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[DJ MC]

http://www.cnn.com/2...tude/index.html

 

A 7.8 magnitude quake hit near Kathmandu, Nepal. The death toll is already up to 2,000, and many historic sites have been destroyed. It also caused an avalanche on Mt. Everest, killing many in the base camp, including a Google executive.

 

This, along with the volcanic eruption in Chile. And the discovery that the Yellowstone supervolcano may be bigger than previously thought.

 

Earth is an amazing and horrifying place.

[BSLChrisStoner]

http://www.cnn.com/2...tude/index.html

 

A 7.8 magnitude quake hit near Kathmandu, Nepal. The death toll is already up to 2,000, and many historic sites have been destroyed. It also caused an avalanche on Mt. Everest, killing many in the base camp, including a Google executive.

 

This, along with the volcanic eruption in Chile. And the discovery that the Yellowstone supervolcano may be bigger than previously thought.

 

Earth is an amazing and horrifying place.

 

Had not seen the news on the Yellowstone supervolcano... which is scary, considering everything I've read about it previously.

[SportsGuy]

I thought someone opened a second thread on the BMore protests.

[Don Quixote]

Had not seen the news on the Yellowstone supervolcano... which is scary, considering everything I've read about it previously.

 

Same and same.

[You Play to Win the Game]

That Yellowstone thing is nuts.

[Chris B]

Yellowstone has had me terrified for years.

[bnickle]

I watched a few docs on My St Helens after reading that link. Then I heard that Yellowstone could potentially be something like 1000 ( or was it 10,000)times more powerful. Scary.

[RShack]

Yellowstone has had me terrified for years.

 

I had no idea about it until this thread...

[Chris B]

Yellowstone has had me terrified for years.

 
I had no idea about it until this thread...

Well get ready Shack. Get ready.

[RShack]

Well get ready Shack. Get ready.

 

I'm too busy waiting for California to fall into the ocean  

[BSLChrisStoner]

CNN: Magma expanse under Yellowstone supervolcano more vast than thought

http://www.cnn.com/2...very/index.html

 

What DJ was referring to above.

[Chris B]

Shack I'm not laughing

[DJ MC]

The downside to being an amateur science geek is that you hear about all of the truly fascinating ways our species could blip out of existence, be it planetary (supervolcano, plague, etc.) or space (meteor, gamma-ray burst, etc.) or even self-inflicted, without having the training to truly understand how minuscule the chances really are

 

This is one of my favorite disaster possibilities: http://en.wikipedia....nami_scenarios. Have fun the next time you go to OC or the Outer Banks

[RShack]

Shack I'm not laughing

 

How the hell do I get ready?   Is this like the old Soviet nuke drills in school where I practice climbing under the desk?

[Chris B]

Shack I'm not laughing

 
How the hell do I get ready?   Is this like the old Soviet nuke drills where I practice climbing under the desk?

You've got the right mindset, so that's good. Watch 2012 starting John Cusick. That should help.

[RShack]

You've got the right mindset, so that's good. Watch 2012 starting John Cusick. That should help.

 

It's probably gonna blow right after the Supreme Court OK's gay marriage....

[Don Quixote]

I'm too busy waiting for California to fall into the ocean  

 

That'll be the day I go back to Annandale.

[Markus]

I'm too busy waiting for California to fall into the ocean

If people are smart, like I am, they'd be buying up real estate on what will soon be Arizona Bay.

[Icterus galbula]

I just listened to that Bill Hick's album this weekend actually.

 

So I have to ask you Markus, So-Cal guy, what are you, a fucking lizard?

[DJ MC]

If pepole are smart, like I am, they'd be buying up real estate on what will soon be Arizona Bay.