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Re:Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundar... by ChrisMarshallNY on Thursday August 27, 2026 @11:55AM (#49466896)
> typically not in our lifetime.

That's changing. Even though I'm 64, I suspect that I'll be seeing a lot of "not in my lifetime" stuff happening, before I pop my clogs.

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Re:Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundar... by DrBazza on Thursday August 27, 2026 @12:44PM (#49467624)
You're a little bit older than me - and I recall reading that 'our era' is actually pretty unusual for how quiet it has been in terms of natural disasters and their magnitudes.

Last major volcanic eruption around lots of humans: Krakatoa - 1883 Last major M9 earthquake before Sumatra: Chile - 1960

and so on. Things seem a bit more 'major' now because there's 7bn+ people.

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