The creed of the Miss Universe Pageant, despite its many detractors, is to spread a message of “peace, tolerance and mutual understanding” to the world. At the top of the crop are three nations (USA, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico) that come every year not just to play, but to win. The United States, where the [...]
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Top Ten Failed Apocalyptic Predictions – Super Volcano
Posted in Thoughts, tagged Aira Caldera, Fact File, Lake Toba, New Zealand, postaday2011, Supervolcano, Taupo, United States, Yellowstone Caldera, Yellowstone National Park on January 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
There are about 500 active volcanoes in the world. There are three known supervolcanoes in the US, (including Yellowstone), Lake Toba in Indonesia, Taupo in New Zealand and Aira Caldera in Japan. A supervolcano is a volcano capable of producing a volcanic eruption with an eruption radius greater than 240 cubic miles (1,000 cubic kilometers). [...]

