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Yellowstone about to blow? Scientists warning over SUPER-VOLCANO that could kill MILLIONS
EXPRESS ^ | Jan 7, 2016 | JON AUSTIN

Posted on 01/07/2016 5:06:58 AM PST by PreciousLiberty

Instances of volcanic eruptions are their highest for 300 years and scientists fear a major one that could kill millions and devastate the planet is a real possibility.

Experts at the European Science Foundation said volcanoes - especially super-volcanoes like the one at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, which has a caldera measuring 34 by 45 miles (55 by 72 km) - pose more threat to Earth and the survival of humans than asteroids, earthquakes, nuclear war and global warming.

There are few real contingency plans in place to deal with the ticking time bomb, which they conclude is likely to go off within the next 80 years.

The world's most dangerous active volcanoes include Yellowstone, Mount Vesuvius in Campagnia, Italy, and Popocatepetl i near Mexico City.

If any of them or other massive volcanic peaks suffered a major eruption the team said millions of people would die and earth's atmosphere would be poisoned with ash and other toxins "beyond the imagination of anything man's activity and global warming could do over 1,000 years.

The chance of such as eruption happening at one of the major volcanoes within 80 years is put at five to ten per cent by the experts.

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: caldera; catastrophe; catastrophism; cooling; famine; volcano; yellowstone
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To: BwanaNdege

Was that modeled by the same guys with the AGW model?


101 posted on 01/07/2016 8:26:24 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: Gritty

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102 posted on 01/07/2016 8:40:40 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: Flick Lives
Will it help if I bike to work to reduce my carbon footprint?

We can assume a few people living in caves with natural running water and just enough light to grow subsistence food for a few years will survive and restart the human race...

And yeah, those people will be able to 'ride their bikes' to work - and reduce the carbon footprint... if by 'too work' you mean the cave entrance and a few feet beyond.,..

103 posted on 01/07/2016 8:47:44 AM PST by GOPJ (Are Hollywood liberal elties like Ron Burkle paying John Kasich to 'rough up' Donald Trump?)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
If Yellowstone blew.... the US would be gone instantly.

I believe people in Florida would be able to die off at a slower rate... might take a few weeks rather than instantly...

104 posted on 01/07/2016 8:49:19 AM PST by GOPJ (Are Hollywood liberal elties like Ron Burkle paying John Kasich to 'rough up' Donald Trump?)
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To: PreciousLiberty

The government needs to give these scientists some open ended grants so they can fly first class to the South Pacific to study this problem.


105 posted on 01/07/2016 9:01:26 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: GOPJ
We can assume a few people living in caves with natural running water
and just enough light to grow subsistence food for a few years will survive
and restart the human race...

I can't wait for the "restarting" part.

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106 posted on 01/07/2016 9:26:14 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: ronnie raygun
This will have the climate hypochondriacs panties in a bunch.

I may have to trade in my tin-foil hat for a corrugated steel one.

Will that help?

:-)

107 posted on 01/07/2016 9:29:23 AM PST by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Ahhhhh...finally....something Bill Clinton can really help with.

:-)


108 posted on 01/07/2016 9:30:52 AM PST by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: tanknetter

I live on the East Coast. I would also live on the West Coast should this happen.

I don’t see a problem here. I love beaches.

:-)


109 posted on 01/07/2016 9:32:46 AM PST by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: Haddit

Your link was an interesting read! Thanks so much for providing it.


110 posted on 01/07/2016 9:50:23 AM PST by catbertz
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To: SunkenCiv

Ping!.................


111 posted on 01/07/2016 10:15:41 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: ETL
Yep, the next cave over was the tryouts site for the international cheer-leading competition...
112 posted on 01/07/2016 10:18:49 AM PST by GOPJ (Are Hollywood liberal elties like Ron Burkle paying John Kasich to 'rough up' Donald Trump?)
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To: JEDI4S

Nope. Oral sex & shootin’ blanks don’t help at all.


113 posted on 01/07/2016 10:19:29 AM PST by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: PreciousLiberty

Why not diffuse the pressure and use the pressure to create electricity. I am far, far from expert but I have heard that most volcanic pressure is due to underground steam and water pressure.


114 posted on 01/07/2016 10:20:00 AM PST by Bellflower (It's not that there isn't any evidence of God, it's that everything is evidence of God.)
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To: beaversmom

Bump for reference.


115 posted on 01/07/2016 10:55:35 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: beaversmom

It is a good one.


116 posted on 01/07/2016 11:54:49 AM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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To: ETL

Thanks!


117 posted on 01/07/2016 12:32:30 PM PST by Gritty (Syrians aren't Jews fleeing Nazi Holocaust but Nazis relocating from a bombed out Berlin-DGreenfield)
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To: PreciousLiberty

“Yellowstone about to blow?”

Damn, just when I was going to hit the Powerball!!


118 posted on 01/07/2016 12:41:02 PM PST by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: DoughtyOne
There are people and groups out there who seem to flock to talk of doom in mas.

Human nature. It is the reason people slow down to gawk at car accidents.

For some, you can chalk it up to morbid curiosity, for others, it is an opportunity to count their blessings.

119 posted on 01/07/2016 1:13:26 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Yes, those are some of the reasons.

It’s also to game certain people who lean towards big government and government protection.


120 posted on 01/07/2016 1:40:32 PM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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