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04-05-2018, 11:24 PM | #1 | |||
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04-05-2018, 11:25 PM | #2 | |||
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how scary
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05-05-2018, 12:38 AM | #3 | ||
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I would’ve gotten a panic attack
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05-05-2018, 12:40 AM | #4 | |||
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Not something you see everyday. I remember in Geology, our professor told us that most of the US is sitting over a lava plume... and could blow at any time
Scientists Undecided Whether Yellowstone Supervolcano 'Will Destroy Mankind' https://sputniknews.com/us/201712041...ruption-fears/ I don't know. I find it humbling. Nature, our quiet ruler. |
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05-05-2018, 12:46 AM | #5 | ||
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05-05-2018, 12:48 AM | #6 | |||
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^^ Isn't there a MASSIVE volcano/something along those lines under one of the US National Parks? Yellowstone maybe? I think I remember being taught something about that in Geography (many moons ago!)
Scary though eh? Hope everyone gets away from it fine. |
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05-05-2018, 12:49 AM | #7 | |||
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Yes that's the Yellowstone supervolcano... it doesn't blow very often, but when it does...
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05-05-2018, 12:52 AM | #8 | |||
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Oh man...
6.9-magnitude earthquake hits Hawaii’s Big Island, USGS says, following a recent volcanic eruption http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/04...test+-+Text%29 |
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05-05-2018, 12:52 AM | #9 | |||
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Oh my God. PRAYING everything goes to plan evacuation-wise and nobody gets hurt.
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05-05-2018, 02:22 AM | #10 | ||
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On the plus side it erupts every 600-700 mln years and the last one was app 600 mln years ago, but some think the plume is weakening. The magma chamber is there all right and usgs monitoring reports on it 24/7. There was a great BBC series a few years ago about a Yellowstone blowing up, recommended. Plume volcanoes are called supervolcanoes, their sizes are enormous. They're dotted around the world. The most worrying atm is the one in Italy, campi flaegrei. |
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05-05-2018, 02:57 AM | #11 | |||
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I'd read articles where scientists had stepped back claims of the effects of it being world-ending, i.e. killing us all (but it's certainly possible). Personally, I don't go about life worrying about any of it. Any number of things could take our lives at any time and super-volcanoes are the least of our problems... statistically speaking. Who knows, by time that even comes, we may even have technology to prevent it/limit it's area of effect... Krakatoa – No plant growth for 2 years https://www.iceagenow.info/krakatoa-...rowth-2-years/ Last edited by Maru; 05-05-2018 at 02:58 AM. |
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05-05-2018, 09:33 AM | #12 | ||
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Going by the past eruptions volcanoes can cause damage to varying degrees. The global impact of Krakatoa or Tambora was relatively limited (pretty sunsets after Tambora were painted by Turner), some cooling and crop failures. Other eruptions were more serious. There is some evidence that an eruption caused a mini ice age in medieval Europe with widespread famine etc; or even more serious when super eruption might have almost wiped out early humans 74000 years ago (genetic bottleneck). As to comparison between Krakatoa (Krakatau) and Yellowstone, here's a diagram from USGS. As you can see, Yellowstone would be 10 to 100 times bigger. Our civilization would be set back in a significant way. Amounts of ash deposited Last edited by Twosugars; 05-05-2018 at 09:34 AM. |
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05-05-2018, 08:52 PM | #13 | |||
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Like you say, there's a lot of natural events that could occur world-wide that could cause us problems at any time. That's why I think it's important to have some kind of plan at home, where people will go, who they will call, places to check-in, meet up, etc... sure, nothing may be happening in the news that is especially worrying, but that doesn't mean that emergencies don't happen or things can't change suddenly. |
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05-05-2018, 09:05 PM | #14 | |||
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This was yesterday in The Atlantic... hopefully just fear-mongering. A horrible ordeal for those people. Crazy photo... looks like an angry candy cloud.
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06-05-2018, 03:43 PM | #15 | ||
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Looks like Kilauea is shifting its magma southeast, which is in line with the general drift of the underlying plume
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The plate is moving NW and since the plume (hot spot) is stationary it drifts SE. These things don't work like clockwork and are unpredictable, but SE of the island is the most vulnerable when it comes to new vents and lava. |
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06-05-2018, 09:38 PM | #16 | |||
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It sounds like some of these folk knew what they were getting into when they built so close to the volcano. Still, I don't think it makes it any less painful to watch your home get stripped out from underneath you... In our case, the bayous are expanding (from erosion) from the dwindling wetlands (yay suburban sprawl) and with each major storm. There's a shopping strip not far from where I live getting closer and closer to the edge of a major bayou where I live... between this and climate change, we are living in interesting times. We have to make the necessary adjustments individually, I think, to accommodate for this. |
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07-05-2018, 04:15 PM | #17 | ||
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The holy trinity of the American sites: Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Hawaii are at the top of my list of dream holiday destinations.
But I'm talking looooong holidays. At least month at GC, and two weeks at Y and H. I wouldn't say no to St. Helen's either. I caught on CNN that most of those people don't have insurance coz the premiums in that part of the island are astronomical. I guess we know why. |
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13-05-2018, 06:44 PM | #18 | |||
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13-05-2018, 07:05 PM | #19 | |||
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13-05-2018, 07:16 PM | #20 | |||
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[QUOTE=Maru;9981174]Not something you see everyday. I remember in Geology, our professor told us that most of the US is sitting over a lava plume... and could blow at any time.
My head works different to most obviously.....cause i see that as him trying to groom ya'll |
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13-05-2018, 07:31 PM | #21 | |||
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[QUOTE=parmnion;9993878]Our professor was quite the funny woman.
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13-05-2018, 07:38 PM | #22 | |||
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28-05-2018, 07:42 PM | #23 | |||
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Yep still a major eruption...
22-23 fissures... and they had a geothermal plant that now has wells that had to be covered to prevent interaction with explosive gases... anyway, one of the wells is covered in lava... What's amazing is that a lot of people affected don't really seem as upset as you'd expect. Yes, unhappy, but they do seem to respect that nature does as it pleases and doesn't exactly ask for permission... and yes, respect for the volcano Goddess Pele has some to do with it, but because it's been erupting since the 80's, it's not much of a surprise... I don't have time to grab video or posts, but look it up... the imagery is truly amazing. Let's just hope it doesn't lead to something like Fukushima with the geothermal plant... |
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09-06-2018, 08:57 PM | #24 | |||
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Filled in a bay, a lake(?) and several ponds... and increasing the size of Hawaii everyday... it's gotten much worse since it started with explosions/earthquakes... sad for the folk that live there who are losing their homes, but it's to be expected I guess... thankfully no deaths, just one injury I think...
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09-06-2018, 09:03 PM | #25 | |||
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