, in Shaanxi (Shensi) Province, China — 830,000 were killed.\n\n\nTsunami\n\n\nThe Alaskan Good Friday earthquake was followed by tsunami, or tidal waves, that reached 50 feet high and traveled a phenomenal 8,445 miles at 450 miles per hour. Tsunami is a Japanese term (tsu, port; nami, waves) presumably referring to the rising height of tsunami as they approach shore. \n\nBreaking on land, these tremendous waves can cause enormous destruction. The deadliest tsunami ever occurred on Dec, 26, 2004, killing more than 225,000 people and leaving millions homeless. \n\nIn addition to earthquakes, volcanoes can cause tsunami—after the eruption of Krakatoa on August 27, 1883, more than 36,000 people were killed by the tsunami alone.
898599
I don't know if this is what you meant, but I immediately thought of Katrina.  To paraphrase what Bill Maher said about it, yes, we can get halfway around the world in a matter of hours to deal with other country's tragedies or governmental snafus but can't get to our own in not hours, but days.  It's a good question, and one that should be asked more often.
9982
its tsunami, and there would not be a western european tsunami, but i would guess that cork, in irealnd would be hit first, but the netherlans would sink because it is below sea level. i would then saw rotterdam, amsterdam, or the hauge then.