Eruption that could wipe out millions

Time (UK) ^ | March 09, 2005 | Mark Henderson

[randog]

Not much they can do about it. Spending money on this would be a real boondoggle

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN?!

[Sax]

That's exactly what it is. Shameless. Scaring folks is one of the fastest ways to make a buck, or in this case a pound.

Ever notice how many goods and services warn people of the irresponsibility and danger you expose yourself to by not using their offerings?

[PureTrouble]

OMG!!! ! get all the super-volcanoes to sign the Kyoto protocol so this wont happen !!! /sarcasm

[Leo Carpathian]

Supervolcano predicted....women and minorities to suffer worst.

Homeless come out as winners (or vinos), they are the only ones who lost nothing. Dan Rather reporting from inside of volcanoooo..

[diamond6]

LOL!!!!

[ARCADIA]

No, if the caldera starts growing and an explosion looks imminent ... we can probably drill into it and make the lava/steam ooze out slowly ... something like ... you know, lower the pressure somehow and drain the caldera in an orderly manner.

Really, I don't this catching us by surprise, nor do I see the end of the world as we know it ...

[katana]

Time to revive the old "30 Steps to Take in Case of Nuclear Attack" poster. The final two instructions were to Bend down placing head firmly between knees, and Kiss your ass goodbye.

[GOP_1900AD]

Stuff happens. That's why the Lord told us to increase and multiply. Eventually, something big happens to wipe out millions, perhaps billions. Then the cycle repeats.

[lmailbvmbipfwedu]

>I'm not worried... the asteroid in 2026 will wipe us out >before the volcanoes will.

Its the asteroid that set off the volcanoes............Or is it the other way around...... At any rate the earth will end..........BFD I'm betting on the giant space goats......

[olde north church]

More good news from the "If It's Not One Damn Thing, It's Another Society" or the acronym phonetically:
Aye Aye NODY ASs

[ravingnutter]

Greta will report....

Only after they put the volcano on trial for murder.

[katana]

No, those past events are about as well documented as geology can manage. The succeeding layers of ash deposits in North America have pin pointed the source and magnitude of the eruptions, although the dates probably are more problematic.

Another eruption will happen, Yellowstone is a massive and active caldera, but I don't think anybody can say if it's going to happen tomorrow or in another couple hundred thousand years. The same applies to asteroid strikes, changes in the earth's magnetic poles, etc.

That makes articles like this one interesting but almost completely useless for anything but making a few erstwhile ignorant people loose sleep over something they have no power to prevent.

[katana]

lose not loose.

[goldstategop]

I'll be six feet under by the time a super volcano blows up. So this is a discussion of strictly academic interest.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[TexasCowboy]

I already spent mine on whiskey and wild, wild women.

Thanks for the memories, Yukua Migshidushu.

[FreedomFarmer]

[jusduat]

I saw the Discovery Channel program..we can't do anything
to stop it, when it decides to blow. But there's no sense
worring about this anyway, or the 2026 asteroid. The
Mayan calender ends in 2012, so we'll be dead from one
thing or the other unspecified means of destruction.

[ravingnutter]

Did a search for more info:

Supervolcano - Yellowstone National Park

While this site is one of those "end times" thingys, it does have other links to the USGS site, earthquake maps, diagrams and news stories. As with any such site, discernment is required.

Also found this old FR thread on the Discovery Channel documentary you mentioned. As with all FR threads, discernment is included : )

[mc5cents]

yet it has been ignored by the world’s governments, scientists said yesterday.

Not much they can do about it. Spending money on this would be a real boondoggle

Oh, I don't know. How much can a couple of virgins cost to toss into the volcano? That should do it.

[Churchillspirit]

If it is as major an eruption as predicted, you may not stay six feet under!