The Yellowstone supervolcano: Amargeddon USA

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Re: doom & gloom

dhaen said:

Much more likely is an eruption of one of the Canaries volcano's which is predicted to wash away much of coastal Europe 🙂

But then there might be a depression....

Happy days...
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Actually......No.....there is an island just off the noth-western coast of Africa that is giong to generate a sunami of sufficient height to wipe out most of eastern seaboard usa...True!
 
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Re: Re: doom & gloom

mikek said:



Actually......No.....there is an island just off the noth-western coast of Africa that is giong to generate a sunami of sufficient height to wipe out most of eastern seaboard usa...True!
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What about the rest of the North Atlantic sea coast, or is this a discriminating sunami?
 
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The Yellowstone supervolcano is real. Discovery channel did a simulation program on it not too long ago. Quite interesting. Not likely to happen in our lifetimes.


La Palma, the island mentioned earlier, is a disaster waiting to happen. Thankfully things are fairly stable for now but a decent eruption of the Cumbre Vieja Volcano could be unlike anything man has experienced in recent times. If the side of that island decides to slide into the ocean, well bye bye Florida.
 
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The Yellowstone supervolcano is real. Discovery channel did a simulation program on it not too long ago. Quite interesting. Not likely to happen in our lifetimes.
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Or not likely to happen at all. I believe the scientific consensus is that the volcano is not dormant but dead. Long dead.

It doesn't matter to me anyway because in the meantime, the state of Texas will be lifted heavenward by forces hitherto unknown and all Texans shall bask in glory and salvation throughout eternity. Because we have really good Mexican food.

John
 
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jlsem said:
It doesn't matter to me anyway because in the meantime, the state of Texas will be lifted heavenward by forces hitherto unknown and all Texans shall bask in glory and salvation throughout eternity. Because we have really good Mexican food.
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Where does that leave Mexico, have they not even better Mexican food?
 
#15
It is little known that lying underneath one of America's areas of outstanding natural beauty - Yellowstone Park - is one of the largest supervolcanoes in the world. Scientists have revealed that it has been on a regular eruption cycle of 600,000 years. The last eruption was 640,000 years ago... so the next is overdue.
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So if it happens a couple thousand years from now, maybe I can get a couple more incarnations in before the big one.
 
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Re: La Palma:

If the side of that island decides to slide into the ocean, well bye bye Florida.
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IIRC from the new scientist article from a couple of years ago, there are 2 Cubic Km (0.5 cubic miles) of rock waiting to slide into the sea. The tsunami will knock out no only florida, but, as said above, the Eastern Seaboard. The Med will not be badly affected, due to the small size of the Straits of Gibralter. France will be badly hit on the West coast, but The UK will be mostly Ok (waves of approx. 2 or 3m).

James
 
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