Yellowstone Caldera: Extinction or Exaggeration?

The Chris Pryor Show ^ | 07/20/18 | Chris Pryor

[jcpryor]

Mike Poland, the lead scientist for the Yellowstone Observatory joins the show to discuss the most recent changes at Yellowstone and to discuss the chances and signs of a catastrophic eruption. Mike's bio and wensite can be found at the following link: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/michael-poland?qt-staff_profile_science_products=3#qt-staff_profile_science_products

[BigEdLB]

Why can’t this threat be under a bunch of blue states?

[Guardian Sebastian]

No joke.

Maybe Russia better hurry and get the uranium before it is blown sky high.

[carmen2017]

More Bill Nye BullCrap.

[rktman]

And where is algore? Cruising around on some leased jet to tell people how to live and behave. He could've be solving the Yellowstone........ Laughing ....too.....hard. Can't go on.....😹😹😹😹😹🌋🔥❄️☔️🌞

[RayChuang88]

It's really scary. Remember, when Mount Tambora massively erupted in 1815, it spewed 15 cubic miles of volcanic and a massive amount of sulfur particles into the atmosphere. The result caused major weather change for 2-3 years afterward, including the famous "Year Without Summer" of 1816.

If the Yellowstone Caldera erupts again, we're talking 15 to 20 times the amount of volcanic ash and sulfur particles erupted at Tambora. That's enough to effectively blot out the Sun for several months, which will plunge Earth into a mini Ice Age, if not a real Ice Age. The resulting destruction to agriculture will devastate the human population.

[PreciousLiberty]

There’s potential there for big trouble, although it wouldn’t even “extinct” the United States in the worst case.

Bear in mind that there’s potential for all kinds of smaller eruptions than VEI 8-9....

[MarMema]

Maybe if Michael Moore volunteers to lie on it, he can save some lives.

[colorado tanker]

Several years ago I saw a map showing that Denver was in the border area between you’re dead for sure or have a chance.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Yes, the Yellowstone Caldera IS a tremendous volcanic threat.

But it has erupted at the 400,000 - 500,000 year interval. NOT every 50 years, 500 years, 5000 years, nor even 50000 years. The caldera is slowly expanding (rising) as it refills from below, but problems are not threatening even in the next 1000 - 2,000 years.

Far more likely than a Yellowstone even is a mudslide/loose snow-lava flow down the Washington and Oregon volcanoes.

However, the Los Angeles fault network of cracks IS overdue for a 7.5 to 8.0 earthquake, and THAT ENTIRE REGION IS overdue by a few dozen years for a major esarythquake.

AND even worse, the Portland - Seattle subduction zone fault zone IS overdue by about 200 years and IT DOES break regularly at 500 year-600 year intervals. THAT off-shore earthquake "typically" has tsunamis and magnitude 8.0 - 9.5 earthquakes that are tens times the energy released by the "usual" California big earthquakes.

[BenLurkin]

[Trumpet 1]

Thanks, R A Cook, Your factual analysis of fault lines and volcanoes has given me an attitude of positive thinking. Maybe Portland, Maybe LA. Probably not Wyoming.

[Lurker]

Let’s hope New Madrid doesn’t get frisky in our lifetimes.

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[ThankYouFreeRepublic]

Great looking album cover. Thanks for sharing.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Robert A Cook PE. It's the second one.

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[rktman]

Nah. Still big chunks landing there due to the spinning of the erf. It spins, not rotates because, apparently it’s flat. LOL!

[hadaclueonce]

Bring it.
I am at peace with my God

[fruser1]

Extinction.

Also included in this list:

When sun runs out of hydrogen.
Another big asteroid hit.

[Paladin2]

Interesting.

Thanks for posting.

[Ozark Tom]

There has been 80 eruption events since the last big one 640,000 years ago.

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/yellowstone_sub_page_54.html