Posted on 06/29/2017 9:50:33 AM PDT by johnk
So yes, this is a threat that we should take seriously.
This is similar to a meteor hitting the earth. It is possible but there is not much that can be done before hand to prepare for it.
Magnitude less than zero indicates a fraction of the reference size/strength/energy. Earthquake magnitude scale is logarithmic.
Maybe it would look like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h36j7aSsYWo
I’m sure many reporters have the good doctor on speed-dial in case they need a quote supporting their latest doomsday scenario.
Marry it, I guess.
Earthquake scales are logarithmic, which mean that every step up the scale to the next number is a certain multiple of the power. The multiple turns out to be about 32. So a -1.0 would have 1/32 of the power of a 0.0 earthquake or 1/1000 of the power of a 1.0 earthquake.
Below is a topographic map of Idaho showing the hot spot path, aka Snake River plain.
So yes, this is a threat that we should take seriously.
Even if true, just what do they expect the government to do?
This is similar to a meteor hitting the earth. It is possible but there is not much that can be done before hand to prepare for it.
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Get right with God.
Government-speak - It's like the federal budget, where an increase of 20% is called a "cut."
That’s pretty cool having your own hot spring.
Well, I feel better about it, anyway.
“That’s pretty cool having your own hot spring.”
Once you get used to the smell it’s really nice! It’s also really nice to go out to the hot tub in December and sit there and soak knowing that you’re not paying anything to heat the water!
“Oh nooooeeeee......WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!”
I hate to tell you this, but there is good possibility we will. The nuclear winter alone will destroy a vast majority of our food stuffs and animals. There will be no sunshine for a long time and everything will starve to death at best. Remember, this is not just the US but feeding the already overpopulated world. And if they get hungry, they will have no choice but to come looking for it. How much of the water being contaminated is in question. You can’t drink water exposed to volcanic ash without clearing it or it will kill you with a number of pumice poisoning and salts like sulphites.
You can kiss most of the middle growing areas in the US bye. There won’t be enough food, water, or a growing possibility for many years even to handle out needs. This will make what could have happened at Y2K look like a picnic.
rwood
And Dick Cheney will emerge from this disaster. Unscathed.
I blame this all on putting wolves into Yellowstone.
They been digging.
Harry Turtledove, the alternate history novelist, wrote a “Supervolcano” series. It is quite entertaining and frightening.
When Yellowstone blows its top these government scientists will still be looking for a warning.
They and we will all be taken by surprise when it happens.
Taters.
Wyoming will become the tater center of the world.
They’ll be growing taters big as punkins.
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