Wrong answer. They will.
Absolutely. The last two to four thousand years have been relatively quiet for this planet, and that quiet allowed human civilization to flower, grow, and advance to the present stage. There were other epochs in which the human race was nearly wiped out because of natural events such as this.
For instance, if Yellowstone volcano were to erupt in this age, it would nearly mean the end of civilization as we know it, it would cause such planet-wide devastation.
If the Chixilub asteroid were to hit the planet today, it would probably destroy all human and animal life. It killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
Like I said, it's been relatively quiet on the planet for the last several thousand years, and that's the only reason we're here.
...because things are all modern and whatnot, if one card goes down, many other cards go down. in earlier times the interconnected stuff wasn’t there, and people were self sufficient in smaller areas.
Yep. In ancient times, if a volcanic eruption completely wiped out the people in one region, those in unaffected regions would go on as if nothing happened. Today, there'd be a ripple effect of such devastation all around the world.
It’s all very interesting.
Makes me glad I live in the woods with a well and firewood and all that stuff.
Not that I want to live forever, just don’t like cities anyway, and any kind of Black Swan even can turn things chaotic faster than anyone can imagine.
I just wanted to say, Windflier, that I’ve really enjoyed reading your informative posts on these volcano threads. I’ve learned a lot, and I appreciate it, FRiend. :)