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To: jim black who wrote (23258)	9/9/2002 11:47:03 PM
From: H.Jablomey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

I saw that program several months ago. It scared the shit out of me until I realized that I would be instantly killed in such an eruption. (I live in Idaho, USA) Now I just live with the fact, in the back of my mind, that my whole family wouldn't have to deal with the aftermath of such an event. What happens to the human species after Yellowstone blows is of no concern to me. Sorry for the survivors, though.

To: jim black who wrote (23258)	9/9/2002 11:51:29 PM
From: Hugh A	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

OT - Robert A. Heinlein JB My favorite Heinlein quote - "Moderation is for monks." I have no idea which book/character and I'm sure it's been 30 years since I read it. Talk about the mists of time! Lazarus Long, maybe? HA

To: jim black who wrote (23258)	9/10/2002 12:10:18 AM
From: pezz	Respond to of 74559

Well I'm movin to Jackson Hole anyway...eruptions be damned. Hope to catch that show,. Love the Discovery channel. Just watched the story of "Big Al" <<tomorrow it's back to the business of making /holding onto our money.>> I haven't made a trade in over two weeks . #@**% crazy man keeps rattlin his sword scarin the mkt and me both.

To: jim black who wrote (23258)	9/10/2002 2:25:34 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 74559

But Jim, all our eggs have been in this basket for billions of years and there hasn't been any problem we can't handle. We just breed and spread, breed and spread. Now, with humans, mindless nature doesn't have a chance. We can do anything! We can stay here. Move 1 kilometre inland. Don't live on volcanoes. Then, nothing can get us. The biggest comet would cut the population dramatically, but hordes of people would emerge from their bunkers, underground hideouts and stuff [where they right now have big stashes of food with water running by], and off they'd go again. Heck, it wouldn't take 2 years. They could come out in a month and the sky would have cleared a lot. Replanting could start immediately. They'd have the plans for how to do it all. Cyberspace wouldn't notice anything much had happened. That's assuming we don't bother deflecting it. It's funny to see people like Pezz think that they've been 50 years somewhere and haven't seen any waves. Especially on the anniversary of the sunny day when the two towers fell. They'd stood for 30 years and I'm sure not many people expected them to fall when they were on their way to work a year ago, enjoying a beautiful early autumn day. Americans would do well to forget about box cutters and nail clippers. Nobody is going to hijack a plane with anything less than an automatic gun and lots of ammunition. The passengers would go ape. A couple of guys with pistols wouldn't gain control of the plane. They'd be buried in carry on baggage, fists, bottles, blankets, pillows. People would do better to look towards the skies, but not for aircraft. Humans have won. There's just a bit of tidying up to do. Then, cyberspace will take over from us. We'll have a role as CDNA while CDMA develops from It's current zygotic stage to full blown Zeitgeist. For humans who wish to see their baby develop, they'd do well to move inland and uphill for their normal life, visiting the sea only to catch fish, swim, enjoy the beauty of nature and ponder the meaning of life. Keep the car fueled and don't dally too long.... Bangalore is well placed. So is Las Vegas. It would take a big and close splash to get them. I'm a bit low at 60 metres and only a couple of kilometres inland. There are some handy 400 metre mountains to the east and west though, which will take much of the shock for smaller waves. We'll never leave the planet. There's nowhere to go. Maybe some CDNA will leave, along with It, to join the great Gaussian microwave chatter in the sky. But just as chimps are bemused by New York, we'll be lost in that space. I think we are here to stay. Just a bunch of primates, seeing out our days, having some fun along the way, boys chasing girls, fighting to be top monkey, pondering the meaning of life and all that stuff... Mqurice CDNA = cyberdeoxyribonucleic acid [genetic engineering writ large]. CDMA = pixelated phragmented photon cyberspace made of code division multiple access as invented by QUALCOMM

To: jim black who wrote (23258)	9/10/2002 10:36:33 PM
From: AC Flyer	Respond to of 74559

Hi jim: >>On the other hand say a 150 meter rock comes in at 40,000 miles an hour<< I always chuckle when I see yet another movie showing the dinosaur (or whatever) destroying meteor cruising through the sky trailing a gently billowing plume of smoke. I guess human brains don't really grasp the truly cosmic destructiveness of these events, with such an object penetrating the full thickness of the Earth's atmosphere in slightly less than two seconds. Now that's kinetic energy.

To: jim black who wrote (23258)	9/12/2002 7:47:25 PM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 74559

Tsunamis went right over the top of the Sydney Heads into the harbor in the last millenium from the geological evidence that I've read about. I'd say the cliffs are 100 metres high.... So any beach front property on the ocean side would be in real trouble.... Yeah sure humanity will survive any impact but the loss of population will be very big as most people live close to the coast. For your 150m rock the waves wouldn't push too far inland.... It's mass if rock would be about 5 million tonnes, 18000 meters per second This is the number of joules released: 7.90729E+17 :) If that is released in one second that is 790million Gigawatts Also that is like converting 9kg of matter into energy...