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On 2/9/26 12:57, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 2/8/2026 7:19 AM, scole wrote:

In article <10le240$llr$1@panix2.panix.com>, kludge@panix.com (Scott
Dorsey) wrote:

snip

Yes, a nuclear war could make the USA look like this scenario.-a Or a
Super Volcano, etc.

Lynn

If you want to read about the effect of a super volcano check out Harry
Turtledove's Supervolcano series where Yellowstone erupts and the USA
is devastated.

bliss

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On 2/9/2026 3:38 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

On 2/9/26 12:57, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 2/8/2026 7:19 AM, scole wrote:

In article <10le240$llr$1@panix2.panix.com>, kludge@panix.com (Scott
Dorsey) wrote:

snip

Yes, a nuclear war could make the USA look like this scenario.-a Or a
Super Volcano, etc.

Lynn

-a-a-a-aIf you want to read about the effect of a super volcano check out Harry Turtledove's Supervolcano series where Yellowstone erupts and the USA is devastated.

-a-a-a-abliss

I read "Ashfall" by Mike Mullin back in 2016. Here is my review:

_Ashfall (Ashfall Trilogy)_ by Mike Mullin
www.amazon.com/Ashfall-Trilogy-Mike-Mullin/dp/1933718749/

Book number one of a three book series. There is a kindle novella
prequel on Amazon and a fourth book on the way in 2017 according to the author's website. This is a young adult series about the eruption of
the active Super Volcano in Yellowstone.
http://mikemullinauthor.com/

We do not know much about super Volcanoes. The last time Yellowstone
blew, 640,000 years ago, it deposited ash as far away as Louisiana.
This book is set in Iowa which quickly gets covered with several feet of volcanic ash when Yellowstone suddenly erupts. The book is the story
about a 15 year old boy and 17 year old girl walking to Illinois to get
away from the disaster.

One should prepare in a very general nature for this and other types of
events. History tells us that non-interesting times are limited in
scope and tend to change quickly and violently. A very minimum set of
things to do is:
1. three months of water storage for each person in the house
2. three months of food storage for each person in the house
3. some sort of protection against crazy people, I prefer guns and ammo
4. there are many other things that you can do to prepare for natural disasters, traumatic life events, national wars, civil wars, etc

My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (355 reviews)

Lynn


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Bobbie Sellers <blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com> wrote:

On 2/9/26 12:57, Lynn McGuire wrote:

Yes, a nuclear war could make the USA look like this scenario.-a Or a
Super Volcano, etc.

If you want to read about the effect of a super volcano check out Harry
Turtledove's Supervolcano series where Yellowstone erupts and the USA
is devastated.

But did it kill the kudzu even? Whatever happened in the Road even killed
the kudzu.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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On 2/9/2026 4:38 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

On 2/9/26 12:57, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 2/8/2026 7:19 AM, scole wrote:

In article <10le240$llr$1@panix2.panix.com>, kludge@panix.com (Scott
Dorsey) wrote:

snip

Yes, a nuclear war could make the USA look like this scenario.-a Or a
Super Volcano, etc.

Lynn

-a-a-a-aIf you want to read about the effect of a super volcano check out Harry Turtledove's Supervolcano series where Yellowstone erupts and the USA is devastated.

-a-a-a-abliss

I also recommend the 2005 docudrama 'Supervolcano', which dramatizes a Yellowstone eruption. It was made by the BBC and Discovery channel, and
is highly researched, educational, and factual about what such an
eruption would entail, and the response to it, set in a fictional narrative.

pt


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On 2/9/26 17:29, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Bobbie Sellers <blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com> wrote:

On 2/9/26 12:57, Lynn McGuire wrote:

Yes, a nuclear war could make the USA look like this scenario.-a Or a
Super Volcano, etc.

If you want to read about the effect of a super volcano check out Harry >> Turtledove's Supervolcano series where Yellowstone erupts and the USA
is devastated.

But did it kill the kudzu even? Whatever happened in the Road even killed the kudzu.
--scott

I do not recall that Kudzu were a problem during the recovery but breathing the air for humans and for our machines was. I think Kudzu
are indestructable, like fire ants, killer bees and superstition.

bliss

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On 09/02/2026 06:19, Paul S Person wrote:

On Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:19:20 +0100, vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole)
wrote:

In article <10le240$llr$1@panix2.panix.com>, kludge@panix.com (Scott
Dorsey) wrote:

Why haven't I heard of this before?

I hadn't heard of Cormac McCarthy until some time after I first watched
the film adaption of his No Country For Old Men. He seems to be somewhat
of a paradox - both obscure and universally praised for everything he ever >> wrote.

Now /that/ was a film worth seeing!

Yes. It certainly was. The most faithful film to a book that I have ever
seen. But it wasn't his usual style nor did it include religion or
philosophy apart from the explanation of the title.
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