"Super volcano" could dwarf Indonesia's earthquake catastrophes: expert

Yahoo News ^ | 4/1/05 | AFP

[speed_addiction]

We shall soon see if Karl Rove's Super Volcano Machine works as well as his Tsunami Machine and his Hurricane Machine did last year.

[Bon mots]

The sky is falling!

[DannyTN]

They've been covering this after the BBC created a movie on it. It's the media created "disaster of the month".

I feel kind of stupid for posting it now. Is there any legitimacy to it?

[sionnsar]

"The eruption released 1,000 cubic kilometers (240 cubic miles) of ash and rock debris into the atmosphere, much of it as fine ash which blocked out solar radiation, kicking the world back into an ice age," he said.

Well dang. Guess we better get busy warming up the globe in preparation.

[DannyTN]

"We shall soon see if Karl Rove's Super Volcano Machine works as well as his Tsunami Machine and his Hurricane Machine did last year."

LOL Once Karl wipes out the Muslims from Indonesia who do you think he will target next?

[ken5050]

Krakatoa...which erupted in the 1880's..was the world's largest recorded eruption...The island, which is located on the same fault line..literally blew itself apart..90% of it disappeared. In the 1920's..the volcano erupted out of ther ocean floor..and stated to rebuilt itself..there is now a new island, and it is the SAME height as Krakatoa before it erupted..

[cripplecreek]

"The sky is falling!"


No, it's being hurled at the ground with great force.

[Cicero]

Well, if a supervolcano goes off and brings on an ice age, I'd say that hundreds of millions of deaths is much likelier than a million, because of food shortages and consequent wars.

On the other hand, what good would a few days' warning do?

[miliantnutcase]

"Cats and dogs living together!"

[Ladypixel]

I feel kind of stupid for posting it now. Is there any legitimacy to it?

There's some legitimacy to it. Not a lot, mind; it's far more likely that you'll get hit by lightning on the day you win the lottery. But yes, it is theoretically possible.

[DannyTN]

"millions of deaths is much likelier than a million, because of food shortages and consequent wars. "

Just another reason not to outsource food production to foreign countries.

[G32]

So many doomsday meteors/volcanoes/manmade problems, so little time.

[TSgt]

True.

I just returned from Hawaii and visited the lava flows. I quickly learned that there is nothing you can do about molten rock. It sort of goes wherever the hell it wants to and the ocean can't even stop it.

Very impressive indeed.

[Siobhan]

Yes there is. I live on the west coast of Aus. This has been on non-stop since Easter Monday's quake.

Some expect Anak Krakaton to explode like its parent Krakatoa. Others point to this Super Volcano. One scientist in Perth was talking about the whole Ring of Fire going up. All cheer and sunshine down under.

[DaiHuy]

""It could be in a few, 50 or another 1000 years but sooner or later one is going to go off."

Well with that kind of prediction then I can safely predict that the Earth will collide with the moon. It could be in a few, 50 or another 1000 years, but sooner or later it will happen.

I predict that th UN will collapse, it could be in a few, 10 or another 150 years but sooner or later it will happen.

Hey this is kind of fun.

[Sender]

If we have another Krakatoa, then I won't have to keep looking for a job. Silver lining in every cloud!

[blanknoone]

Other super volcanos are found in Italy, South America, the United States and New Zealand -- where Mount Taupo could be ready for eruption.

I d be very interested to learn how he draws the line of 'super' There are definitely volcanos that are much bigger than most volcanos, but I don't think any of them are in Italy or the US. Anyone know which he considers 'super' volcanos in these places? That said, a 'super' volcano can have major global climatic effect. The New England colonies once had the 'year without summer' (snow in July and Aug) due to an eruption in the Pacific.