Originally posted by Russ59: You see, there are advantages to living in California! I'll die last!
No, the unprecedented earthquake caused by the eruption will kill you first of all. But at least it will be quick. Probably.
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October 12, 2017, 04:34 PM
Skins2881
Whatevs.
If the Lord wants to take me and 7,000,000,000 of my closest friends, I'm ready. Please let me be near and killed quickly by pyroclastic flows, that's all I ask.
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October 12, 2017, 04:37 PM
MikeV
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Originally posted by Russ59: You see, there are advantages to living in California! I'll die last!
But you'll still die in California. At least I'll die happy.
October 12, 2017, 04:44 PM
gjgalligan
Maybe Al Gore could put a tax on it.
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October 12, 2017, 05:11 PM
Zecpull
I saw a report last week that the mountain in North Korea that RocketMan is testing his nukes in has a Super volcano under it, and it could be set off by the tests.
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October 12, 2017, 05:40 PM
Doc H.
...but ice is nice, and would suffice....
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October 12, 2017, 05:54 PM
Opus Dei
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Originally posted by Doc H.: ...but ice is nice, and would suffice....
I'm no scientist, but that seems more reasonable than everybody peeing in the caldera.
October 12, 2017, 06:15 PM
Gustofer
I think its funny the variability in predictions. You've got everything from a minor inconvenience to the apocalypse.
This map looks pretty bad for me:
But this one says I might get 10cm of ash fall. Hell, we had almost that much after St. Helens.
Well...back to prepping.
Bottom line is that these yahoos don't have a fargin clue what will happen...or when.
Well...back to prepping.
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October 12, 2017, 06:31 PM
Scooter123
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Originally posted by Jim Shugart: Great news! I'm gonna drink more bourbon and start smoking cigarettes again.
So, what will it be? Blanton's or good old Buffalo Trace. BTW, both are made by Buffalo Trace and having tried both IMO the good old Trace is an excellent value, half the cost of Blanton's with near 90% of the goodness of that hard to find select cask single cask.
I've stopped counting.
October 12, 2017, 06:40 PM
PCWyoming
I am 52 miles from the East gate. For about 1/10,000 of a nanosecond I will have the best seat in the house..........
PC
October 12, 2017, 07:09 PM
Gustofer
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Originally posted by PCWyoming: I am 52 miles from the East gate. For about 1/10,000 of a nanosecond I will have the best seat in the house..........
PC
The good news is that you'll be dead before the pain has a chance to get to your brain.
So...you've got that going for you, which is nice.
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October 12, 2017, 07:22 PM
Outnumbered
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Originally posted by LS1 GTO: It's the end of the world as we know it...
And I feel fine.....
October 12, 2017, 07:30 PM
Scoutmaster
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Originally posted by sigfreund:
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Originally posted by Russ59: You see, there are advantages to living in California! I'll die last!
No, the unprecedented earthquake caused by the eruption will kill you first of all. But at least it will be quick. Probably.
If the earthquake doesn't wipe out CA, the tsunami will.
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October 12, 2017, 08:00 PM
45_Auto
I feel safe here in NH from the eruption if it actually happens. I am thankful that I do not live in an area of the country that has many bad natural disasters. I'll take the cold snowy winters and the hot humid summers over: - Western wildfires - Earthquakes (yes we do get some very minor ones) - Strong hurricanes - Tornadoes - Floods
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October 12, 2017, 08:23 PM
Storm
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Originally posted by Russ59:
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Originally posted by sigfreund: Of all the possible calamities there are, this is the one I think about (worry is too strong) most. First, it’s in the neighborhood—sort of, and not that that would matter much—but unlike an asteroid it would make the whole dying process much more unpleasant. Fleeing east? How far could I get on a tank of gas and a couple of extra cans? Would it be better to wait at home until the roof caved in, or to die a little later stranded and out of water on the road someplace? Yes, it could happen 10,000 years from now, and we will probably have figured out a way to exterminate the species before then, but it could happen very soon, and even within the relatively few years I have left (sorry about you youngsters ).
You see, there are advantages to living in California! I'll die last!
Neither of you should get too comfortable. Of the six known super-volcanos, three are in the U.S. - the Western U.S.: Yellowstone in Wyoming, Long Valley Caldera in California, and Valles Caldera in New Mexico.
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October 13, 2017, 02:56 AM
CPD SIG
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Originally posted by Scooter123:
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Originally posted by Jim Shugart: Great news! I'm gonna drink more bourbon and start smoking cigarettes again.
So, what will it be? Blanton's or good old Buffalo Trace. BTW, both are made by Buffalo Trace and having tried both IMO the good old Trace is an excellent value, half the cost of Blanton's with near 90% of the goodness of that hard to find select cask single cask.
We're all gonna DIE, and you're worried about how much Bourbon costs?
You cant take it with you, so I'm going to try to party like a rock-star between now and then! (Bad thing is, I'll probably party more like a Gordon Lighfoot than a Keith Richards)
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October 13, 2017, 08:02 AM
Georgeair
This is exactly why we moved from TX!!!
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October 13, 2017, 08:06 AM
Leemur
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Originally posted by jhe888: It could blow up tomorrow or it could be 100,000 years. And I don't think we can do a damn thing about it.
Yep. And if it does blow and I'm about to die I'll just grab the bottle of Macallan 15 and sip til I fade to black.
October 13, 2017, 11:13 AM
slabsides45
Dang, and to think I was concerned about the New Madrid fault line....
Although in fairness, concern over either getting 10mm of ash settle because of Yellowstone, versus getting 200K hood rats stirred due to interruption of EBT cards and road closure to the local package store? Maybe the fault line IS worse for me.
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