Posted on 05/02/2016 7:59:07 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Although fears of a Yellowstone volcanic blast go viral every few years, there are better things to worry about than a catastrophic supereruption exploding from the bowels of Yellowstone National Park.
Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Yellowstone Volcano Observatory always pooh-pooh these worrisome memes, but that doesn't mean researchers are ignoring the possible consequences of a supereruption. Along with forecasting the damage, scientists constantly monitor the region for signs of molten rock tunneling underground. Scientists scrutinize past supereruptions, as well as smaller volcanic blasts, to predict what would happen if the Yellowstone Volcano did blow.
Here's a deeper look at whether Yellowstone's volcano would fire up a global catastrophe.
Probing Yellowstone's past Most of Yellowstone National Park sits inside three overlapping calderas. The shallow, bowl-shaped depressions formed when an underground magma chamber erupted at Yellowstone. Each time, so much material spewed out that the ground collapsed downward, creating a caldera. The massive blasts struck 2.1 million, 1.3 million and 640,000 years ago. These past eruptions serve as clues to understanding what would happen if there was another Yellowstone megaexplosion. [Yellowstone and Yosemite: Two of the World's Oldest National Parks
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Elk steaks for all !!!
10,000 is probably the upper limit.
When you think about 7,000,000,000 on the planet now, even a global population of 5,000,000 seems pretty small.
But wipe out all of them except 10,000 and you know what you’re talking about!
Most who survived were probably in the tropics and South Africa. I don’t think anyone emigrated to South America that early.
Hardly. It would be a sure killer for maybe 150-200 miles from the epicenter, grading down to an inch or less of ash on the East Coast.
It could potentially set off the San Andreas and New Madrid faults. Again, that would suck for those in the area of immediate effect, but nowhere close to a 100% killer. . .
I wish it would. I dread going to work today.
Can't even contemplate it - would be worse than if the whole Nation (and lots of Canada) had suffered the full brunt of Katrina - only with more outright destruction.
Haha I didnt even notice that. My english teacher would not have been proud.....
They did that on Sharknado.
lol
I think you meant to say they would impose a tax for the MAN MADE eruption.
Bad, stupid movie but what did they know back then about exploding atomic bombs deep in the earth.
My dogs think it would chase the squirrels in their direction.
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