An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin

Re:An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin by klyrs on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:30PM (#22639473)

To me, this is the scariest aspect of a fast&hot pandemic. If hospitals are already overloaded, supplies already exhausted, what happens in the event of a significant natural disaster? Typically, nations around the world rally to assist with hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunami, etc. What would that look like today?

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Re:An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin by wmeredith on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:51PM (#22639655)

Black swan events extreme enough to push our normal operating infrastructure to the limit are very hard to prepare for efficiently and effectively. Preparing for them to double up is likely a fool's errand. This is obviously cold comfort if we have an extinction level event on the heels of a pandemic, but at some point you have to just accept your fate.

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Re:An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin by NateEag on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:20PM (#22639976)

  Till shade is gone,
  Till water is gone,
  Into the shadow with teeth bared,
  Screaming defiance with the last breath,
  To spit in Sightblinder's eye on the last day.

I suppose the Mark Watney "Keep solving problems" is more in keeping with the HN zeitgeist. Ah well.

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Re:An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin by klyrs on Saturday March 21, 2020 @08:07AM (#22645981)

I'm not worried about extinction-level events -- more like the 100-year earthquakes and hurricanes that are improbable in any one place but somewhat frequent on a global scale... things like hurricane Katrina

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