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Volcanologists warn world is unprepared for next major eruption
Nature ^
| 6 mar, 2018
| Alexandra Witze
Posted on 03/07/2018 8:56:44 PM PST by MtnClimber
The world needs to do more to prepare for the next huge volcanic eruption, a team of leading scientists says.
The devastating Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 and the Tōhoku earthquake in Japan in 2011 highlighted some of the worst-case scenarios for natural disasters. But humanity has not had to deal with a cataclysmic volcanic disaster since at least 1815, when the eruption of Tambora in Indonesia killed tens of thousands of people and led to a year without a summer in Europe and North America. Such world-altering blasts rank at 7 or more on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) scale of eruptions, which goes to 8.
The next VEI-7 eruption could occur within our lifetimes, or it could be hundreds of years down the road, says Chris Newhall, a volcanologist with the Mirisbiris Garden and Nature Center in Santo Domingo, Philippines. But the time to have this discussion is now, he says, so that researchers and government officials can plan and prepare before an emergency strikes.
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TOPICS: Agriculture; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: volcano
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To: MtnClimber
I am worried most by Yellowstone.
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posted on
03/07/2018 8:57:19 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Ring of fire right now seems to be cooking pretty intensely.
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posted on
03/07/2018 8:57:38 PM PST
by
Beowulf9
To: Beowulf9
I have climbed many volcanos along the ring of fire.
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posted on
03/07/2018 8:58:52 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Yup. That looks to be the next big ‘un.
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posted on
03/07/2018 8:59:04 PM PST
by
sparklite2
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To: MtnClimber
So we’re supposed to do what, exactly?
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posted on
03/07/2018 9:00:30 PM PST
by
beethovenfan
(I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
To: beethovenfan
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posted on
03/07/2018 9:02:22 PM PST
by
Lakeshark
(Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. Stay the course!)
To: beethovenfan
I would think farming could be heavily impacted so long-lasting food storage would be important.
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posted on
03/07/2018 9:03:24 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
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To: beethovenfan
Increase govt grants of course, silly.
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posted on
03/07/2018 9:05:05 PM PST
by
Seruzawa
(TANSTAAFL!)
To: MtnClimber
Chicken little has an eternal website. How did they find it?
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posted on
03/07/2018 9:05:10 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: beethovenfan
Let me say now I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know where You suposta go
When the volcano blow
To: MtnClimber
The chances of Yellowstone exploding during the lifetime of anyone here, are greater than zero but vanishingly small. Better to spend your energy on things that matter, like the next election.
To: beethovenfan
So were supposed to do what, exactly?
Drink water, take Motrin, change your socks and get back in the fight.
To: occamrzr06
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posted on
03/07/2018 9:09:54 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
To: Beowulf9
Been real quiet in SoCal.
Real quiet.
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posted on
03/07/2018 9:10:18 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: MtnClimber
Is the world ever prepared for the next major eruption?
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posted on
03/07/2018 9:10:33 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(Not my circus, not my monkeys)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
They never told us that in the Army, socks was about it.
To: occamrzr06
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posted on
03/07/2018 9:12:18 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
To: MtnClimber
I’m somewhat of a prepper, but the best I can do is not live in a volcano’s path.
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posted on
03/07/2018 9:15:31 PM PST
by
umgud
To: umgud
All the prepping won’t help you if Yellowstone blows and you live in Jackson Hole!
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posted on
03/07/2018 9:21:05 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
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