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 ...
The environmentalists would bemoan the CO2, and, eventually, the New York Times would find a way to blame Sarah Palin.
;)
The “Gray Lady” would be covered in gray ash about a meter deep.
Millions dead - AND I'm going to be late for my math class...
You are right, I hadn’t been following this.
I guess this is this years ‘Mars as big as the Moon’ story for the internet.
I don’t hold too much for Phil P. He really IS a bad astronomer. Totally bought into the whole Algore Global Warming scare.
I use to read his blog, but, he got WAY to involved with AGW and I just quit.
That's comforting... thanks for sharing.
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