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"The woman had been digging through her suitcase. I saw a flash, a glint of light on metal. She'd pulled out a meat cleaver. She waved it frantically, slashing the air above the two little kids' heads."
— Jun 19, 2012 11:56AM
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"The scrap of T-shirt tied around my mouth and nose kept drying out. When it got dry, the tiny ash particles came through it, coating the inside of my mouth with nasty-tasting sludge and bringing on coughing fits."
— Jun 16, 2012 05:13PM
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Jun 13, 2012 12:25PM
that's pretty much what I did in my head every time Alex mentioned it :D
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☆Baroness☆ Jessie (Ageless Pages Reviews) wrote: "that's pretty much what I did in my head every time Alex mentioned it :D"Haha, I am just getting started, but I have a feeling it will be the same for me.:D
I might even post a pic of the caldera on an update. That thing is Enormous!!
I just hope it doesn't give me nightmares about Hot-Lava Girl...
I'm looking forward to seeing what you think of this one, Jim. I put it aside ages ago and am in desperate need of a good push to pick it back up again. :)
Thanks, Dija! I will see what I can do.:DMaybe some flaming embers and ash from a SUPERVOLCANO!!! site might help... :) I will give that a try soon..
Have you ever watched the Discovery/Science Channel specials on Yellowstone? Pretty darn scary when you think that almost everything within about a 750 mile radius would be obliterated, most of the growing area in North America would be under 1-2 feet of ash, and we would be in a longer winter because the sun would be blocked.
I have seen those, AH! It is extremely scary... We live more than 2000 miles away from the site, and there is some potential (if memory serves) that we would get some ash fallout from 'the big one'. As you said, the entire continent/planet would suffer devastating effects, and it will happen (again) eventually...I may have to wait until evening to do it, but I can post a couple pics here from a site that I found a while back. The more you know, the more there is to worry about...
I lived north of Mt. St. Helens when it blew its top. We heard it and got a dusting of ash and we were at least a 500km away. And that was about 1/10th the size of what Yellowstone would be.
Yes, indeed! Back later with more, after baseball.
Awesome, AH! It took me 20 seconds to get that puppy on my Kindle! Thanks!!
I might read that one near when I read Ashen Winter.
I want to read this. End of the world scenarios always capture my attention and give me and adrenaline rush! :)
Me too, Rachel! Nothing concentrates the attention quite like impending doom. Thanks for the comment! I am enjoying the book very much so far. I plan to post a few more terrifying pics of the site and scenario for your adrenaline entertainment (and mine)!
Oooh, can't wait! I saw bits of a documentary several years ago (I was making dinner while my son watched) and it was about a Yellowstone eruption. It showed that life as we know it would cease and it would throw us into an ice age. Scared the living you-know-what out of my son (and me, a little)! This is the scenario in this book, right?
Absolutely correct, Rachel! The pic and link I posted above (message 9) are based on the known science of the volcano. The pic shows (I think) the ashfall zone from a previous eruption which was several million years ago, if memory serves. I think there is good evidence for 2 or 3 previous eruptions.
There are science teams and instruments all around the caldera, monitoring the uplift in that area from the giant magma dome beneath. It probably won't blow anytime soon (i.e. for thousands of years), but that is not at all a sure thing, and when it does it will be a very bad day for a lot of people.
I hope you enjoy the book! Better to know about these things, I think?!?
