The Earthquake Thread

[SuBe]

Um... for those of you who think this won't affect you, think again. Once the supervolcano erupts, the entire earth will experience nuclear winter, and the earth's ecosystem will be dramatically impacted.

Can we just up the Carbon output and equalize the Nuclear Winter with Global Warming?

 

[Alex The Great]

Well, There is that Yellow Stone Super Volcano stuff, So maybe this is a sign were all ****ed. Seriosly, that place is bassically a massive volcano. All the land there is the Caldera. The Geysers are just vents. There is hundreds of thousands of tons of ash and magma under those geysers. So if a earthquake shakes the thing up a bit, It might explode and were all ****ed. Better get your shovels, cause you'll be shoveling ash. Oh and btw, Here's a fun fact. If maybe a couple of inches of ash fall onto your roof, it WILL collapse. Ash is a very heavy substance. so be afraid, very afraid

 

[Alex The Great]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera

DUN DUN DUUUUN

http://www.earthmountainview.com/yellowstone/yellowstone.htm

Posted by geologist Christopher C. Sanders on January 1, 2009.
"I am advising all State officials around Yellowstone National Park for a potential State of Emergency. In the last week over 252 earthquakes have been observed by the USGS. We have a 3D view on the movement of magma rising underground. We have all of the pre warning signs of a major eruption from a super volcano. - I want everyone to leave Yellowstone National Park and for 200 miles around the volcano caldera."

 

[Bunker]

Is that legit?

 

[Alex The Great]

I recall Discovery Channel doing a what if movie of what would happen if the super volcano erupted, was interesting to watch and scary too

I loved that. I Live In alberta so I would be ****ed.


And yes, that is Legit

 

[Alex The Great]

Here's the official Volcanic Observatory of this place btw

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/

 

[Bunker]

I live 100 miles away.

.....

 

[Alex The Great]

Run You Fool!

 

[Bunker]

I'll believe it when it's on CNN.

 

[Fading]

I'll believe it when it's on CNN.

Unless CNN is in league with the volcano. By some twisted logic they think not warning you ='s sacrificing you to the volcano spirit to appease it.

 

[Fading]

Wait.....

I had sex last night?

You didn't? Bah, could you atleast pretend you had sex? Now I sound like an ass .

Desired response -

Demogoblin - Wait....

I had sex last night....with only ONE woman?

I had 3 women over who just held my clothes while I had sex with the other 5. I'm a stud, when I erupt in the sack it makes Yellowstones mega volcano look like a joke.

Or some other corny line....but noooo, you had to ruin it.

 

[The Apocalypse]

I recall Discovery Channel doing a what if movie of what would happen if the super volcano erupted, was interesting to watch and scary too

Oh man, I remember that. I was amazed with the whole thing. Scary thing is, last I heard the volcano was in the 'Red Zone' which is the worst state it can be in because if something even little disrupts it it will erupt.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Um... for those of you who think this won't affect you, think again. Once the supervolcano erupts, the entire earth will experience nuclear winter, and the earth's ecosystem will be dramatically impacted.

I've been playing Fallout 3 alot lately so I should be good to go.

 

[04nbod]

I have faith in the scientists. However they spend 4 billion of a failure of an atom smasher and right in the back yard is a threat to the planet. The Scientific community has never had its priorities straight but if they focused on a problem I believe they can solve it. Lets just hope that they aren't too late

 

[Sam Fisher]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_italy_earthquake

 

[kane9321]

oh noes

 

[Sam Fisher]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_california_coast_earthquake
http://mashable.com/2010/01/09/eureka-earthquake-youtube-video/

6.5 quake shakes buildings on California coast
Writers – 21 mins ago
FRESNO, Calif – A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California Saturday afternoon, shaking buildings south of the Oregon border and knocking out power in several coastal communities.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at about 4:27 p.m. about 27 miles from Eureka, a city of about 26,000.

The state's warning center hasn't received any reports of injuries or major damage, California Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Lori Newquist said.

The earthquake knocked out the power in Arcata, a small town that's home to Humboldt State University, and one resident said many people had objects knocked off walls and televisions tumble.

"It was huge — one of the biggest earthquakes we've had up here in 20 years," said Judd Starks, the kitchen manager at a bar and restaurant known as The Alibi. "The whole town is kind of freaked out right now. All the power is out, people are out walking around."

Sandra Hall, owner of Antiques and Goodies in Eureka, said furniture fell over, nearly all her lamps broke and the handful of customers in her store got a big scare. She said it was the most dramatic quake in the 30 years the store has been open.

"It was shaking for a very long time," Hall said.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there was no threat of the quake generating a tsunami. In November 2006, an 8.3-magnitude temblor in Japan sent waves that hit the region for eight hours, causing $9 million damage.

The quake was felt as far south as Capitola in central California, and as far north as Roseburg in central Oregon, USGS geophysicist Richard Buckmaster said.

Dan Bowermaster of San Francisco was with relatives in Eureka when the quake hit. He said he had been in several moderate and large quakes throughout California but had never felt anything as big or dramatic as this one.

"It just spiraled bigger and bigger," Bowermaster said by phone. "It was extremely unsettling, it was shaking in kind of a circular way."

Bowermaster said the refrigerator in his cousins' home moved 3 or 4 feet, and glassware fell of the shelves and broke. He drove across town shortly after the quake and saw many store windows destroyed.

Five aftershocks followed in the 90 minutes after the quake, the biggest registering at a magnitude of 3.8. The San Francisco Bay area was struck by two light earthquakes on Thursday and Friday.

Hall said there was hardly any glassware left in her antiques store.

"We'll be having a sale on broken china for those who like to do mosaics."

 

[Lasirius]

I've been hearing a lot about earthquakes lately. I even felt two of them in one week and it rarely happens around here, at least not notably.

 

[Alex The Great]

2012

 

[TheDreamMaster]

2012

I dont really even believe 2012 will happen, but that freaks me out. I live in KEntucky, on the fault line there. About 30 miles, give or take, is a plant that houses a Nuclear Reactor, in which Uranium was produced/ nuclear bombs were manufactured during the Cold war. This place was on Russia's list in case war would have happened as a target. Hence, if a big earthquake comes, I don't see to much in my general area living through it either way.

 

[Majic Walrus]

"The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at about 4:27 p.m. about 27 miles from Eureka, a city of about 26,000."

Probably a secret experiment gone wrong. Luckily the Sheriff there is pretty good about stuff like that.

 

[Hotwire]

I didn't realize Californians even got out of bed for anything less than a 7.0.

 

[Morg]

I didn't realize Californians even got out of bed for anything less than a 7.0.

I was sleeping once when a 5.0 hit didn't wake me up

about 27 miles from Eureka? Must been those damn scientist again

 

[Manic]

I didn't realize Californians even got out of bed for anything less than a 7.0.

I know I didn't. Unless the fault line beneath me opens up disaster film style, I usually don't notice earthquakes.

 

[AnorexicBatman]

I once heard that California would at one point would break off from the mainland and become an island. It was on the discovery channel.

Seems like the tectonic plates are shifting around for it...