08-30-2017, 10:57 PM
(08-30-2017, 10:12 AM)gordi Wrote:(08-30-2017, 07:16 AM)Ninurta Wrote: Someone check my math for me please -
The volume of a sphere is calculated as (4/3)*pi*r^3
The radius ® of Earth is 3959.8 miles
(4/3)pi*(3959.8^3) = (4/3)pi(62,089,727,515.192) = (4/3)195,060,631,825.119 = 260,080,842,433.492 cubic miles
which is slightly over 260 billion cubic miles... for the volume of the entire planet.
But Yellowstone has nearly TWICE that volume of molten rock contained within it - almost twice the entire Earth, contained within a small portion of Earth.....
Yeah - that's why it's trying to burst out! LOL
Nothing to see here.... Especially if you have your hands covering your eyes...
To be honest, Yellowstone does scare me a little, in the same way that the possibility of being at ground zero of an asteroid strike spooks me just a little. Damned little chance of it happening in my lifetime, but if it DOES, I know without a doubt that my number is up and my time has come - God has put the cross-hairs on my back Himself!
Still, I had at one time planned to cover my eyes if it went up, but then I thought "well shit - it'll just burn my hands off first in that case, and there my eyes are, all uncovered again!" back to square one at that point, nothing gained.
So I reckon if it happens, there ain't no escaping it, and it was just meant to be - so I'm gonna keep on drinking beer and enjoying life until that time comes!
Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’