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Interesting that you should mention the Cascadia fault. I am sitting right on top of it and its already started little moves here and there. Its about 200 years late and the melting ice of the arctic had been stabilizing it but...........

its generally agreed that if it does go off we are talking about 9+ earthquakes. We are being told, right now, to make sure to have a 30 day supply of water and food because the entire area is going to be in trouble for at least that long. Now add in that Yellowstone too is starting to act up so add in a super volcano just to make things even more interesting.

Yes, if Yellowstone goes, that's the end of civilization as we know it. If Cascadia goes, at least you'll have the majority of America to lend assistance.

There's been many good documentaries on both. Then there's that Island in the Atlantic, the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma, which a landslide which seems inevitable could cause a 150 foot mega Tsunami hitting the east coast.

Kinda puts things into perspective. Of the whole bunch the melting of the Arctic may be the most interesting as its the only one which will happen because we have been abusing world for so long. They have had, this year, 100 degree weather this year a couple of times. With the melting of the Arctic ice Cascadia is just the tip of the iceberg, as they say.

I know of one town up there that has been carving holes in the ice, for years, to put their garbage in. Its gonna get REAL interesting!

Times, they are a-changing?

Is this yet another alarmist hoax from Democrats?

These are all signs of the latter days as predicted by the Bible.

It's gotta be one or the other because science is always changing.

Science really doesn't change all that much - its them damned results. How does it go - the more we know the less we really know?

We know an awful lot. Climate deniers will become fewer and fewer as cities are abandoned to the tides.

I don't think any of them actually deny that it exists anymore. Their last argument is "It's the hand of GOD..." If we build bigger churches and put god back into schools it will all be okay...can I get a AMEN brothers?

And we gotta kill those socialists!

Speaking of disasters, let's not forget about the end of the gulf stream because of ice melt. Then all of the North Atlantic gets much colder.

Ah, the ocean's highways. Now that would be a bummer.

Perhaps all these protest is now having the opposite effect of what was originally intended.

"How US recovery, chaos in Kenosha and Portland is helping Trump to blunt Biden 'steamroller'"

from the article with the link below.

“What we were afraid of is moderates saying, ‘I hate Donald Trump, but I need to be safe. I have to hold my nose and vote for him,’” Rendell told the publication."

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/...-yawning-lead-falls-apart-153149210.html

Ed Rendell uses the word monderates, but I know them by other words, independents, swing voters, the non-affiliated and yes, those who's political ideology is somewhere in-between the right, Republicans and the left, Democrats. More or less, folks like myself.

I think we need to remember the two major parties no longer have approximately 80% of the electorate identifying with them as they did back in the 40's and 50's with independents at 20% or below. Today both major parties make up 57% of the electorate, 31% Democrat, 26% Republican if Gallup and Pew Research are to be believed. Independents have grown to 41%.

For the life of me, I have never been able to figure out why both major parties are always concentrating on their base, ignoring independents. I.E. Moderates. Hopefully, Ed Rendell who is one of Biden's advisors, is telling old Joe, don't ignore moderates, independents. If he does, Trump might actually get back into this race. The old political adage for a Democrat should be strictly adhered to, "Campaign left during the primaries, move toward the center for the general election." My two cents anyway. And please Joe, don't ignore those in-betweener's."

And for those democrats among us who don't like Biden moving more toward the center. Remember, first one must win the election before he can govern. Don't let this be lost on you.