Comments on: Indonesian Quakes Could Trigger Supervolcano Eruption

By: T. Hannibal Gay

T. Hannibal Gay — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:55:31 +0000

Toba pumped out over 3000 sq kilometers (1860 sq miles)of ash and various other lava bombs. Geologists now say it occurred 76,500 years ago. Furthermore it lowered Earth’s temperature by over 10 degree Kelvin, not centigrade. The resulting massive ice sheets that covered over existing ice sheets that were miles thick didn’t really start melting until about 12,000 BC and the process continues to this day. If Toba goes again we’re all screwed. The only survivors will be in basin areas at or below sea level near the equator. Maybe it’s time to conquer Mexico and the rest of Central America so our survivors will have a place to live. I’ve long advocated taking Canada, but they will be screwed with no survivors if they don’t run right away.
Seriously though, the genticist/anthropologist Spencer Wells, discovered through DNA that the human race was nearly completely wiped out by the sulfides from Toba. Homo Erectus and Ergaster were killed off and we were reduced down to only three or four thousand people living in the Kalahari basin in Botswana. Neanderthal who were an ice people to start with made a rousing comeback finally dying off around 13,000 BC on a mountain in the Spanish Pyrenees. Personally if it blows again, I’m immediately heading for the small lowlands of Ecuador. Nice site.

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By: Lotr

Lotr — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:13:41 +0000

Also saw the doc on yellowstone supervolcano, been researching on internet to see when it could happen, say on internet that has been
600,000 years already before errupted, so SPOOKY!

By: Watcher of Weasels

Watcher of Weasels — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 02:45:33 +0000

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By: Superhawk

Superhawk — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:29:44 +0000

Just saw that 3 hour movie/doc about Supervolcano erupting at Yellowstone on Discovery Channel – awesome power!
Think I’ll start stocking up on some canned goods…

By: Watcher of Weasels

Watcher of Weasels — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 03:10:07 +0000

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