Supervolcano

The film that premiered on Discovery channel last night. Did anyone check it out? Thoughts?

Taking into account the colossal extent of my complete scientific ignorance, I find the science involving the film's concept fascinating. As a film, pretty lame.

Supervolcano? Was it about Yellowstone?

I'll bet it was no The Future is Wild.

It was pretty saweet!! Also, you learned stuff!!!

I took Earth Science as an elective two years ago so I think I can speak difinitively on the subject... And I like rocks too...

Anyways, what is this "concept" you refer to?? Now I'm all curious...

Indeed it was.

The science behind the lame-ass movie is frightening and fascinating. I was living when Mount St. Helen's errupted in '81. I literally thought the fucking world was coming to an end. The ash was piled up like fucking snow, and it hurt to breathe outside.

Scary.

Mainly that nearly the whole of Yellowstone is a gigantic volcanic crater with an insane amount of magma housed underneath it, and that the perceived pattern of eruption is every 600,000 years or so, a timeline that suggests we're overdue.

so glad i live on the east coast

Having said that, I am a Discovery channel junkie, and did catch some of the special.

Right. I was mainly going on meager knowledge I've picked up from various texts and was mentioned in the film. Obviously there isn't a consensus, but it is quite interesting, and I imagine most people don't realize that Yellowstone is a volcano.

[Edited on Apr 11, 2005 by BillHaverchuck]

What about Yellowstone?

Aw man, sorry I missed that.

The universe is a dangerous place. Armageddon Online tells you about super volcanoes, mega tsunamis and hypernova.

[Edited on Apr 11, 2005 by Yo_La_Jimbo]

doesn't matter where you live if it blows. you're stilling going to have to deal with the depressed temperatures world wide.

Did they mention anything about continental drift? Seems to me that it wouldn't be very likely for a "huge" amount of magma to persist under one location for over a million years. Not to mention the fact that a volcano with a crater the size of Yellowstone would have much less power (proportionately) than a normal volcano...

Not quite as dramatic, but there is a volcano outside of Anchorage, AK that goes off every once in a while and blankets the city with thick grey ash. It's an interesting experience, and it tends to leave the city very messy for a while.

My girl looks like a volcano with her red hair and brown dress.

It's re-airing Saturday night, I'll set my VCR.

Discovery Channel link with promo

My girl looks like a volcano with smoke, ash, and molten rock spewing out of her top.

I didnt catch it but the bf did and scared the crap outta me by telling me about it.

I so want a supervolcano in downtown LA. Rivers of lava gushing down La Brea, swallowing up humvees is kind of a dream of mine.

I was around for Mt. St. Helens, too. I was living in Michigan, and remember it snowing ash for days. It affected the average temperatures that far away for a couple years...

Awww, come on now, I'm sure if we got that temperature some strippers, maybe got good and stoned with him, told him she was a bitch...he totally wouldn't be depressed anymore. And when that happens, WORLDWIDE SPRING BREAK!!!!

Waa waaa waaaaaaaa

She'll be here all week, folks.



Try the veal.












Tip your waitress.

If Kataklysm will play the soundtrack for the supervolcano eruption, I'm there!

It's on again and i'm making a concerted effort not to change the channel so I can finally see for myself. so far there has been a magically circular ring of "vents" that formed in unison. I have no problem with them forming a misshapen ring over a period of time, but the thing is just forced... and the acting is horrible too.

I am determined to watch the rest of the movie. (I am also stoned.)

Yeah, it's definitely terrible film-wise.