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Old 09-19-2003   #1 (permalink)
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A good reason NOT to come to the USA...

Saw this posted on another forum...Very scary, to say the very least, and it appears to be from good sources.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/frontiers_20021009.shtml


http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/volcano_monitor_010807-3.html


http://www.solcomhouse.com/yellowstone.htm


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...enough material to cover Wyoming with a layer 13 feet thick or the entire conterminous United States with a layer 5 inches thick.


Ummmmmm. Ok. Nice knowing you all.

Seriously, could we not vent this steam and all? And maybe even use it as a power source? We use steam in power plants to turn turbines, this would be the same except we wouldn't have to create that steam because it would already be there.

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RE: A good reason NOT to come to the USA...

Bill Bryson writes about this in his latest book, "A Short History of Almost Everything".

Bye, bye, Noah.

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Is Yellowstone still there?
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Re: A good reason NOT to come to the USA...

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Is Yellowstone still there?
I'm not sure, but we've accumulated 4 inches of snow in the last hour, which is really weird for the South.
Hey wait, that's not snow...it's...it's....fertilizer.


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