[pepsi_junkie]

The initial deaths would be the result of poisonous gases and lava of course. But huge ammounts of ash would cover the other areas, rendering them useless for almost everything. Wouldn’t kill everyone right away but starvation would be a sure thing. Make no mistake, a full on eruption of Yellowstone has happened before and they know what it did. It will happen again and when it does it will be devastating. We can only hope that it’s not for another 1,000 years but one never knows.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

1,000 years? You really want this to annihilate your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren?

You are one heartless meanie.

[Ozark Tom]

The microscopic glass fragments that clump to form ash are the next most dangerous aspect of a volcano, next to the effect of sulfur aerosols. Greenhouse time for food.

[abigkahuna]

When Super Volcano Toba exploded in Indonesia about 70 thousand years ago, it is believed that approximately seven to ten thousand breeding pairs of humans survived worldwide. Although that is in dispute as it is believed that human activity of the period continued in the Indus Valley region.

It is also thought that humans from Australasia migrated INTO Africa following coastal routes. In fact the entry point for these humans can be pinpointed in the Eastern parts of Africa around Kenya, et al. The DNA markers of these humans differ from those of central and western Africa. It is all complicated and some independent researchers using well established studies have come to the conclusion that Human Kind may have developed first in Australasia and migrated elsewhere. All of it is fascinating.

If Yellowstone blows it will be the end of this civilization as we know it. Humans will survive, but not all. Starvation will be devastating. Flora and fauna will die off in the Americas and elsewhere.

We all remember the Dark Ages, which is dated somewhere around 540 AD. It is believed that indeed time was dark with the sun being blocked out for several summers. Places like England never saw the Sun as plants, as well as any crops died off. The search for the Chalice to heal the King/Land is a metaphor for what happened in those years until the land began to rebound. Did another volcano blow, and if so, which one? Or was it an object from the heavens?