As the Indonesian volcano explodes, scientists fear

[MrsSmith]

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As the Indonesian volcano explodes, scientists fear something far more catastrophic may be brewing   Updated at 10:00 PM
   
The Boston Globe
By William Sargent
November 10, 2010

Eruption
As the Indonesian volcano explodes, scientists fear something far more catastrophic may be brewing

The Merapi volcano, currently exploding more forcefully every day in Indonesia, is located on the Sundra Arc, one of the planet’s most complex and dangerous geological areas. This is where two large plates of the earth’s crust, the Australian and Indian plates, are rapidly plunging down below the mini Burma plate to create the world’s deepest and most powerful earthquakes and the world’s largest and most dangerous volcanoes. Some scientists fear that something catastrophic may be brewing beneath the Sundra Arc.

The world’s three most deadly tectonic events in recorded history all occurred in this arc of volcanic islands that include Sumatra and Java. Tambora, the largest volcano ever recorded in human history, erupted in 1815. Records were not very good at the time, but at least 100,000 people died in the supervolcano. The eruption wafted thousands of tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, which coalesced with raindrops to form a veil of sulfuric acid that reflected sunlight back into space, leading the following year to “The Year Without a Summer...’’
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Gee, do you suppose that would fix Glowball Warming??   

[jukin]

I'm pretty sure this is Bush's fault.

[miskie]

I'm pretty sure this is Bush's fault.

Of course it is - this is Gaia's response to the new Bush Crime Syndicate book.  [/DUmode]

[ironhorsedriver]

Wonder if we're looking at another Krakatoa here? If it did a Tambora, I'd say global warming will be kaput, can you say nuclear winter!

[DumbAss Tanker]

There is a theory that the supereruption of this region's Mt. Toba, 70,000-odd years ago, created a bottleneck in the human mitochondrial DNA trace indicating near-extinction of the race, with descendants of the survivors in Africa eventually filling the planet.  Apparently the supereruption may have resulted in a 10-year nuclear winter and a 1,000 year cold period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory
Krakatoa was not nearly as severe as Tambora, and they were both *****cats compared to the Toba supereruption. 

[Wineslob]

Give it some Beano.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Give it some Beano.

This may actually require virgins.  In which case, we're screwed.

[FlaGator]

BFEE's obvious attempt to hold the world hostage and seize control...

Or maybe God's just showing the world what He is capable of and willing to do.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

I blame SUVs

SUVs are heavier. Therefore they weigh on the earth's crust more than regular cars.

All this extra weight in pressing on the earth's core causing volcanoes to erupt like a teenager squeezing a pimple.


You can't refute science.

[FlaGator]

I blame SUVs

SUVs are heavier. Therefore they weigh on the earth's crust more than regular cars.

All this extra weight in pressing on the earth's core causing volcanoes to erupt like a teenager squeezing a pimple.


You can't refute science.

Remember that all the materials to build the SUV were taken from the Earth, thus making its surface support weaker.

[DLR Pyro]

I can't prove it, but I just know that Halliburton is somehow involved in this as well.

[BannedFromDU]

I blame SUVs

SUVs are heavier. Therefore they weigh on the earth's crust more than regular cars.

All this extra weight in pressing on the earth's core causing volcanoes to erupt like a teenager squeezing a pimple.


You can't refute science.

In that case, I blame fat chicks.

[IassaFTots]

In that case, I blame fat chicks.

And from there, you have to blame McDonalds. 

[Tantal]

I'm sending all of my money to AlGore. He can stop this....I just KNOW it!

[BannedFromDU]

And from there, you have to blame McDonalds. 

Wait a ****ing minute. They reintroduce the McRib, and now this volcano erupts? Freeper scum are killing the earth with their deathwiches.

/DU

[IassaFTots]

Wait a ****ing minute. They reintroduce the McRib, and now this volcano erupts? Freeper scum are killing the earth with their deathwiches.

/DU

Yes.  The root of all these troubling times is indeed, the McRib.  Fitting, eh?  A processed pork patty is responsible for the demise of our planet?

[BannedFromDU]

Yes.  The root of all these troubling times is indeed, the McRib.  Fitting, eh?  A processed pork patty is responsible for the demise of our planet?

     If planetary death comes by way of pork covered in BBQ sauce, I would seriously have to think about that one. And you might not like the answer.

[IassaFTots]

     If planetary death comes by way of pork covered in BBQ sauce, I would seriously have to think about that one. And you might not like the answer.

 

[true_blood]

I'm sending all of my money to AlGore. He can stop this....I just KNOW it!

Yes, indeed!

[njpines]

And from there, you have to blame McDonalds. 

And, since it's the inability of parents (aka "breeders") to deny their fat, spoiled rotten rugrats yet another Happy Meal with its evil, seductive toy, we must BAN the Happy Meal for all time!!  Thus, we will avoid fat, disgusting kids who turn into fat, disgusting adults that require large SUVs to carry them around whose extra weight presents an undue burden on the earth's core causing Indonesian volcanoes to erupt and indefinite nuclear winter to occur, killing all life on Earth 

Happy Meals = Earth's destruction!

/DU

[miskie]

Yes.  The root of all these troubling times is indeed, the McRib.  Fitting, eh?  A processed pork patty is responsible for the demise of our planet?

The McRib and the Double Down are two of the Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse.. The sweetest, most delicious Apocalypse EVER.

[MrsSmith]

And, since it's the inability of parents (aka "breeders") to deny their fat, spoiled rotten rugrats yet another Happy Meal with its evil, seductive toy, we must BAN the Happy Meal for all time!!  Thus, we will avoid fat, disgusting kids who turn into fat, disgusting adults that require large SUVs to carry them around whose extra weight presents an undue burden on the earth's core causing Indonesian volcanoes to erupt and indefinite nuclear winter to occur, killing all life on Earth 

Happy Meals = Earth's destruction!

/DU

[IassaFTots]

And, since it's the inability of parents (aka "breeders") to deny their fat, spoiled rotten rugrats yet another Happy Meal with its evil, seductive toy, we must BAN the Happy Meal for all time!!  Thus, we will avoid fat, disgusting kids who turn into fat, disgusting adults that require large SUVs to carry them around whose extra weight presents an undue burden on the earth's core causing Indonesian volcanoes to erupt and indefinite nuclear winter to occur, killing all life on Earth 

Happy Meals = Earth's destruction!

/DU

I love the way your mind works!  Hi5!

[IassaFTots]

The McRib and the Double Down are two of the Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse.. The sweetest, most delicious Apocalypse EVER.

I think Jack in the Box's Ultimate Cheeseburger needs to be a contender for #3.

[JohnnyReb]

All those fat kids in the U.S. are going to throw the world out of balance. All that weight consentrated in the U.S. will cause the U.S. to go to the bottom of the world where the south pole is now.  The poles will become the equator region, the ice will melt and we'll all drown......just like on that island that we put to much weight on one side of causing it to flip over.