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Volcano Explosion Scale Explanation

It answers your question in the linked article, but it's too freaking long to snippet out. One thing that'll help put it in perspective from the article...


Three very large changes make today’s risks vastly higher than at previous VEI 7 eruptions. The first is population growth. For example, greater Naples, which at the time of the last eruption of Campi Flegrei had a population of ~100,000, today has ~4.4 million. Greater Manila, which was barely more than a few villages at the time of the Taal 5600 yr ago eruption, now has a population of ~25 million. The population of the world was ~400 million when Rinjani erupted in 1257, and slightly less than 1 billion when Tambora erupted in 1815; today it is more than 7 billion.


Long story short, the loss of life would be catastrophic, but we'd likely go into a period of global cooling, certain areas would be hard hit with famine. It's a long article at the link, but if you're interested in this stuff, it explains it well.

If you've kept up with the pole shift, a lot of the "experts" in that area are predicting much more volcanic and seismic activity as the magnetic poles move further, weakening our magnetic shield from solar energy. Not saying Etna was related, not saying Campi Flegrei is related, just something to watch for.

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But - here's the "out"-

"Climate scientists are now discovering that climate change is causing more frequent volcanic activity".

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Geographic activity as a whole will pick up as the pole shift progresses. As the earth's magnetic shield weakens, solar energy has a higher impact on the earth's core and will trigger more eruptions and likely earthquakes.

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And their favorite:

"We knew the patterns were increasing, but the last few years show an even greater rate of increase than ever before".

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See above...

Yep, both were on it. Sad day.

You still failed to validate your claim. Please provide a specific example of kinds of "a lot of equipment requires a CDL, and not all traverse highways". What kinds of vehicles are you referencing that are driven off highways that require a CDL to operate? I know CDL requirements, which is why I'm asking for an example in your claim, particularly, the "agricultural industry" that you say will take a hit.

Point being, this only impacts vehicles, or trailers, that meet the CDL requirements operating on road. There are zero requirements by law to have a CDL to operate any machinery off-road. If you're talking about the large tractors that will sometimes clog up two lane rural roads running between farms, if you think any of those are operating with a CDL, you're sorely mistaken. Private companies may require it to operate their equipment, but a far cry from what you're trying to claim.

What's sad is people like you who think we should support Israel because they are a "Christian" nation. Israel is 1.9% Christian as a population. Jew ? Christian.

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we live in an age when experts are so little trusted that everyone has become one

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This is the primary crux of many of our societal problems today imo. The true SME's in many of these fields have allowed blind partisanship to affect their decision making. When that happens and decisions are no longer based on facts, but rather emotional kneejerk reactions, people lose trust. When you have societies that have lost trust in their leaders, you're destined to fall. It will take years for that type of trust to be re-established, if it's even possible.

I really, really, liked the left dash and played it a couple of seasons. Outside of greenside chips though, it was never an issue and really wasn't long term as I adjusted how I played these shots. Plenty of spin on approach shots as long as backing it up every time isn't your thing. What I found is that most anything inside 150 would give a nice one hop and stop. On soft greens, wedges will still back up a little, but nothing like a v1x or v1. I've honestly found the yellow V1 gives me the best overall results for my game. It plays very close to the left dash everywhere except greenside, where it gives a little more spin. Never been fitted for a ball, just real word results from playing several different balls and finding what works best on course for me.

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The interstate system never should have happened. It already exists now. We aren't going to be tearing it all up tomorrow.

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I agree with you 100%, but since it is here, I could argue that maintaining a network of navigable highways across the nation is critical to our common defense as well. But I’d still argue that benefit doesn’t outweigh the negative impacts of the interstate system.

I would hope only the option of caving or having a Vought led shutdown.

What is the convention of geriatric thirteen year olds?