I hope it explodes, would make my day!

I was thinking today about natural disasters and I finally came to the realization that a volcano eruption has to be the absolute worst thing that can happen right? I mean have you seen some of the picture from Mt. St. Helens? Trees are knocked down like toothpicks for miles and miles.

They measure Volcanoes in atom bombs for crying out loud! When was the last time you ever heard of a hurricane being measured like that? “Look…It’s Hurricane Albert, the 10 Megaton hurricane! I don’t think that you will ever see headlines like that one. But you see volcano headlines like that all the time. Indeed I think they talk about megatons “Every time” there is a volcano eruption of consequence in the world.

Hmmm, let me weight the natural disasters here…Would I rather have to deal with a .0002 megaton hurricane or would I rather like to sit next to a 100 megaton volcano? I don’t know….It’s a toughie.

Yeah right! I’ll take Hurricane Albert any day of the week over Mr. 100 megaton Volcano blast.

Okay, this is just my personal vanity, but

Originally posted by masqua

Originally posted by HowlrunnerIV

While food security may be a problem, the world isn't fed by the American prairies, just America.

Also, a 'nuclear winter' scenario, where sunny and warm temperatures around the world would be a wistful memory, certainly would impact fertile areas just about everywhere.

er, yes, didn't I say that? Right after you said it? I'm sure I did...

Originally posted by HowlrunnerIV

Originally posted by masqua
Beyond the immediate damage to infrastructure and agriculture, there will be a sharp decline in sunlight globally as the ash cloud totallycircumvents earth

Yes, that will be a mojor consequence, so even those farmlands not directly affected will no longer produce their peak output...

My only quibble is the idea that the world relies on the Amercian plains for food. Most of the prairie is, as far as I know, pastural, not agricultural, land. South East Asia produces more rice than it needs. Australia produces more wheat than it needs. When it comes to production, the US is actully one of the least efficient, turning land and resources over to intensive "feed lot" practices which create large amounts of product for a singular customer, fast food, but at a higher input to output than "free-ranging". Healthy for neither people nor the environment.

As croplands go, the prairies are not the world's breadbasket.

arnt americas cattle fed on home grown corn?.

hey if it does go exploding,you wont have to worry about obesity anymore.

so its not all bad.

[edit on 13-11-2007 by wierdalienshiznit]

From what I have seen, if the caldera starts to blow one spout it's not good, if within hours there are multiple spouts, we are in trouble.

The people living closest are in big trouble, but the rest of us will suffer a long time over it (world wide).

As a member of ATS, I see an immediate alert, then I know what to do before the word gets out, since most people out of the immediate danger area not going to have a clue. I will have a jump up on leaving work and getting what I need for the next couple of weeks/months.

That's my plan. Again, can't worry about what we can't stop or avoid.

Originally posted by Hot_Wings
And we will call the disaster memorial about the eventual eruption the “I didn’t learn from Pompeii National Memorial”.

Wings, this one had me LMAO for a good 10 min..every time Id think of it Id laugh..

Then I come back to read this...lol

Originally posted by Hot_Wings
Hmmm, let me weigh the natural disasters here…Would I rather have to deal with a .0002 megaton hurricane or would I rather like to sit next to a 100 megaton volcano? I don’t know….It’s a toughie.

Sometimes, we need a good laugh.

Thanks man. I havent laughed that hard in a long time. Sometimes sarcasm breaks the dryness of a thread.

Peace

for anyone worried about food production in this scenario, google hydroponics. it's not ideal for everything, but it works fine.

The volcano at Yellowstone produced massive eruptions 2 million, 1.3 million and 642,000 years ago, all larger than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens

This gets my vote for understatement of the century.

To HIFIGUY

Anytime brother man. Your right about the humor, we need more of it. Yes these are serious matters, but hey, we have to put it all in perspective. I mean, what’s the point of worrying about a volcano eruption years from now when the aliens could come down and rip out my brain tomorrow!

He He

As you well know, there is more to life than fear and worry. There some fun stuff too.

Originally posted by HIFIGUY
On a lighter note, there doesnt seem to be enough juice left in this volcanoe to produce a Yellostone Doomsday picture in reality.


[edit on 14-11-2007 by HIFIGUY]

Okay - so then why do they keep showing it on Mega Disastors? The only reason I can think is tht they are trying to mentally prepare us for somethig bad headed our way and this is one of the possibilities.