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Is the world's largest super-volcano set to erupt for the first time in 600,000 years
The Daily Mail ^ | 1/24/2011 | DANIEL BATES

Posted on 01/24/2011 11:10:36 AM PST by FromLori

Is the world's largest super-volcano set to erupt for the first time in 600,000 years, wiping out two-thirds of the U.S.? (Full title)

The super-volcano beneath Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming has been rising at a record rate since 2004.

It would explode with a force a thousand times more powerful than the Mount St Helens eruption in 1980.

Spewing lava far into the sky, a cloud of plant-killing ash would fan out and dump a layer 10ft deep up to 1,000 miles away.

Two-thirds of the U.S. could become uninhabitable as toxic air sweeps through it, grounding thousands of flights and forcing millions to leave their homes.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: supervolcano; volcano; yellowstone
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1 posted on 01/24/2011 11:10:40 AM PST by FromLori
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To: FromLori

Minorities and Women Hit the Hardest...


2 posted on 01/24/2011 11:13:34 AM PST by Texican72
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To: FromLori

And the new madrid fault is also supposedly acting up.

Sure glad we have king bo to save us. /s


3 posted on 01/24/2011 11:15:00 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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When I see a story about all of the animals leaving Yellowstone quickly then I’ll start to worry..


4 posted on 01/24/2011 11:15:12 AM PST by KevinDavis (If you buy a car from GM, you are supporting Obama..)
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To: FromLori
RAHM RULING

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5 posted on 01/24/2011 11:16:25 AM PST by Elle Bee
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To: FromLori

What’d we expect? It’s like ....millions of degrees down there.

I’m serial!


6 posted on 01/24/2011 11:17:00 AM PST by digger48
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To: FromLori

We are all going to die!


7 posted on 01/24/2011 11:17:07 AM PST by razorback-bert (Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
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To: FromLori

It’s erupted three times in 2,000,000 years.

If it erupts next month, it won’t be early.

If it doesn’t erupt for another 10,000 years, it won’t be late.


8 posted on 01/24/2011 11:18:56 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: FromLori
Man is not responsible for this truth. This is indeed possible.

America and Americans will mostly not survive, a few here and there, according to winds and whether there is any air to breath that is not full of huge amounts of volcanic ash.. There is little too nothing other than pray that we can do regarding this. It would have devastating effects all over the world. One might even say this might be ... The day the world changed forever.

9 posted on 01/24/2011 11:20:11 AM PST by geologist (The only answer to the troubles of this life is Jesus. A decision we all must make.)
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To: KevinDavis
When I see a story about all of the animals leaving Yellowstone quickly then I’ll start to worry..

By then, you'll have less than 24 hours...much less...to get someplace safe. If you are in proximity to it. Meaning as far east as the Mississippi.

10 posted on 01/24/2011 11:20:56 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Tyrants flourish only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.)
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To: KevinDavis

I was kind of worried about this since I have a loved one who lives right by it but then after I posted it I thought well there is really nothing we could do about it anyway it’s in the Lords hands.


11 posted on 01/24/2011 11:21:21 AM PST by FromLori (FromLori">)
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To: FromLori

Don’t worry, FEMA will save us.


12 posted on 01/24/2011 11:22:05 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic is now on Kindle.)
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To: KevinDavis

If the Detroit Lions qualify for the Super Bowl, then I’ll know the end is near.


13 posted on 01/24/2011 11:22:19 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: FromLori


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

14 posted on 01/24/2011 11:22:23 AM PST by The Comedian ("Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" - B. Goldwater)
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To: geologist

Somehow it will be Sarah Palin’s fault.


15 posted on 01/24/2011 11:22:36 AM PST by JaguarXKE (Life - It's 10 percent circumstances and 90 percent how you react to circumstances - Sarah Palin)
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To: Texican72

Why yes it is! The skinny however is the human ability to predict when? Chances are we’ll all be long dead and gone as a species before it happens.


16 posted on 01/24/2011 11:23:00 AM PST by blackdog
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To: FromLori
Bush's Fault

Lamh Foistenach Abu!
17 posted on 01/24/2011 11:23:02 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
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To: FromLori
So, how many carbon credits is this going to cost me?


18 posted on 01/24/2011 11:23:16 AM PST by evets (beer)
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To: FromLori

Nothing I am concerned about for our lifetimes that’s for sure, and probably serveral more generations, if the mechanisms that trigger it are still cyclical and in motion.

I don’t sweat this kind of thing. More worried about an EMP.


19 posted on 01/24/2011 11:23:20 AM PST by Names Ash Housewares ( Refusing to kneel before the "messiah".)
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To: Travis McGee

Can I reserve one of those trailers now?


20 posted on 01/24/2011 11:24:20 AM PST by blackdog
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