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Bad news day, history dept.
The legend of Atlantis, the country that disappeared under the sea, may be more than just a myth. Research on the Greek island of Crete suggests Europe's earliest civilisation was destroyed by a giant tsunami ... The ancient Minoans were building palaces, paved streets and sewers, while most Europeans were still living in primitive huts ... But what caused the tsunami? The scientists have obtained radiocarbon dates for the deposits that show the tsunami could have hit the coast at exactly the same time as an eruption of the Santorini volcano, 70 km north of Crete, in the middle of the second millennium BC."
In an unrelated search just recently I learned that Santorini blast caused a temporary drop of several meters in the level of the Mediterranean as the crater filled with water. Quite an explosion.
And that's the same Santorini near where the cruise boat recently sank. The blast, and others, left some beautiful scenery centuries later, so many cruise lines operate out of it or to it.
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An article I read earlier mentioned there's evidence of a past occurrence of same along the Florida coast. BTW the 'sea level drop' I mentioned is also evidenced from strata around the Med basin, which scientists just learned to interpret correctly. What other pending disasters lurk? Think I'll stop getting out of bed altogether. 
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It's how the hero survived the trip back to earth when his ship was invaded by a monster from his own mind, engendered by a chemical in a planet's atmosphere.
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is the source of several legends. Now that has to include Atlantis, although Crete is still very much above water.
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At least one earthquake resulted in Ireland as we know it today, and separated the land mass between it and Scotland. We read about how the continents have drifted over millions of years, and how the plates have collided.
We have a reliable history of the events following Krakatoa.
Thus it seems reasonable to me that a civilization could be inundated as a result.
The mystery would be how that civilization became so advanced.
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on Wegener and related subjects from my favorite bookstore - a thrift shop.
That was where I just learned about Ireland. The picture looks like a typical valley, perhaps a little more rugged than most, but the text explains the truth of it. Quite impressive.
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