Posted on 09/09/2014 3:29:34 PM PDT by EveningStar
That is correct. Yellowstone is a CALDERA. Which is much worse.
I’ve been through one volcano, Mt. St. Helen. They are no fun, specially when I read that Mt. Rainier is the highest of 57 volcano’s in the Cascades. The lowlands below Mt. Rainier are now vast housing developments, which could mean serious trouble here in the NW.
http://www.ccrh.org/comm/moses/image/mosel/ashclds.jpg
Guess I'm going to have to start developing a taste for cockroaches.
It’s a caldera. That’s the part inside the “mountain.” The issue is that it’s so big that when you are there, you cannot see it.
We will know when investment in the US sharply declines.
“You’re kidding. I hope.”
I am. I respect Yellowstone, having been there so many times and understanding that boiling caldrons of sulfur just don’t pop up for no reason...there is OBVIOUSLY something down there, it whatever it is, it means business.
I’m more making an allegory to the IDIOTS on this site that think that Putin is in command of Yeltsin’s military. He is not...his military is a REAL THREAT to us on all levels, even more than the Soviet military was, as the Russians have had TWO DECADES of unfettered access to Western technology and hardware.
But, for some people, they won’t believe that until the mushroom clouds appear...
Why not? All kinds of other devastating things are happening within our lifetime.
The problem is that an area that could have a super-eruption also has other possibilities for relief that are less catastrophic. Nobody knows. Might be we'll have a lake of lava to toast weenies over. Might be we'll have a Krakatoa on steroids. I'll plan for the weenie roast because if it's the other, there isn't a damn thing I can do about it.
Sharkano!: A massive volcanic eruption spews thousands of sharks into the air, hundreds of miles in all directions
I hope it happens AFTER the World Series!
It seems that living on a different volcano out in the middle of the Pacific ocean is not so bad after all.
I suspected that you were kidding.
You’re right about the other comments as well.
Business Insider is garbage. Why waste time speculating on something that has odds of 100,000:1 against?
Lawyers, cockroaches, and Our Reptilian Masterssssssss.....
Well, for one thing, we wouldn’t have to worry about global warming anymore..
Thanks...I was feeling alone here - those people are really intense.
JeeperS!
One to three millimeters, almost half the thickness of a .223 bullet, is what would rain down upon my neck of the woods.
Do I feel relieved about that? No. Here’s why:
depending on the season, the cotton fields would get destroyed; the produce fields in Plaquemines Parish would have a bad go of it; the ash rain would cover the swamps, possibly destroying all vegetation, and all that lives in those waters, too; the ash rain falling on all the wooden framed housing might start a firestorm that Louisiana has not seen since the War of 1812.
Since there is no exact means to say when the caldera might blow, my concern would be, if it were to start when a major storm is coming ashore.
Indeed....
Then I guess I really shouldn't worry about a large asteroid hitting Yellowstone. But then, three days ago, I wasn't worried about 3.29 inches of rain falling within 5 hours on the Phoenix desert.
Poor apostrophe. You're making it work when it's supposed to be off duty.
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