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I couldn’t help but post this video it is just way to funny.

I have seen many documentaries on volcano’s, earthquake’s, tsunamis and so on.  But this time I really was quite shocked when I heard what could happen if the Yellowstone super volcano erupted.  Last night I was watching a documentary on the Yellowstone supervolcano and asked myself the question, “do I feel safe?”

Wikipedia defines a supervolcano as.

A supervolcano or super volcanic eruption  is a volcanic eruption which is substantially larger than any volcano in historic times (generally accepted to be greater than 1,000 cubic-kilometers). Supervolcanoes occur when magma  in the Earth  rises into the crust  from a hotspot  but is unable to break through the crust. Pressure builds in a large and growing magma pool until the crust is unable to contain the pressure. Supervolcanoes are relatively new to science; they were previously unknown because they do not fit the stereotypical model of volcanoes.  Although there are only a handful of supervolcanoes, super volcanic eruptions typically cover huge areas with lava  and ash and cause a long-lasting change to weather (such as the triggering of a small ice age ) sufficient to threaten the extinction of species.

There are only 8 super eruptions that scientists have recorded. 

Lake Taupo, New Zealand - 26,500 years ago 

Lake Toba, Indonesia - 75,000 years ago

Whakamaru, New Zealand - 254,000 years ago

Yellowstone Caldera, United States - 640,000 years ago

Island Park Caldera, United States - 2.1 million years ago

Kilgore Tuff, United States - 4.5 million years ago 

Black Tail Creek, United States - 6.6 million years ago

La Garita Caldera, United States - 27.8 million yrs ago

As you can see these eruptions have happened a very long time ago, which only adds to the amount of pressure building within these supervolcanoes.  

December 2008 swarm

The Yellowstone supervolcano has been displaying signs of an eruption over due by 20,000 yrs.  Earthquakes are a common,  averaging 1,000 to 2,000 earthquakes a year. Yellowstone volcano observatory  recorded about 900 earthquakes occurring between Dec. 26, 2008 and Jan. 8, 2009.  Durring this swarm the largest quake was on December 28th recorded at a magnitude of 3.9.  Swarms are common at Yellowstone only this one was above typical activity. 

What will happen if the Yellowstone supervolcano or any other erupts?  Well within a week, the skies will be dark with dust from the impact and they will stay dark for years. All plant life will be dead within weeks. Animal life within a few months.  Anyone within about 62 miles (100 kilometers)  would simply be killed by the explosion itself.  So ask yourself.  Do you feel safe?

I have now been on Twitter for a little over a month.  At first I was very lost and confused about the do’s and dont’s of  Twitter etiquette.  I would almost go as far as to say that I was a bit scared of yet another web application, sheesh they come they go so many this day and age.  Finally I jumped on board and shortly after I  got bit by the Twitter bug.

I signed up to Twitter knowing just a handful of people.   I didn’t tweet often and didn’t check to see if I got an @ reply from anyone.   It was nice being able to communicate with friends and family, but I didn’t quite understand what the Twitter craze was all about.  Michael Arrington, Scoble, Jason Calacanis, and many other popular bloggers and such were all writing about Twitter with both good and bad reviews.  I just didn’t see what the fuss was all about.

When I got my first follower that I did not know I thought they had the wrong person, but then I got another and another and another.  Ha finally I start having conversations with people I don’t know and having a good ol time doing it.  As the followers started coming in I started to loose track of conversations and plain couldn’t keep up with it.

Thanks to my wonderful Matt, he told me to get TweetDeck.  Oh great another application for me to learn pfffft. Not looking forward to downloading and learning something new yet again but I did and my goodness it really helps keep track of conversations.  A few of the key functions (in my opinion) are being able to tweet directly from Tweet Deck, separate your friends into different groups, and tweet in real time.

I know there are many 3rd party applications that you can use with Twitter but for right now I feel really comfortable using Tweet Deck.  I will continue to read reviews of the others and see if maybe just maybe something else catches my eye.

Well here I am on a bright Sunny day finally making my first blog post on my first blog! This is so exciting for me as I first created theycallmes on March 21st 2008 on Kongregate.com http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/TheyCallMeS Now I have turned this name into something a bit more than just a gaming name, it has become a part of me on the Internet as a whole. I am looking forward to sharing with all of you, more of me!