Kilauea

[Ramone45]

Now THAT's climate change, and it isn't even anthropogenic!. Toxic gas. Flying boulders. Liquid fire. Sheesh.

 

[ryan8558]

you forgot the shaking ground.

 

[ThatsTheGuy]

Now THAT's climate change, and it isn't even anthropogenic!. Toxic gas. Flying boulders. Liquid fire. Sheesh.

When mixed properly, kahlua can have that affect.

 

[nowisthetime]

Another dumb argument.

Volcanoes gonna volcano. But humans can limit carbon emissions from human activities.

I swear righties are fucking stupid.

 

[jaF0]

Toxic gas. Flying boulders. Liquid fire.

the shaking ground.

Sounds like one of my Chili farts.

 

[Hypoxia]

Another dumb argument.

Volcanoes gonna volcano. But humans can limit carbon emissions from human activities.

I swear righties are fucking stupid.

I blame poor toilet training.

Anyway, humans could embed nukes in volcanic structures and pop some big surprises. That would certainly divert the conversation. Till then, volcanoes gonna spew without human control, but humans CAN learn to self-control. It'll be like planetary toilet training.

 

[Ramone45]

Sadly, at this point, people in general are not willing to do the things necessary to lessen their impact on the environment. Ford is phasing out cars because people want big SUV's. We litter. We spray poison on our lawns. I was just pointing out that the earth can do more to affect global climate in one day than humans can do in 10 years.

 

[schism666]

I was just pointing out that the earth can do more to affect global climate in one day than humans can do in 10 years.

what makes you think that? and please do not leave out any and all statistics, charts, and graphs you can find.

 

[beew]

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[Taint_mAnn]

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This is the most sense you ever made, donkey boi.

 

[Chancellor_Palpatine]

It happens whenever Que makes a post as Que, but forgets he's logged in as dishrag.

 

[Saint_Ann]

At some point somebody thought it would be a good idea to live next door to a volcano.

 

[Hypoxia]

At some point somebody thought it would be a good idea to live next door to a volcano.

Note how much of Earth's population lives in seismic zones. In this instance, my Wired email bulletin reports,

Lava is unpredictable and unyielding. It burns or buries anything in its path. And no one has figured out how to build a barrier to stop or divert the molten flow. But as destructive as lava is, volcanoes are not as deadly as other natural disasters. Earthquakes, for example, have killed seven times as many people since 1900. So maybe it's not all that surprising, as Adam Rogers reports, that people choose to live in areas that are prone to eruptions.

For one thing, shield volcanoes like Hawaii’s Kilauea tend to spew lava more slowly than stratovolcanoes like Vesuvius. Lava is currently emerging from 14 fissures in Kilauea’s East Rift Zone, which also happens to be the location of a housing subdivision called Leilani Estates. So far, nearly 2,000 people have had to evacuate, and the lava has destroyed about 12 homes.

But this isn’t new. Area residents have been dealing with their fiery-tempered neighbor for over 30 years. “It’s incredibly cheap to live there and it’s a very pleasant life, so it’s an acceptable risk to them,” says Michael Lindell, an emeritus environmental psychologist at Texas A&M who studies attitudes toward volcano risk. “In some respects it’s no different than people living on the Hayward fault, or on the flood plain in Houston. They know the risk is getting worse, but they keep on rebuilding.”

The USA eastern seaboard will drown but the fools continue building. Bye.

 

[Saint_Ann]

The Legend of Naupaka

The Half flower of Hawaii

Once upon a time in ancient Hawaii lived a beautiful princess named Naupaka. She was loved by everyone who knew her because she was just as kind as she was beautiful. One day while walking along the beach, Naupaka encountered a handsome fisherman named Kaui. When their eyes met, he smiled and told her his name was Kaui. It was love at first sight.

Realizing that she was royalty and Kaui a common fisherman, Princess Naupaka knew that she was prohibited from marrying him. She rushed to one of the Kupunas (elders) in the village who was well known for her wisdom. As Naupaka described her love for Kaui, the Kupuna sadly shook her head and said “I cannot help you for your marriage to Kaui is prohibited by Hawaiian custom. Your only hope is to see the high priest and ask his permission.”

Naupaka and Kaui travelled for days over beautiful mountains, forests, valleys, and streams in search of the high priest. Once they finally found him they excitedly revealed their love for one another to him and asked if he could allow them to marry. The priest told them “I can see that you have great love for each other but I cannot give permission for you to marry as that decision can only come from the Gods. You must pray to them until you receive an answer.” As they began to pray, dark clouds came overhead and a fierce rain fell upon them. Lightning struck nearby and thunder boomed. Princess Naupaka realized that the Gods would not allow them to marry and tore the flower from her hair and ripped it in half. She gave half to Kaui and said to him: “We cannot be together. You must go back to the ocean where you can fish. I will live the rest of my life on this mountain alone.”

As the two lovers separated, the naupaka plants that grew nearby saw how sad they were. Even the flowers mourned to see the young lover’s hearts broken so badly. As a memorial to their love, when the Naupaka flower blooms, it only blooms in halves. Today, there are two varieties of the Naupaka, one growing near the sea called Naupaka Kahakai, the other in the mountain is called Naupaka Kauihiwa. Each bear what appears to be half of a blossom and when placed together, they form a perfect flower. It is said that the lovers can be reunited when the flower of the Naupaka Kauihiwi and the Naupaka Kahakai are joined together after they have been picked.

https://kolea-hawaii.com/2017/04/19/the-legend-of-naupaka/

 

[Noor]

Now THAT's climate change, and it isn't even anthropogenic!. Toxic gas. Flying boulders. Liquid fire. Sheesh.

It's no Krakatoa, Tambora or Laki.

 

[ThatsTheGuy]

Is it wrong to think of an erupting volcano as some sort of orgasm Mother Nature is having?

 

[jaF0]

At some point somebody thought it would be a good idea to live next door to a volcano.

Joe thought he might go jump in one....

http://cineplex.media.baselineresearch.com/images/83796/83796_full.jpg

 

[Hypoxia]

They ran out of sacrificial virgins?

 

[IG_88]

I've always thought Joe vs. the Volcano to be underrated. It's dark and quirky but not a bad movie if you give it a chance.

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Pompeii_Garden_of_the_Fugitives_02.jpg

 

[WoundedKnee]

Here's looking at you kid! We'll always have Pompeii.

 

[lovecraft68]

Another dumb argument.

Volcanoes gonna volcano. But humans can limit carbon emissions from human activities.

I swear righties are fucking stupid.

What's stupid is both sides bickering over climate change vs Global warming. Fact is the weather is changing and not for the good and there is not a damn thing we can do to stop it.

We're fucked, but I guess even when it comes to dying off the morons of the right and left have to claim the victory of why we're dying off.

Personally I'm of the climate change camp, but if it were global warming? same result because what are we going to do? Going paperless and recycling going to save us? Electric cars? If GW is your belief then know that its already far too late to fix it.

I was watching my grand kids the other night ages five and 9 months and thinking these kids won't see their teens. Maybe that's a blessing the way this sick society is going.

 

[FGB]

volcanoes can affect the Earth's climate.

Volcanoes can impact climate change. During major explosive eruptions huge amounts of volcanic gas, aerosol droplets, and ash are injected into the stratosphere. Injected ash falls rapidly from the stratosphere -- most of it is removed within several days to weeks -- and has little impact on climate change. But volcanic gases like sulfur dioxide can cause global cooling, while volcanic carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, has the potential to promote global warming.

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vhp/gas_climate.html

 

[BotanyBoy]

I was watching my grand kids the other night ages five and 9 months and thinking these kids won't see their teens. Maybe that's a blessing the way this sick society is going.

So when exactly in the next 8 years is the world ending???

 

[God_Above]

So when exactly in the next 8 years is the world ending???

Thursday.