Personally I wouldn't be feeling comfortable.
What Next for 2020? Volcanoes of Course!
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Personally I wouldn't be feeling comfortable.
Soldato
Didn't Etna blow today? It's normally spewing smoke and gas anyway, but was told it's spewing some lava too. Seems it has had over 50 eruptions this year and has grown 30m
Volcanoes reduce global warming. Something about the particles reflecting sunlight and cooling the earth. There is actually something called the Pinatubo Strategy, about creating a huge man made volcanic eruption as a last ditch attempt at cooling the planet. It makes me think of the scorched skies in The Matrix.
Volcanoes reduce global warming. Something about the particles reflecting sunlight and cooling the earth. There is actually something called the Pinatubo Strategy, about creating a huge man made volcanic eruption as a last ditch attempt at cooling the planet. It makes me think of the scorched skies in The Matrix.
Mount Tambora and similar eruptions around that period caused widespread surface cooling in the 1800s. Sadly that is then used by some to try and make it look like global warming started from that period as if that period was normal temperatures. Maybe well meaning but it is misleading if not lies none the less.
Soldato
Looking mighty impressive in this stream.
Sizeable earthquake in Australia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-58646917
Fortunately seems damage is light.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-58646917
Fortunately seems damage is light.
Caporegime
When I was a kid I wanted to be a volcanologist.
tbh, I’d love to be a tornado chaser too. Weather and natural disasters are fascinating, albeit very sad and destructive
2 of my most favourite films are still Dante’s peak and Twister.
tbh, I’d love to be a tornado chaser too. Weather and natural disasters are fascinating, albeit very sad and destructive
2 of my most favourite films are still Dante’s peak and Twister.
Caporegime
Is there going to be a massive collapse that causes a tidal wave to wipe out the eastern side of the US?
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No, there could possibly be a landslip if the fissures develop more along the supposed weak spot but the amount of land mass that could fall into sea would result in waves heights similar to that of a hurricane by the time it reaches the US
Unlikely - it would need an eruption somewhere in the region of 50x bigger than this and/or a big earthquake probably like 7.8+ in the right spot for a chance of that happening and even then the landslide would have to go in a pretty specific way.
There seems to be quite a lot going on underneath with this volcano though - I wouldn't rule out a bigger event yet - but not apocalyptic scale.
Even wave heights similar to a hurricane, which are more likely in the probable worse case scenarios, would be significant with the power of a tsunami behind them because of the larger displacement of water. EDIT: Though I suspect from a source like a landslide vs a whole plate moving it is closer to a normal wave end of the scale than a full on tsunami.
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I was watching it today and it looked dead, I guess it's all hidden behind the smoke so it's only visible at night when the heat lights it all up, also I don't know what I expected but it's a whole lot like the Kilauea fissure eruptions
It died down a bit earlier in the day though obviously at night it shows more plainly. Quite similar to Kilauea but seems more energetic - at times there have been some quite percussive blasts from it.
Soldato
Makes you wonder why the canaries don't have 100% renewable energy. Plenty of geothermal and plenty of sun. Isn't it Iceland that provides free hot water? They have decent electricity prices too.
Soldato
Quickly, summon the the eagles. They can fly the ring over and simply drop it in.
Soldato
Jesus, it's just gone mental.
Cone collapse? I wasn't watching for awhile.
Bit worrying the amount of gas, etc. seems bottled up there.