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Originally posted by SonOfTheLawOfOne
The pressure in Mount Fuji's magma chamber is now higher than it was in 1707, the last time the nearly 4,000-metre-high Japanese volcano erupted, causing volcanologists to speculate that a disaster is imminent.
The new readings, taken by the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, reveal that the pressure is at 1.6 megapascals, nearly 16 times the 0.1 megapascals it takes to trigger an eruption.
Not good folks... definitely something worth keeping an eye on. This has the potential to be a world-changing event. Between killing an estimated 300,000 people, to setting off nuclear reactors, to blacking out the sun and lowering the overall temperature of the Earth, it is a definite game changer.
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I have a feeling this is going to happen relatively soon just based on the models and current pressure, but pure speculation on my part. Perhaps TrueAmerican will chime in at some point and set the record straight.
~Namaste
Originally posted by GrimReaper86
reply to post by SonOfTheLawOfOne
While this isn't the best news in the world, there is a silver lining. Lowering the Earth's temperature is something the Earth could use since it's slowly been getting warmer and warmer.
Not that any other part of a volcanic eruption of significant size would be advantageous, but I like to find the good in any situation if at all possible.
Originally posted by SonOfTheLawOfOne
The pressure in Mount Fuji's magma chamber is now higher than it was in 1707, the last time the nearly 4,000-metre-high Japanese volcano erupted, causing volcanologists to speculate that a disaster is imminent.
The new readings, taken by the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, reveal that the pressure is at 1.6 megapascals, nearly 16 times the 0.1 megapascals it takes to trigger an eruption.
Not good folks... definitely something worth keeping an eye on. This has the potential to be a world-changing event. Between killing an estimated 300,000 people, to setting off nuclear reactors, to blacking out the sun and lowering the overall temperature of the Earth, it is a definite game changer.
Source
I have a feeling this is going to happen relatively soon just based on the models and current pressure, but pure speculation on my part. Perhaps TrueAmerican will chime in at some point and set the record straight.
~Namaste
I wonder where they would evacuate to if it came to that? Probably America and not China, right? Maybe S. Korea?
Originally posted by rickymouse
How the heck do they know how high the pressure was in 1707? Maybe someone had a pressure gauge back then and recorded the pressure on some ricepaper.. Sounds like speculation to me The validity of the evidence is unimportant anyway, it's only there to convince people that it is going to blow soon which it probably will.