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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not just Jackson Hole and Grand Targhee...
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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When I watched an episode of Horizon on this subject, the conclusion was that it would have dire consequences on the entire northern hemisphere - a bit more than a couple of ski resorts (in fact a lot more than skiing full-stop) would be significantly affected (especially agriculture).
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stanton, you should learn more about the geography/geology of the western USA. If everyone worried about what might happen, there'd still be Indians hunting buffalo. Heard about the faults that run all the way up the west coast - including Vancouver/Seattle. Active/dormant volcanoes like Mt Rainier - bye bye Seattle when she blows. And all those tornadoes in the mid west, hurricanes in the south and on the east coast. Killer snakes. Grizzly bears. Rabid right wing republicans on talk-back radio. It's amazing anyone lives here.
And what about Japan? Only a matter of time before an earthquake flattens a major city there again. Or a volcano explodes. And New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, all seismically very unstable places. I hear there's a nice hut in northern Scotland that's pretty safe ... except on Friday nights when the pub shuts 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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says the man from the country which is mostly below sea level 
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Crystal Mountain is opposite Mt Rainier. There's 3 ski areas on the active Mt Hood. Mt Bachelor is opposite an active and currently bulging volcano. Mt Baker ski field is about 10 miles from Mt Baker! These areas are my ski country . And all areas are highly populated.
and my friends who live in Bozeman, Mo would probably be quite concerned about Bridger Bowl!!!
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Never mind eh - the worlds ending Wednesday in a black hole isn't it
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stanton, not exactly news is it?
But when the supervolcano does go - all the Midwest will be under ash and US forces will be deployed to secure food rather than oil. And we will all be up the creek.
The Dutch will be safe however. No one will be after any of their culinary delicacies.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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stanton, Its the end of skiing all together when that f**cker explodes
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| stoatsbrother wrote: |
| stanton, not exactly news is it? |
Read very first sentence.
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| ben123 wrote: |
| stanton, Its the end of skiing all together when that f**cker explodes |
No
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You know it makes sense.
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| stanton wrote: |
| ben123 wrote: |
| stanton, Its the end of skiing all together when that f**cker explodes |
No |
Taking ski holidays might be the last thing on everyone's mind if there was a cataclysmic event like a supervolcano. On the other hand, the plunge into a new ice age might mean that skiing is a sensible way to get around for the majority of people outside the tropics...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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News for the Europeans, I guess. 
It's pretty well known this side of the pond. Well, for those who cares to know, that is.
What do you think those lovely hot springs come from?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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abc, It is reasonably well known in Europe too.
In New York you probably should be worrying about Cumbre Vieja too.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Makes you wonder why so many people choose to live in harms way?
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Like below sea level, you mean?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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ben123 wrote:
stanton, Its the end of skiing all together when that f**cker explodes
No
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There was a program on that supervolcano in Yosemite about a year ago or two....the world would be plunged into darkness for a couple of years.
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| rjs wrote: |
abc, It is reasonably well known in Europe too.
In New York you probably should be worrying about Cumbre Vieja too. |
Um, well just about every country that borders on the Atlantic ocean, including GB... and lets not talk about Holland
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If it erupts, just ski around it like in the movies.
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So I guess it's well known in the part of Europe that's above sea level?
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| JP wrote: |
See Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything pages 198-208. The last eruption at what is now Yellowstone, was a thousand times bigger than Mt St Helens, the one before that between 2,500 and 8,000 times bigger. It erupts on average every 600,000 years, the last one was 630,000 years ago, so it's due one. 
The last supervolcano that erupted was Toba in northern Sumatra 74,000 years ago and it is believed that it drove humans to the brink of extinction. Ice cores from Greenland reveal at least six years of volcanic winter followed Toba.
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Great book that. Yes, statistically it's due to blow any minute. Nobody knows when exactly, or exactly how big the erruption will be. But it's likely to be an extremely bad day for those living close by and very bad news indeed for the rest of us. Nobody will be worried about global warming for a few hundred years afterward. But chances of this happening in the next 100 years are still extremely slim. But it's highly likely over the next 100,000 years or so. So unlikely to affect future investment at JH
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