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Re: [RC] Mt St Helens..now yellowstone - Lynn Kinsky


On Aug 25, 2007, at 1:06 PM, Spottedracer@xxxxxx wrote:

So true... But Yellowstone is what they call a 'supervolcano'. Apparently it's crater is something? 20+ miles across.? What they've shown on this, is that nothing humans have seen before - will compare. That if you multiply the St Helen's eruption by at least 100X - you'll get something similar to what they estimate Yellowstone to be... That much volcanic ash up in the Stratosphere is predicted to cause massive global cooling along with extinctions. (they believe this was the 'death nell' for the North American Rhino)

- LP - going to take the kids there - before it's gone.. **grin** Praying we'll be LONG dead before that day!

While you're at it, stop by the EHSC ride and enjoy the northern edge of the Long Valley caldera (http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/california/long_valley.html), California's very own supervolcano.

Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA
http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/
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Re: [RC] Mt St Helens..now yellowstone, Spottedracer