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originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
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Could have saved you a good amount of energy.
Look at the ring of fire, it'd be beautiful to see those erupt simultaneously from the space station.
There are probably millions of volcanoes that have been active during the whole lifespan of the earth. During the past 10,000 years, there are about 1500 volcanoes on land that are known to have have been active, while the even larger number of submarine volcanoes is unknown.
At present, there are about 600 volcanoes that have had known eruptions during recorded history, while about 50-70 volcanoes are active (erupting) each year.
At any given time, there is an average of about 20 volcanoes that are erupting.
originally posted by: grainofsand
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There are probably millions of volcanoes that have been active during the whole lifespan of the earth. During the past 10,000 years, there are about 1500 volcanoes on land that are known to have have been active, while the even larger number of submarine volcanoes is unknown.
At present, there are about 600 volcanoes that have had known eruptions during recorded history, while about 50-70 volcanoes are active (erupting) each year.
At any given time, there is an average of about 20 volcanoes that are erupting.
Some food for your thoughts.
originally posted by: grainofsand
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There are probably millions of volcanoes that have been active during the whole lifespan of the earth. During the past 10,000 years, there are about 1500 volcanoes on land that are known to have have been active, while the even larger number of submarine volcanoes is unknown.
At present, there are about 600 volcanoes that have had known eruptions during recorded history, while about 50-70 volcanoes are active (erupting) each year.
At any given time, there is an average of about 20 volcanoes that are erupting.
Some food for your thoughts.
I have never been too concerned about that because I live in the UK with only a few extinct volcanoes, and the last one to erupt was around 60 million years ago.
originally posted by: Elysian
originally posted by: grainofsand
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There are probably millions of volcanoes that have been active during the whole lifespan of the earth. During the past 10,000 years, there are about 1500 volcanoes on land that are known to have have been active, while the even larger number of submarine volcanoes is unknown.
At present, there are about 600 volcanoes that have had known eruptions during recorded history, while about 50-70 volcanoes are active (erupting) each year.
At any given time, there is an average of about 20 volcanoes that are erupting.
Some food for your thoughts.
Fair Enough
But how many of those 20 at any given time are destroying cities?
Im talking about natural disaster level
originally posted by: grainofsand
I have never been too concerned about that because I live in the UK with only a few extinct volcanoes, and the last one to erupt was around 60 million years ago.
originally posted by: Elysian
originally posted by: grainofsand
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There are probably millions of volcanoes that have been active during the whole lifespan of the earth. During the past 10,000 years, there are about 1500 volcanoes on land that are known to have have been active, while the even larger number of submarine volcanoes is unknown.
At present, there are about 600 volcanoes that have had known eruptions during recorded history, while about 50-70 volcanoes are active (erupting) each year.
At any given time, there is an average of about 20 volcanoes that are erupting.
Some food for your thoughts.
Fair Enough
But how many of those 20 at any given time are destroying cities?
Im talking about natural disaster level
If I lived in a geologically active place then I would of course feel differently.
Is it a volcano zone in your 'own little world' location?
originally posted by: Informer1958
A young woman woke up one morning and went into the kitchen to cook breakfast, she put some eggs to boil, she had nothing on but a long T-shirt.
Boyfriend came into the kitchen to see what girlfriend was doing. Girlfriend said I feel a little frisky right now, why don't we have sex.
So boyfriend slammed her on the kitchen counter, he gave his all to her, in a few minutes he was done. All of a sudden girlfriend leaped off of him and runs to the stove and shuts the burners off.
Boyfriend ask what was that all about? Girlfriend replied, Oh the three minute egg timer was broke!
I hope that humored you Elysian.
The most recent recorded volcanic eruption was between 1820 and 1854, but many eyewitnesses reported eruptive activity in 1858, 1870, 1879, 1882 and 1894 as well.
Although Mount Rainier is an active volcano, as of 2010 there was no evidence of an imminent eruption. However, an eruption could be devastating for all areas surrounding the volcano. Mount Rainier is currently listed as a Decade Volcano, or one of the 16 volcanoes with the greatest likelihood of causing great loss of life and property if eruptive activity resumes.
If Mt. Rainier were to erupt as powerfully as Mount St. Helens did in its May 18, 1980, eruption, the effect would be cumulatively greater, because of the far more massive amounts of glacial ice locked on the volcano compared to Mount St. Helens and the vastly more heavily populated areas surrounding Rainier.
Lahars from Rainier pose the most risk to life and property, as many communities lie atop older lahar deposits. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), about 150,000 people live on top of old lahar deposits of Rainier Not only is there much ice atop the volcano, the volcano is also slowly being weakened by hydrothermal activity.
According to Geoff Clayton, a geologist with a Washington State Geology firm, RH2 Engineering, a repeat of the Osceola mudflow would destroy Enumclaw, Orting, Kent, Auburn, Puyallup, Sumner and all of Renton. Such a mudflow might also reach down the Duwamish estuary and destroy parts of downtown Seattle, and cause tsunamis in Puget Sound and Lake Washington. Rainier is also capable of producing pyroclastic flows and expelling lava
After standing at the top of the space needle in Seattle and looking over at Mt Rainier,
it just worries me. The potential is there to wipe out a lot of people.
I kind of meant for it to be something to think about, not a strictly direct question
If you're curious to why i ask... call it a bad feeling... im not comfortable with saying anything beyond that