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Old January 3rd 04, 02:49 AM
Paul F. Dietz
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James Nicoll wrote:

Food storage is an obvious first step. Not entirely certain
what to do about ash (not in the sense of stopping ashfall but limiting
the human deaths from it). I am mildly optimistic that this is a solvable
problem, much in the way limiting earthquake deaths was.


Food storage would be costly if done on a continuing basis. However,
if it were possible to trigger the eruption, food could be stockpiled
(and other preparations made) beforehand (and the eruption timed for
late fall.) The eruption could also be triggered before pressure
in the magma chamber grew too large, and so might be smaller than
a natural eruption.

How to trigger the eruption? One or more aimed impacts by moderate
sized asteroids, perhaps (or maybe very large, elongated metal
penetrators, made from asteroidal metal.)

Paul