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PostPosted: 12:10 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: The Floor Is Lava Reply with quote

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PostPosted: 12:44 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK, it's very sad but a much more compelling question is why is he/she carrying a suitcase on his/her (note my PC gender inclusivity Cool ) head when it has wheels?

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/F16A/production/_118620816_volcano.jpg
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PostPosted: 13:05 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

You have to feel sorry for residents losing their homes and people being killed, but one of these days we're going to see a much bigger tragedy, whether it be the destruction of Naples if (when?) Vesuvius reawakens, or something on an even grander scale like Yellowstone. The former - well, you want to build a major city virtually on the flanks of a volcano there is plenty of evidence to show the destructive power of in the past? The latter...well, possible extinction event, might as well build in the middle of it for all the good a bit of distance would do Laughing
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PostPosted: 15:58 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

The fertile land around volcanos is the draw.
Much like the land in river estuaries.
For sure farm it but don't plan on living there for ever. Or if you do build, keep an eye out for the vengeance of mother earth. Very Happy
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PostPosted: 16:00 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

MCN wrote:
The fertile land around volcanos is the draw.
Much like the land in river estuaries.
For sure farm it but don't plan on living there for ever. Or if you do build, keep an eye out for the vengeance of mother earth. Very Happy


That very thought had occurred to me.
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PostPosted: 16:00 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

Polarbear wrote:
OK, it's very sad but a much more compelling question is why is he/she carrying a suitcase on his/her (note my PC gender inclusivity Cool ) head when it has wheels?

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/F16A/production/_118620816_volcano.jpg


Wheels are plastic.
Floor is Lava.

Do the maths. Very Happy
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PostPosted: 16:01 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

So had that ^ one actually Laughing
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PostPosted: 16:02 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

chickenstrip wrote:
So had that ^ one actually Laughing


/\ Sick.

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PostPosted: 16:09 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

A most popular thing to see in Ghana and Nigeria and possibly other undeveloped Cuntrys is stuff carried on people's head.

Most weirdest item I saw on someone's head was a 12v 17plate Varta car/truck battery.
Sewing machines were fashionable too.

Strangest phernomimum regularly seen would be a guy/gal with a big bit of tree on their head walking along the road. (Fire Wood)
Other side of the road would be someone else carrying a big lump of tree on their head going in the opposite direction.

If the internet was any good for anything then it could have a directory of places that had big lumps of tree to save folk the walk.
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PostPosted: 16:13 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

MCN wrote:
A most popular thing to see in Ghana and Nigeria and possibly other undeveloped Cuntrys is stuff carried on people's head.


I would imagine the top of the skull becomes quite overdeveloped.
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PostPosted: 16:16 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dunno, seems apt somehow:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8b/99/51/8b99515622b9281462b29e68fd5d29ae.png

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PostPosted: 20:06 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

If Yellowstone ever erupts as a supervolcano it'll be a near-extinction event.

The US geological society reckon there's at least 100,000 years before the next one and it even then it probably won't be all that... nothing to see here, move along:

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/yellowstone-overdue-eruption-when-will-yellowstone-erupt?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products

Thanks, I feel so much better Shocked
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PostPosted: 20:19 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

The thing is, people can make predictions all they want, even geologists and volcanologists. But they don't actually know, are just giving a best guess on a phenomenon known to take even the wisest heads by surprise from time to time.

Just like extinction event-sized meteorites* - who knows how many there might really be out there, and whether they've got our name on them?

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*Yeah, I know, meteorite = body that has actually fallen to Earth. Couldn't think of the right term. You know, big lumps tearing around out there, ready to wipe us all out.
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PostPosted: 20:47 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

MCN wrote:
Polarbear wrote:
OK, it's very sad but a much more compelling question is why is he/she carrying a suitcase on his/her (note my PC gender inclusivity Cool ) head when it has wheels?

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/F16A/production/_118620816_volcano.jpg


Wheels are plastic.
Floor is Lava.

Do the maths. Very Happy


Given that the average temperature of lave is around 1000C and it cools quite slowly, nobody is going to be walking on it for long Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:58 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

chickenstrip wrote:
The thing is, people can make predictions all they want, even geologists and volcanologists. But they don't actually know, are just giving a best guess on a phenomenon known to take even the wisest heads by surprise from time to time.

Just like extinction event-sized meteorites* - who knows how many there might really be out there, and whether they've got our name on them?

Very Happy



*Yeah, I know, meteorite = body that has actually fallen to Earth. Couldn't think of the right term. You know, big lumps tearing around out there, ready to wipe us all out.


Geologists and volcanologists tend to give predictions in the order of days. It's impossible to put a long term forecast on magmatic movements.

With Yellowstone it's the interval between previous eruptions that are used - what something like 100,000 years means is it could be tomorrow, it could be in 100,000 years time.

Oh and if people are worried about large caldera eruptions, then maybe we shouldn't mention the Long Valley caldera, the Valles caldera, the Lake Toba caldera (that one nearly got humanity the last time it erupted), the Talpa caldera, the Aira caldera - oh and forget Vesuvius, that's involved with a large caldera too called the Phlegraean fields because that one is currently producing some alarming signs... Laughing
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PostPosted: 21:02 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

chickenstrip wrote:
The thing is, people can make predictions all they want, even geologists and volcanologists. But they don't actually know, are just giving a best guess on a phenomenon known to take even the wisest heads by surprise from time to time.

Just like extinction event-sized meteorites* - who knows how many there might really be out there, and whether they've got our name on them?

Very Happy



*Yeah, I know, meteorite = body that has actually fallen to Earth. Couldn't think of the right term. You know, big lumps tearing around out there, ready to wipe us all out.


The term you're looking for is 'impactor' and the resulting crater an astrobleme.

They don't actually have to touch down to do serious damage - Tunguska and Chelyabinsk are good examples. A pressure wave is a pressure wave Laughing
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PostPosted: 21:09 - 23 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

So many wonderful things could happen, who cares about a little ol' virus? Perspective! Laughing
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PostPosted: 01:50 - 24 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

chickenstrip wrote:
So many wonderful things could happen, who cares about a little ol' virus? Perspective! Laughing


There's far too many people anyway, Greta said so!

Volcanologists are have upped their game a lot in recent years. The same cannot be said for disseminating useful information to the populous as in this case Sad
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PostPosted: 03:57 - 24 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

We will have a flood (Noahism).

The waters will recede during the coming Ice Age.

N. America and N. Eurasian Continents will be ice desserts.

Homo Sapiens will migrate back down to Africa and Southern America.

All before Yellowstone as much as farts.

And then.

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PostPosted: 09:20 - 24 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

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chickenstrip wrote:
So many wonderful things could happen, who cares about a little ol' virus? Perspective! Laughing


There's far too many people anyway, Greta said so!

Volcanologists are have upped their game a lot in recent years. The same cannot be said for disseminating useful information to the populous as in this case Sad


They have better movement detection but the science of prediction of eruptions, earthquakes, etc. are still pretty vague and tend to be along the lines of 'that might erupt/rupture in the next few months... maybe'.

<grammar nazi>Oh and it's 'populace'.</grammar nazi> Razz
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PostPosted: 09:43 - 24 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

Easy-X wrote:


There's far too many people anyway, Greta said so!



Good God, Greta and I agree on something.
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