Thursday, July 17, 2008

Name That Natural Disaster!



Here's a hint: it was the biggest one ever, reaching 1,720 feet in height, and yet it hardly killed anyone!

13 comments:

Mike said...

Tunguska blast, Siberia

bigcitylib said...

Not even close! Hint: This one was a whole lot wetter!

Red Tory said...

Doesn't your link kind of give it away? Or am I missing something...

bigcitylib said...

Well, I didn't want to make it THAT hard.

buckets said...

Tsunami following the Alaska earthquake of 1960-something?

bigcitylib said...

Getting close, Buckets.

lance said...

1934 rockslide in the Tafjord fjord, Norway?

Ti-Guy said...

Well, I didn't want to make it THAT hard.

Heh. No kidding.

To be honest my first guess what Tunguska. My second guess was the Port Alberni tsunami. Then I cheated and looked.

bigcitylib said...

Lance is very close. Right kind of disaster, wrong locale.

Auntie Liberal said...

Rock/glacier slide causes waves in Alaska.

Oldschool said...

Didn't James Hansen predict this?
Or was it Al the Goricle?

Ti-Guy said...

Goracle, Noschool...Goracle.

God, it's like he's Helen Keller, and I'm Ann Sullivan.

Auntie Liberal said...

You can always count on the anal retentive Arts Major to correct spelling on the internet.