Volcanic Eruptions

[Kneetrembler]

If the Icelandic Volcanic eruption is anything to go by what will happen if for instance as is a possibillty, Mount Etna,Mount Teidi or Yellowstone erupts.

Then what happens to movements, if we are very lucky to still be alive ?

[SimonV8ster]

Mt Etna erupted not so long ago but didn't disrupt aything too much.

If Yellowstone blows - we're f*cked.

[TheEnd]

if yellowstone goes, it'll leave a very big hole, lots of lava, and people would wish for global warming

[Kneetrembler]

They say that if Mount Teidi blows that it will not only cross the Atlantic but the tidal wave will then return and wipe out a lot of Spain, but where else as well, that is the problem

[Gun]

TheEnd said:

if yellowstone goes, it'll leave a very big hole, lots of lava, and people would wish for global warming

Your user name is very apt for describing Yellowstone. The explosion would supposedly be so loud we'd be able to hear it in this country, it would be an extinction level event that's for sure and planet Earth wouldn't be the same for a very long time afterwards.

Edit: Here's a map showing the calderas size in relation to the park itself.

Edited by Gun on Saturday 24th April 00:09

[remedy]

Eeeeek. And am I right in thinking that it is 'due' to pop its cork soon?

[Eric Mc]

There are around 3,000 active volcanoes on earth. Most don't cause too much disruption apart to their immediate locality. However, there are a few latent biggies , like Yellowstone which, if they do go off, we will certainly know all about it.

[Gun]

remedy said:

Eeeeek. And am I right in thinking that it is 'due' to pop its cork soon?

I'm sure I read somewhere that it could erupt within the next 200 years but no one knows for certain to be honest.

[dilbert]

Isn't this like the economy though?

Yellowstone only goes up, if all the rest don't.

Perhaps that's wrong. Just a thought.

[ShadownINja]

I am wondering (bearing in mind, I know nothing about volcanos... I do know that drinking lava is bad for you)... what if you drilled into these live volcanos to release pressure?

[TheEnd]

historical studies have shown yellowstone popping it's cork every 600,000 years, with the last eruption 640,000 years ago.
The ground has been constantly swelling, and it increased to an all time high of about 8 inches in a year a few years back, although it has slowed down a little again recently. Although it's overdue, it won't be regular like clockwork, but it has had enough time to build up a fair bit of pressure, and estimates suggest a metre of Ash spread over a huge area of the US.

The San Fran faultline (San Andreas) has also been pretty regular at 100 or so years between quakes, and that due a biggie also. It did have a little shake a few weeks back, whether that released tension or just moved it along, i can't say, but i certainly wouldn't want to live near there.

The other big volcanoes that might be causing trouble are 2 in the Canaries, Cumbre Vieja and Teide, and it's been estimated that they could send a 600mph tsunami across the ocean, 1km peak to trough at it's highest, which would reach the UK in a couple of hours.

Vesuvius and Etna are also active and on the watch list!

For some of the biggest bits of Volcano activity, check out the Deccan Traps, estimates say that when it happened, there was 1.5million square kilometres of Basalt, 2 kilometres thick.
That's a hell of a lot of "black granite" kitchen worktops

[B17NNS]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF-RKzqNtz0

BBC Yellowstone docudrama.

[JamesM]

The eruption of Siberian Traps went on for 1 million years and was estimated to have chucked out anywhere from 1-4 million cubic kilometers of lava. fking interesting reading about it and the crazy numbers talked about.

Something like that really would fk up people's holiday plans.

Edited by JamesM on Saturday 24th April 14:49

[V8mate]

I read (in some report last week) that there's another volcano in Iceland which is 100x as large as the one which went off recently.

Let's hope the vibrations haven't cracked any sealing joints!

[lazyitus]

As much as it's a concern, part of me would like to see it happen out of sheer fascination. Obviously, I don't wish for death on anyone (bar the odd person of my personal hate) but it would be amazing to see the results of such a huge world event.

Is this wrong?

[B17NNS]

lazyitus said:

As much as it's a concern, part of me would like to see it happen out of sheer fascination. Obviously, I don't wish for death on anyone (bar the odd person of my personal hate) but it would be amazing to see the results of such a huge world event.

Is this wrong?

I feel exactly the same. Would be incredible to watch it all unfold and see how quickly we revert to being animals, not worrying about jobs, houses just food and survival.

[V8mate]

lazyitus said:

As much as it's a concern, part of me would like to see it happen out of sheer fascination. Obviously, I don't wish for death on anyone (bar the odd person of my personal hate) but it would be amazing to see the results of such a huge world event.

Is this wrong?

Not at all. The west coast of America would be ideal, in fact.

[lazyitus]

I'm not saying I want it to happen, you understand. But it would make a change to the front pages being full of politicians talking 80llock5 and the X-factor/Britains got problems being on TV all the time.

Edited by lazyitus on Saturday 24th April 15:33

[Puggit]

Mt Etna and Mt Teidi aren't the sort of volcanoes we need to worry about. Vesuvious is only really a problem for the approx 1 million inhabitants who are gambling it won't go off during their life times.

The Canarian volcano to worry about is on La Palma - this is the one with the tsunami potential.

The ones to worry about near us are Icelandic - as we've seen. Also Mt Marsili which is part of the same family as Vesuvious is a Mediterrenean concern: http://www.crystalinks.com/volcanoesunderwater.htm...

As above, Yellowstone is a planet changer.

[HOGEPH]

If Yellowstone blows, where will Yogi and Boo Boo live?