If someone wanted to, for any reason, cause the Yellowstone caldera to erupt sooner and non-spontaneously, is that within Man’s power to do? Sufficient kiloton destructive device(s) dropped or drilled and activated at fault lines or old weak spots in cooled lava flow? Just scientifically curious.
Also wondered if the Chinese themselves, or another actor decided to destroy the Three Gorges Dam there, how big a deal would that really be on the ground there, so to speak. Flooding downstream some certainly, but catastrophic?
Also wondered if the Chinese themselves, or another actor decided to destroy the Three Gorges Dam there, how big a deal would that really be on the ground there, so to speak. Flooding downstream some certainly, but catastrophic?
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Not as bad as you might imagine for a county with over one billion people - only 7 cites washed away with 400 million dead. No biggy.