Odd happenings to the earth

[danny11]

Forgot the people we have here

Anyone want a punt Pay £20 now if the earth ends in 2012 i will give you £100,000

not bad return for £20 wouldnt you say

[HeadingNorth]

The last time Yellowstone erupted, it buried nearly half of North America under six feet of ash, and the dust poured into the atmosphere wrecked normal weather patterns for decades.

 

The Tambora eruption wiped out an entire summer in Europe. A Yellowstone eruption would be many hundreds of times bigger.

[HeadingNorth]

Forgot the people we have here

Anyone want a punt Pay £20 now if the earth ends in 2012 i will give you £100,000

not bad return for £20 wouldnt you say

 

Some years ago, a man actually placed a bet with William Hill that the world would come to an end that weekend.

 

A William Hill spokesman, asked if he thought there was any chance of the world ending, said "we're confident we will not have to pay out."

[quicken]

The last time Yellowstone erupted, it buried nearly half of North America under six feet of ash, and the dust poured into the atmosphere wrecked normal weather patterns for decades.

 

The Tambora eruption wiped out an entire summer in Europe. A Yellowstone eruption would be many hundreds of times bigger.

oh ye you know Americans always have to to do it bigger

its just a general discussion and not worth worrying about

[HeadingNorth]

oh ye you know Americans always have to to do it bigger

its just a general discussion and not worth worrying about

 

Well, the odds of it happening in your lifetime or mine - even knowing that it's "due" because it normally goes off every half-million years or so - are extremely remote.

 

It's hard to decide how seriuosly to take a threat that has, say, a one-in-ten-million chance of happening, but would kill a thousand million people if it did. Theoretically such a threat is equal to 100 deaths per year, and if some threat were known to kill 100 people a year, we'd take some sort of action against it; but low-probability-high-damage events just can't be treated the same way.

[Vague_Boy]

Apparently the Sun shifted it's poles last year which accounts for increased solar activity. (see Nasa)

 

See NASA? I did. This is what they said.

 

Deep Solar Minimum (NASA science)

 

Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age

 

Ebbing sunspot activity makes Europe freeze

 

Rather than say "see NASA", why not provide an actual link?

[girlyblonde]

it seems we are doomed,, ,,oh well no worries

[Artifact]

The Poles are always moving around. It causes big problems, they should stay where they are.

[megalithic]

it seems we are doomed,, ,,oh well no worries

 

Eventually yes, in the immediate future, i doubt it.

[discodown]

It's hard to decide how seriuosly to take a threat that has, say, a one-in-ten-million chance of happening, but would kill a thousand million people if it did. Theoretically such a threat is equal to 100 deaths per year, and if some threat were known to kill 100 people a year, we'd take some sort of action against it; but low-probability-high-damage events just can't be treated the same way.

I'd love to see what action you can take to prevent the Yellowstone caldera erupting! If it goes then it has global ramifications.