At 08:29 AM 9/14/2004, Mike Hord wrote:

>It occurs to me that during another New Madrid quake would be the one time
>I'd be glad I'm living in a mobile home- nothing worth mentioning to collapse on
>me!
>
>Of course, in Iowa, a tornado is MUCH more likely...
>
>Has anyone heard about the "super volcano" forming in IIRC Yellowstone?
>Many kilometers long and the surface of the park on top of it is rapidly
>forming a depression.  The estimate is that last time it blew, almost the
>entire continent of North America was covered in six inches of ash.

For that matter, the big island of hawaii is splitting, and at some point, half of it will fall away. This should cause a tidal wave that would likely scrub all life off the remaining islands.  There's plenty of evidence that this has happened in the past.  The rift valley is getting wider....


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