Extremely unlikely? It’s all but inevitable. And based on the geologic record showing it’s happened with fair regularity about every 600 thousand years it’s just about due. Maybe in another hundred thousand years or maybe next month. And there’s not a damned thing anyone can do about it. It’s sort of like, well, death. Worrying about it is a horrible waste of the limited time we have to enjoy the wonders set before us. But unlike anthropomorphic global warming, second hand cigarette smoke, and CFC ozone depletion Yellowstone isn’t a myth or hoax, and when it goes off it really will change humanity and all other life on this planet. No one was taking notes last time but the earth tells the story.
“And based on the geologic record showing it’s happened with fair regularity about every 600 thousand years it’s just about due.” “...but the earth tells the story.”
Now you’ve done it. Unless they are super involved in a discussion on the Religion Thread.
Inevitable indeed. From what they’ve been able to discern, the eruptions occur when the magma finds a weak spot in the crust. The caldera appears to ‘move’ since the plate has crept along over millions of years. Literally a matter of time until it finds another release point.