keith_w wrote:
>> Earthquakes are nothing. I just watched a Nova program on "Super
>> Volcanos". The last time one blew, 75,000 years ago, it spewed about
>> 5,600 times as much material into the atmosphere as Mt St. Helens, 230
>> times as much as Krakatoa, and may have precipitated an ice age.
>>
>
> Mein Gott! That was 73,000 B.C.! Or, as they say now, B.C.E.
> Which one was that, please?
>
Toba, Sumatra <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/megavolcano/about.html>.
But as Walt points out the one most likely, based on past cycle time, to
go up next is Yellowstone. Program will probably be repeated on a PBS
station near you; worth a look.
Moose
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