IF THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW means that we’re all going to suffer from instant global warming — and an ice age, at the same time! — did The Poseidon Adventure accurately predict a sudden epidemic of capsizing passenger ships?

As far as I know, it didn’t, and Patrick Michaels writes in The Washington Post that anyone who gets his or her climatology from the film is an idiot.

So just watch, as the idiots self-identify. . . .

UPDATE: Then there’s this. Sheesh.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Plus this expert clarification:

The Tsunami, as shown in The Poseidon Adventure, is a pure figment of the imagination of someone in film.

A Tsunami in open ocean water is about a meter high……..it suddenly mushrooms into a giant wave near shore where all the damage can occur. Tsunamis do, however, move extremely fast…….up to 700 K/hr……and it can travel extremely long distances with little dissipation of its original energy. The famous 1960 Tsunami, originating off the coast of Chile, reached Hawaii, Japan, etc.

The high speed is what causes the energy to mount a wall of water up to several hundred feet high as the water approaches shore…..identical to the action of waves around the world…..just on a much larger scale due its speed and transmitted energy.

Paul DeLand, Tampa, FL
Former USCGAuxiliary National Staff Branch Chief
Department of Marine Safety and Environmental Protection

Good thing The Poseidon Adventure came out 30 years ago — or we’d be hearing how tsunamis are caused by Bush’s environmental policies!