Big volcanic Eruption: Is Our Planet Angry?

[ARCOgraphite]

Just reading this week about another earthquake in China and an Ash cloud from a volcanic eruption in Iceland grounding flights in the UK. Seems like a bunch of tectonic instability this past year.

 

[wwillson]

Here we go....

 

[bradepb]

Kind of makes me glad where I live, a lot of unstabil places in the world, would realy not want to be on the west coast, there realy is a serious danger there of a major earthqauke and when it happens in my lifetime or a hundred years from now it is going to be cataclysmic (sp)

 

[KrisZ]

Better find a cave somwhere in the mountains, 2012 is comming

 

[ARCOgraphite]

No agenda here at all , just seem like a period of a LOT of activity. I'm sure the earth cycles through periods of quiet and high activity. We are due for a big one up here on the MA/NH border. The only shakes Ive felt lately was the contractor next door blasting ledge to build a house on the nicely, treed and vacant lot next to me; they even sent over an insurance guy who inspected our basement for cracks before blasting. At least I had a run of 20 years without a noisy neighbor on BOTH sides of me

 

[lewdwig]

Makes me glad all I have to worry about is blizzards. I don't live in a flood plain and most tornadic activity is disrupted by Lake Michigan. And I have a job....

 

[Kestas]

Yup, welcome to good old boring Michigan... no hurricanes, no landslides, no tsunamis, no dry wildfire conditions (except for last month), no earthquakes, no water shortages, and few tornadoes.... nothing to give insurance companies a hard time.

I remember someone once pointed out that, that which attracts people to live in a place, also spawns disasters, i.e., the beautiful coasts spawn tsunamis, the beautiful mountains spawn landslides and developed from earthquakes, the tropical islands have their hurricanes and tidal surges.

 

[Trav]

Mother nature just doing her thing.We couldn't change,prevent or alter it no matter what we tried.
The Icelandic glacier will melt and possibly cause some flooding.
I can can see the kook's come out of the woodwork now.

 

[Trajan]

Planetary menopause.

 

[eljefino]

If you fold your fingers to crack your knuckles you often get a whole lot of snaps in one flex.

This is my planetary crust allegory. Tension is being relieved everywhere all at once.

 

[Schmoe]

and to think they are trying to blame global warming on humans.

 

[PandaBear]

The planet is angry because it is that time of the month....(or year, or decade, or centennial, or millennium, or ....)

 

[Liquid_Turbo]

Hmm.. let's see. If you have look at the geology of earth, you would conclude that our planet has been angry since 4.5 billion years ago. In fact, VERY angry for the first couple billion.

So a couple eruptions this year doesn't really mean anything at all.

 

[Tempest]

An angry ball of rock???

 

[mechtech2]

'earthquakes in diverse places.."

 

[ddrumman2004]

Originally Posted By: mechtech2
'earthquakes in diverse places.."


As well as "rumors of wars'.....

 

[AcuraTech]

I'm moving out to San Diego this summer, will be interesting to experience an earthquake for the first time. I've read (National Geographic current issue) that CA is one good earthquake from serious water shortage problems. If one of the main canals cracked and broke, SoCal would be high and dry. Honestly I'm not sold on long term prospects for SoCal living, will probably come back to the Midwest eventually.

Yup, we endure some brutal weather here in the Upper Midwest (long winters, humid hot summers) but we don't have earthquakes, water shortages, poisonous bugs, etc either. Every place has negatives, it's just what you're willing to deal with.

 

[Gary Allan]

Environmental lotteries. Some pay off more than others. Tornadoes in some places, hurricanes in others, earthquakes in a few.

 

[Shannow]

Originally Posted By: Schmoe
and to think they are trying to blame global warming on humans.


well we HAVE materially altered the atmosphere, we can at least accomplish THAT much.

 

[PandaBear]

Originally Posted By: AcuraTech
I'm moving out to San Diego this summer, will be interesting to experience an earthquake for the first time. I've read (National Geographic current issue) that CA is one good earthquake from serious water shortage problems. If one of the main canals cracked and broke, SoCal would be high and dry. Honestly I'm not sold on long term prospects for SoCal living, will probably come back to the Midwest eventually.

Yup, we endure some brutal weather here in the Upper Midwest (long winters, humid hot summers) but we don't have earthquakes, water shortages, poisonous bugs, etc either. Every place has negatives, it's just what you're willing to deal with.


You have much bigger problem to worry about than earth quake, it's called home price.