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Italian 'Super Volcano' May Threaten Millions: Scientists plan to drill deep below Romans'...
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| Monday, August 06, 2012
| Rob Quinn
Posted on 08/06/2012 7:54:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Italian 'Super Volcano' May Threaten Millions: Scientists plan to drill deep below Romans' 'hell gateway'.Sulfur emerges from the Phlegraean Fields, a zone similar to the Yellowstone caldera, but much more heavily populated.
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08/06/2012 7:54:28 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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08/06/2012 7:58:24 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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08/06/2012 7:58:25 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I hope they don’t hit a pocket of magma while drilling that deep - they may unplug it and set it off.
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:01:34 PM PDT
by
BobL
(Cruz'd to Victory - July 31, 2012)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:04:34 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
(Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind. Deus vult!)
To: BobL
Doesn’t sound too bright to me, Drilling into the thing could set it off as opposed to the drilling giving them a warning before it goes off. If they do get the warning, how the hell do they expect to move Millions in a short enough time to save them.
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:07:44 PM PDT
by
Venturer
To: BobL
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:08:51 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: shaggy eel
Soooo is your local volcano still erupting?
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:10:18 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1294 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:10:18 PM PDT
by
Sax
To: SunkenCiv
Cool stuff, thanks SC. I’m sure you remember the Athens subway - every time they took a scoop of dirt they ran into a new find. Some very cool history over there.
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:14:53 PM PDT
by
BobL
(Cruz'd to Victory - July 31, 2012)
To: SunkenCiv
Well....
It's Always Something. (IAS)
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:17:05 PM PDT
by
blam
To: Venturer
The evacuation would kill off half of ‘em.
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:17:15 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
To: BobL
The drill hole would seal itself unless the whole thing was ready to erupt anyway.
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:18:32 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
To: SunkenCiv; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:18:55 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: Venturer
Maybe the Doctor will save them!
That’s an inside joke about a “Doctor Who” episode called “The Fires of Pompeii.”
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:21:21 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:31:59 PM PDT
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
Wonder if BP is going to be doing the drilling, just wondering.
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:33:26 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
To: steve86
“The drill hole would seal itself unless the whole thing was ready to erupt anyway.”
I have to believe that’s the case. The Italians are not idiots (I’ve worked with them) and I doubt they’ll do something that will take out one of their major cities.
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:33:58 PM PDT
by
BobL
(Cruz'd to Victory - July 31, 2012)
To: SunkenCiv
Well, considering Pliny the Elder went over in a small boat to watch Vesuvius erupting and then lost his life doing so, maybe sometimes a guy thinks he knows what he is doing, but...
“Oh, I’ll be okay, I can watch it from over here:)”
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:40:46 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Revolting cat!
How can it threaten without arms to wave dramatically?
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:43:18 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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