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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:17 PM Original message |
Yellowstone Rated High for Eruption Threat |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Use the excess geothermal energy to generate electricity..... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Most of us west of the Mississippi probably won't be here afterwards... |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I have seen some, so it would be like tapping in with a safety... |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 08:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. Damn, good thing I'm a mile EAST of the Mississippi... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 11:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Well, then..... Welcome to the "cooked alive" gang! |
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Huckebein the Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 12:07 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I guess I'm a member too since my city is on the banks of the |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. So you would siphon the geothermal energy from Old Faithful? |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. we could put enormous asbestos turbines over the caldera, |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. BRILLIANT!! |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. OK, that does it! I am calling my MT State reps and insisting we stop |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I'm not an engineer, but what about at the geological source... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. I got your tube right here pal |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Use Less |
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Pithy Cherub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. The volcanic ash from a super volcano eruption |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. It has happened before |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. don't they do this in scandinavian countries? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Iceland is on a rift zone |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. oh yeah |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. The metaphysical background of Yellowstone |
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Pithy Cherub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. That was great. The medicine wheel |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Mother Earth always finds a way to |
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shochet (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. Hello SpiralHawk! |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. I wonder if this rating takes into account the probability the eruption |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. It's a low probability event-until it happens. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. And the time frame is about right. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. You're probably OK in your lifetime, havocmom |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Tom, my lad! So good to hear from you! |
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hezekkia (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. no good estimates- |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. "does not paint the devastating picture ... in a recent TV docudrama" |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. This site describes what a super volcano is... |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Thanks. Always Great to Have One Near a Nuclear Waste Dump n/t |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. That what I was thinking, so when it does eventually erupt.... |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. No species lasts forever |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Bravo |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Humans are pretty adaptable... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Yeppers. The skills we need to make a living are not the skills which |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. The Maya do not say the world is ending, but rather an age is ending |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. The "Material World" is what I mentioned |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. A super eruption is the worst case possibility but also the least likely. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. I am actually watching Super Volcano right now. |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. Supervolcanos can really wreck your day. |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. The Irish potato famine |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I seem to recall that one of the factors in the spread of the blight |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
50. Krakatoa has another cone |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yikes! Out of 7 volcanoes, |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Oh, DO come and visit me. I'll show you debris from the last big blow |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Everywhere you live it's something |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. The Cascades are also becoming active |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. In recent human history, there have been three main causes of catastrophic |
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Willy Lee (925 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. Yes, and I live in Tornado Alley. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. Are they expecting a hydrothermal blast or a supervolcano eruption? |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
43. Bad News and Good News |
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