It wouldnt go off all of a sudden. There would be more and more earthquakes and more severe. There would be several vents open up and those would enjoin with each other and spew ash until they all come unzipped and the thing collapses again creating another caldera. Days? Weeks? Nobody knows. But the biggest one put enough ash into the air making it the second biggest event in years and years.
There would be days of advance warning for people to get the hell outta the way. What good that would do, I dont know since it will kill in effect over one third of the earths population over the years following the event.
So much for the survivalists. They will die as well as the rest. except they will starve a little later than the rest of us.
Thanks.
I’ve seen maps of the expected depth of the ash out from the caldera and it’s scary to contemplate.
One option, never discussed by scientists, it the use of both conventional and nuclear bombs to open magma bulges, which would release the gases and cause them to collapse as CRZ wrote.
I would be like lancing a big boil (bulge) but under controlled conditions.
I actually prefer a zombie apocalypse because you can kill zombies and still have a life. Hell, just look at Rick and the gang over at “The Walking Dead”. They’re still around after 5 years and about 7 seasons. Proof that there is life after zombieism unless Democrats still exist.