[not a lolitics thread]Are looking at a couple cooler years from all the volcanic...

[BillyBadAss]

...activity the last few years. When Mount St. Helens errupted in 1980 it made a measurable change in the weather for the new few years. The world was a couple degrees cool for a couple years. Over the last couple years there has been a decent number of them going off, so has anyone read of any change?

 

[Vaskadar]

It would be interesting to see the results of a super-caldera, if not frighteningly horrific. The amount of ash jettisoned would cause widespread starvation due to crops dying from lack of sunlight, etc. It would be a 'volcanic winter', much like the one that predates one of the ice ages, IIRC.

 

[Mister_Prophet]

Remember that laser grid they put in the sky in Highlander 2?

That would be awesome.

 

[Wormbo]

The ozone layer is fine, no need for a laser grid thingy.

 

[Selerox]

So? No flights in northern Europe any time soon then? Again...

Iceland's just blown up again.

 

[Vaskadar]

It's a divergent tectonic plate. Last I remember, we have to keep on extending and/or repairing the transatlantic line in order to maintain connection between the Americas and the rest of the world.

 

[-Jes-]

The ozone layer is fine, no need for a laser grid thingy.

Can't we just have lazer domes then?

 

[lovebug]

BLOODY ASHCLOUD!! Makes my job a real pain up the ass........

 

[dragonfliet]

It's a divergent tectonic plate. Last I remember, we have to keep on extending and/or repairing the transatlantic line in order to maintain connection between the Americas and the rest of the world

While, yes, you have to maintain things, there isn't the kind movemment that requires constant adjustments because of it. A few centimeters a year has no real implications for fiberoptics lines (apparently they don't keep them 100% taut), rather it is other types of damage that are a problem.

~Jason

 

[Vaskadar]

I suppose that last post implied constant maintenance, rather than consistent, i.e. every couple decades, give or take. Says it spreads at an average rate of about 2.5 cm per year.