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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 03:41 PM
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Thanks, Ben!

Seriously......My mistake......

It's 'YELLOWSTONE' I meant to say.......

Discovery had a 'movie-mentary' on such an event called 'Supervolcanoe' several years ago.....Pretty interesting.....
 
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by freirefishing
yellowstones volcanoes left a 30 mile wide caldera,talk about blowing your top
They estimate the 'output' to be anywhere from 100 to 1000 krakatoas blowing their tops. I know that Tambora (1815?) DID create an average 2 to 3 degree drop in global temperature for several years.......And from what I hear made for some spectacular sunsets.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by cmpd1781
Thanks, Ben!

Seriously......My mistake......

It's 'YELLOWSTONE' I meant to say.......

Discovery had a 'movie-mentary' on such an event called 'Supervolcanoe' several years ago.....Pretty interesting.....
Having been to Yellowstone many times and hiking/fishing around some hot areas,
I did feel a bit uneasy knowing that I was standing on top of what is volcanic activity.

I could catch fish and cook them in the same stream.

And that smell of sulfur, like several hundred dozens of rotten eggs.

Where the hell's the Glade?
 
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 04:38 PM
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If an ELE happened, would the government still want their taxes? Would the banks still want their mortgage income? You can be damn sure there won't be a lot of jobs out there. Is there insurance coverage for asteroid strikes?

Would be a cool thing to see though.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by bigrigfixer
If an ELE happened, would the government still want their taxes?
Yes.
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Would the banks still want their mortgage income?
yes.
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You can be damn sure there won't be a lot of jobs out there.
Asteroid shelter business would.....BOOM!
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Is there insurance coverage for asteroid strikes?
Yes. It's Guido's Asteroid Insurance and Pawn Shop.
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Would be a cool thing to see though.
Yeah, from a different planet.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by cmpd1781
A 300-mile wide one? Kiss your butt-cheeks goodbye. Ain't NOTHING can be done.
I beg to differ. On an episode of the simpsons, Homer tee'd up on a meteor and got it in his butt crack, and saved the world.


As long as we got Homer, we are all goods to go



Seriously, interesting stuff though. Lets hope when it happens we are long gone!
 
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by sierraben
And I would be drinking plenty of IPA (Indian Pale Ale) if a 6 mile wide chunk of space debris came hurtling towards me.

I wonder if Aflac covers meteor damage?

Aaaflaaaaaaaaaaaaaaac!
no... but geiko does... all-state also... LOL

personally im not gonna give a care about it... i party like a rockstar... drive like in nascar and do things like a pornstar... and fight like rap stars... and want to work on some alaskan crab fishing boats... i think the high risk life styles MIGHT just kill me before some metorites do LOL
 
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by cmpd1781
They estimate the 'output' to be anywhere from 100 to 1000 krakatoas blowing their tops. I know that Tambora (1815?) DID create an average 2 to 3 degree drop in global temperature for several years.......And from what I hear made for some spectacular sunsets.
were the sunsets extra rich in color due to particles that were left from the ash columns in the stratosphere?

i remember seeing some of the stuff out of the supervalcano movie they had....i remember them saying the temp had plumeted and stayed like that for a couple thousand years....like you i find all sorts of this kinda stuff amazing
 
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were the sunsets extra rich in color due to particles that were left from the ash columns in the stratosphere?
That's what they say.
 
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