Posted on 03/02/2006 5:28:00 AM PST by The_Victor
Bombay would probably be too close, too.
In 1815, the eruption of Mt. Tambora, Indonesia, resulted in an extremely cold spring and summer in 1816, which became known as the year without a summer. The Tambora eruption is believed to be the largest of the last ten thousand years. New England and Europe were hit exceptionally hard. Snowfalls and frost occurred in June, July and August and all but the hardiest grains were destroyed. Destruction of the corn crop forced farmers to slaughter their animals. Soup kitchens were opened to feed the hungry. Sea ice migrated across Atlantic shipping lanes, and alpine glaciers advanced down mountain slopes to exceptionally low elevations.
Again, drama queen baloney.
"Charles Wicks, one of the USGS scientists who worked on the study, said much of what happens beneath the park's surface remains a mystery, but more is being learned about the Yellowstone caldera, the huge bowl-shaped collapsed volcano in the middle of the park that last erupted 640,000 years ago."
Okay, C.W., if you drop 2 of those 0's, I might just start believing you
...6,400 years ago...
"Okay, C.W., if you drop 2 of those 0's, I might just start believing you
...6,400 years ago... "
Why should *U* believe *YOU*? They have empirical data to support the 640k year number. How about you?
I believe the figure for the total number of caldera-forming blasts from the Yellowstone hot spot (extending SW along the track through Idaho and Oregon) is something like 15-20.
If the world were 6,000 years old those eruptions would have been 300 years apart and human life would be impossible.
Feel free to read this (though I know you won't):
http://geology.cr.usgs.gov/capabilities/gronemtrac/geochron/geochron.html
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/faqshistory.html
That's Global Warming for ya'.
Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania emits millions of tons of CO2 and Sulphur gases annually.
The 200-mile area of Italy between Florence and Naples produces an enormous amount of carbon dioxide...
"People have known about these springs for a long time," says John D. Rogie, graduate student in geosciences. "At Acqua Terme, the boiling water and carbon dioxide geyser is encased in glass and is part of a spa resort." In one location, the researchers note, a spring has been cased and tapped to supply carbon dioxide to a Coca Cola bottling plant.
"These sites are locally known, but not generally publicized outside of Italy," says Kerrick. "Some produce virtually 100 percent carbon dioxide and are quite lethal. The area around such vents is typically littered with animal carcasses and people have died in these areas." One reason these places are so lethal is that carbon dioxide is invisible and heavier than air. The gas sits on the ground and flows to low areas. Animals and humans caught in these areas can be killed before they have time to leave.
For details of this information see Hot Springs are Significant Contributors to Atmospheric Pollution
Newly discovered? I read about this years ago.
>> If she blows, it's all Bush's fault. <<
Just because yellowstone has a bulge, doesn't mean she (whoever that its) needs to blow it. Especially not with a perfectly good Bush around...
Yeah, but think of all the great potatoes the survivors could farm!
>> We live on the edge of the projected immediate-kill zone. I figure when I hear it blow I'll have just enough time to enjoy a glass of good whiskey and a fine cigar! <<
Uh, no.
You don't do wanna do that on the edge of the kill zone. The people on the edge get the slow, agonizing deaths. If you can'y run away, run towards.
bttt
They knew about the bulge for several years, they're just now getting around to panicking about it.
What would be the basis for that number?
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