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"Super volcano" could dwarf Indonesia's earthquake catastrophes (4/2/05)
Agence France-Presse ^
| April 2, 2005
| AFP
Posted on 04/02/2005 6:31:22 PM PST by AntiGuv
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posted on
04/02/2005 6:31:22 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
To: blam; SunkenCiv
ping! I seem to recall you two are interested in supervolcanos.
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posted on
04/02/2005 6:32:01 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: AntiGuv
50 years, 1000 years, sometime in the future...well, that really pinned it down.
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posted on
04/02/2005 6:36:03 PM PST
by
Founding Father
(Another pearl of wisdom from my imaginary mind.)
To: AntiGuv
Note to self: Do *not* invite this guy to a party!
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posted on
04/02/2005 6:37:46 PM PST
by
Paloma_55
To: AntiGuv
"The big problem is a lot of the volcanoes that potentially could erupt are perhaps not monitored to the degree that they should be, and of course we learnt that lesson from the Boxing Day tsunami disaster," he said. "Let's Blame The USA!"®
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posted on
04/02/2005 6:39:16 PM PST
by
solitas
(So what if I support a platform that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.3.7)
To: Founding Father
"50 years, 1000 years, sometime in the future...well, that really pinned it down."Aren't all things that haven't happend yet said to be in the "Furture"?
Should I start building my bomb shelter or nor?
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posted on
04/02/2005 6:42:02 PM PST
by
Tom602
(Democrats: Against the death penalty for convicted murderers and for killing the unborn & disabled.)
To: solitas
The countries that are at risk should fund something like this.
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posted on
04/02/2005 6:45:07 PM PST
by
KingofQue
To: AntiGuv
Unless the Yahoo! TV guide is wrong, the Discovery Channel will be airing a documentary about supervolcanos.
If it's the one I remember, it deals primarily with the supervolcano under Yellowstone, but also describes the Toba eruption, and explains that some geneticists believe Toba very nearly caused the extinction of the human race - as few as 5,000 humans may have survived the climate change, etc.
Yahoo! TV lists it as scheduled for April 10, at 8:00 P.M EST, with a repeat at 11:00 P.M. EST.
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posted on
04/02/2005 6:45:51 PM PST
by
holymoly
("A lot" is TWO words.)
To: Founding Father
1) 50 years,
2) 1000 years,
3) sometime in the future...
4) or not at all...
Duuuhh..
"scientists"... (Eddie Murphy laugh)...
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posted on
04/02/2005 6:45:56 PM PST
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been ok'ed by me to included some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: holymoly
It's more of a dramatization, but hopefully with at least some attempt to incorporate actual science, unlike disastrous jokes like the "10.5" miniseries.
To: AntiGuv
If AFP told me the sun would come up tomorrow, I would worry until I saw the dawn....
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posted on
04/02/2005 6:47:26 PM PST
by
Cogadh na Sith
(Steel Bonnets Over the Border)
To: AntiGuv
"Cas said Toba last erupted 73,000 years ago in an event so massive that it altered the entire world's climate." Damn. Didn't know volcanoes could drive!
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posted on
04/02/2005 6:52:20 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(Impotent [birthrates] Lazy [unemployment %] Cowardly [Militarily Unprepared] Euroweenies!)
To: AntiGuv
To: AntiGuv
"I kept telling them they were doomed, but would they listen? Nooooo!"
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posted on
04/02/2005 7:00:23 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
To: hosepipe
#4 is not an option. There is no doubt that a supervolcano will erupt again at some time in the future.
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posted on
04/02/2005 7:01:37 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: AntiGuv
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIEEEEEEEEEEE!!! [/sarcasm]
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posted on
04/02/2005 7:01:47 PM PST
by
4mycountry
("No, Samus, prioritize! Getting off of an exploding ship is more important than fighting a dragon!")
To: hosepipe
One of these super-volcanos erupts on average every 50,000 years or so. Any of them will end civilization, either Toba, or Yellowstone, or Mammoth Mountain in California, or dozens of others.
At 50k years vs. 20 million for an asteriod to hit, this threat is 400 times as likely to end the good times. Also, of course, we're in one of the brief inter-glaciation stages in the Ice Ages that have dominated the earth for 1 to 3 million years. (Eight in the last 750k years). We just don't know how lucky we've been or how tenuous civilization is.
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posted on
04/02/2005 7:06:45 PM PST
by
DJtex
(;)
To: AntiGuv
Toba hasn't so much as burped in recorded history and is now a lake. Contrast this with Krakatoa, which blew itself up in 1883, creating the loudest sound in human memory (heard 3,000 miles away...literally). A new island (Anak Krakatoa) began appearing in 1927 and erupts every year. It's now over 600 feet tall, a quarter the original height of Krakatoa.
-Eric
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posted on
04/02/2005 7:11:57 PM PST
by
E Rocc
To: AntiGuv
I spent two and a half months with my girlfriend based in Tuk Tuk, Danau Toba in late 1998/early 1999. It is a beautiful place. Signs of the volcanic caldera are everywhere, The Batak people have stories about the power of volcanoes.
To: holymoly
I am looking forward to the Discovery Channel show about super volcanoes. Looks like it is primarily about Yellowstone. My Tivo has already been programmed to record that.
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posted on
04/02/2005 7:19:23 PM PST
by
faq
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