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If recently on the web there has been more and more talk about possible flooding of parts of the American continent then today US Oregon residents are in a panic over buoy number 46404, whose indicators are publicly available over the Internet, recently showed a drop in the level of the Pacific Ocean: first on fourteen, and then another ninety-six centimeters.
This is possible, scientists say, assuming plate displacement Juan de Fuca and North American, which will certainly lead to earthquake in the ocean and the most powerful tsunami. This is already here observed in 1700, and as a consequence of this – a terrible the devastation of the West Coast of North America. Therefore panic among the inhabitants of coastal areas is quite natural.
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True, the authorities immediately declared that there was nothing to worry about. happened, there is no threat, and the buoy’s testimony is, they say, the invention of journalists. In turn, the journalists were outraged Such an answer and began the investigation, “pulled into the light” screenshots testimony of buoy No. 46404, which demonstrated abnormal phenomena in the ocean. However, the authorities have responded to all speeches of journalists simply by silence, which did not add peace of mind to the population.
Only one thing calms you down, so far no catastrophic changes did not happen, northwest coast America is not “bare”, and the approach of the tsunami is not fixed. The most prominent seismologist in the United States, John Vidal, whom journalists after ignoring the impending disaster by authorities, commented on what happened so. Since the level drop water is actually fixed, but no big deal so far happens, then we can only assume one thing: it is rare, but quite possible malfunction of the electronics buoy.
However, the coastal population is still tense. Perhaps the current lull just before the terrible storm? What if did the buoy electronics still work fine? After all, all that has been said to scientists – only an assumption, and is it so, can only show time. And what it will show is not yet known …
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