Sorry, a little off topic: Geology or real estate?
To privatebanker:
The Hawaiian islands are volcanic seamounts, but they may face sudden catastrophic destruction. I’m no expert in geology, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night. Recent studies have shown that the islands have regularly undergone sudden massive landslides. By “massive” I mean a side of a volcano breaking free and sliding into the Pacific. Or so says the Discovery Channel.
In the (geologic) past, these slides of mythic proportion have resulted in tsunami of similar mythic size (1000 feet plus).
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