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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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To: AntiGuv
Cas said Toba last erupted 73,000 years ago in an event so massive that it altered the entire world's climate.

Dang! Too hot, no..too cool!! Which is it? An ice age in the middle of global warming? How will you know what to wear each day??!!

61 posted on 04/03/2005 11:05:04 AM PDT by ExtremeUnction
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To: AntiGuv

240 square kilometers may be big but it will be dwarfed by the next eruption of the Yellowstone cauldera.


62 posted on 04/03/2005 11:06:26 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Information is power and power is nothing without control.)
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To: Steve Eisenberg
Is there enough cereal grain warehoused to get us through another one? I hope so.

Uh-oh. I just emptied our pantry for a cub scout food drive. It doesn't matter, though. I'd rather die than have to eat those Lima beans.

63 posted on 04/03/2005 11:09:23 AM PDT by ExtremeUnction
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To: Strategerist; Mike Darancette

The last super volcano occurred before man invented either of those religions.


64 posted on 04/03/2005 11:16:58 AM PDT by ASA Vet (What if tag lines were no longer optional?)
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The last super volcano occurred before man invented either of those religions

Either?

65 posted on 04/03/2005 11:39:12 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (MESOCONS FOR RICE '08)
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To: Mike Darancette

Probably "both" have been a better choice than "either."


66 posted on 04/03/2005 11:54:25 AM PDT by ASA Vet (What if tag lines were no longer optional?)
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To: holymoly

there are a number of supervolcanoes around the globe, and all of them seem to be active in some way or another. but what we should be worrying about is mega tsunamis. they are caused by landslides on volcanic islands.


67 posted on 02/18/2007 8:17:52 AM PST by coralie
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To: AntiGuv

This is just something else for liberals/socialists to use to rally supporters.
They've already got doom and gloom from the great global warming hoax.
We live on the earth and things will always happen. If we worry about everything, then we won't enjoy the life we have; and life is too short.
There is no such thing as life without risk, so don't sweat the stuff you can't control, and don't expect to control something that mother nature has been dealing with for eternity.


68 posted on 02/18/2007 8:28:12 AM PST by BuffaloJack
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Note the date...


69 posted on 02/18/2007 8:31:32 AM PST by null and void (This sentence no verb...)
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To: Radioactive
10 Billion people dead...where the heck are we going to bury all of them?

I share the same concern as you and I'm totally serious. Within a five mile radius of my house are at least 12 large, sprawling cemeteries. I'm not even counting the puny "town graveyards" that you find near Town Hall or the small church graveyards. I'm talking graveyards that are so large that they have access roads going through them.

This is a very serious concern for me. Million of acres of prime real estate are already occupied by cemeteries in this country alone. I think this is wrong. Our land should be for the living, not the dead.

Cremation is one option but many people (including myself) are squeamish about having our bodies cremated after we shed our mortal coil. For me, it conjures up images of hell.

I think there should be another option, and that is, to allow our bodies to decompose in a "mulching pile" and then be used as fertilizer. Now I'm not sure it is an appetizing prospect for the rest of us to ingest food that was fertilized by the bodies of our loved ones - either directly or indirectly (by way of cattle grazing).

So what I propose is that our decomposing bodies be used to fertilize golf courses. In this manner, our bodies can provide enjoyment for others as they walk across the lush, green grasses of a local golf course without having to endure the prospect of having to eat us.

When I die, I don't want to be buried in a pine box and take up valuable real estate space in some spooky cemetery. Instead, allow me to decompose on my local golf course.

70 posted on 02/18/2007 8:44:01 AM PST by SamAdams76 (I'm 30 days from outliving Steve Irwin)
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To: AntiGuv

Well, so much for global warming...LOL


71 posted on 02/18/2007 8:50:39 AM PST by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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