Ash Alert indeed.
Posted on 09/02/2014 7:32:13 PM PDT by null and void
i have a question,isn’t 40/50% of volcanic ash cocaine? maybe we can sell it to south america?
Can’t get enough of these “unlikely alerts.”
Extremely unlikely? It’s all but inevitable. And based on the geologic record showing it’s happened with fair regularity about every 600 thousand years it’s just about due. Maybe in another hundred thousand years or maybe next month. And there’s not a damned thing anyone can do about it. It’s sort of like, well, death. Worrying about it is a horrible waste of the limited time we have to enjoy the wonders set before us. But unlike anthropomorphic global warming, second hand cigarette smoke, and CFC ozone depletion Yellowstone isn’t a myth or hoax, and when it goes off it really will change humanity and all other life on this planet. No one was taking notes last time but the earth tells the story.
Maybe I’m wrong, but I have seen articles that claim that the ash from the eruption 640,000 years ago were 300 feet thick as far away as what is now Illinois. Also, that cities “close” to the eruption, some 300 miles, would be obliterated by the blast, then buried. Their contention that the “unlikely” (repeated as a mantra throughout the article) eruption would deposit ash only 3 feet thick close to the eruption site seems at odds with what I have read before (putting it politely). After all, 1000 cubic miles of ash is a LOT (10 miles per side cube).
Have you ever shoveled “ash?” It’s REALLY heavy!
Volnado?
“And based on the geologic record showing it’s happened with fair regularity about every 600 thousand years it’s just about due.” “...but the earth tells the story.”
Now you’ve done it. Unless they are super involved in a discussion on the Religion Thread.
“shovels and trash bags, ash problem solved.
At my house anyways”
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There will be plenty of warning if we’re unlucky enough to live in the time of the next eruption. Warning for evacuation (where that is prudent) and warning for preparation where necessary. If the warning signs of a impending happen, you’d also want to stock up on those things that will be in temporary short supply (e.g., multiple engine air filters and cabin filters for the model{s} of car{s}/truck{s} you and your family own) since those shortages will last for a while.
Like you, I've also read that the cover would be much thicker much farther out.
If someone is really worried about this, they should try and get a job very close to Yellowstone.
If it is as bad as some scientists claim, then it would be better to be obliterated in the initial explosion than try to eke out an existence on an earth doomed to years of massive crop failures, starvation, and dropping temperatures.
Would a snowblower work?
It might take a while to shovel then. lol
I really doubt it is cocaine
On the other hand, if you survive—no stamps, screw the limits and fish year ‘round.
Ash Alert indeed.
Ash3d: Now With More Boomstick.
Climate change, algore predictions are always true doncha know?
Many volcanic areas are “restless.” As the magnetic north pole has moved beyond axis north and continues ever more quicky toward Russia, the outer iron core moves faster. When it gets to near 25 degrees above the equator, it might move about 50 degrees within about a year. In the near future, the central Rockies here may be interesting indeed.
Inevitable indeed. From what they’ve been able to discern, the eruptions occur when the magma finds a weak spot in the crust. The caldera appears to ‘move’ since the plate has crept along over millions of years. Literally a matter of time until it finds another release point.
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To clarify...the asteroid impacts on Yellowstone.
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