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To: AC Flyer who wrote (41112)	11/7/2003 3:22:50 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 74559

AC, that is quite scary. Guess I better visit Yellowstone before it blows. Some other really bad ones include... drastic climate change erruption of Mount Rainier near Seattle earthquake on the New Madrid fault earthquake on the East Coast tsunami on the East Coast

To: AC Flyer who wrote (41112)	11/7/2003 4:14:13 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

ACF, we have a super volcano called Taupo and it's going to go off sooner rather than later. It's more of a 2000 year cycle, fueled by rapid subduction of oceanic sediment. I think I'm far enough away that survival wouldn't be an issue [300 kilometres] but it would put a large dent in NZ's economy. The largest populations in the area are Taupo and Rotorua. Those people are insane living on top of volcanoes. I do too, here in Auckland, but Auckland's are scoria cones, which make a great show over a period of time. They don't just suddenly go BANG one day in a monster phreatomagmatic blast to the sky. But there are phreatic volcanoes around the water's edges and they do go bang suddenly, being hydrothermal pressure reductions. But they only destroy areas about a kilometre across and make a mess of surrounding areas with volcanic tuff. We live away from the water. Up 60m too, to avoid minor tsunamis from meteor splashes into or over the ocean. Osama would indeed cackle about Allah destroying the Great Satan. Lt General Boykin was being a bit brazen and presumptuous asserting that his idol was bigger and tougher than Osama's. So far, the score is in Allah's favour and Boykin, who is in charge of anti-Osama and anti-Saddam intelligence is not demonstrating much of that or much success either. Allah is obviously beating Boykin's search and destroy idol hands down. Or maybe Boykin's idol is teaching him a lesson in humility. Maybe Boykin's idol doesn't want to be treated like some kind of police dog on a short leash at Boykin's command. Still no sign of Osama or Saddam and Americans are being shot from the sky and blasted on the ground by Saddam's gang, Osama's jihadis and disaffected others. Well, King George II did say "Bring them on". Personally, I'd revamp the UN into a sensible new constitution, making it something the USA could enthusiastically support, along with everyone else. The current Arabian Nights muddle of shifting sands political intrigue and murder is no way to run a railroad. Mqurice