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The timebomb under Yellowstone: Experts warn of 90,000 immediate deaths and a 'nuclear winter'
dailymail.co.uk ^ | August 7, 2015 | Ellie Zolfagharifard

Posted on 08/08/2015 6:46:54 AM PDT by John W

A supervolcano in the heart of America's northwest has the potential to blanket the US in a 'nuclear winter'.

If it were to erupt, the Yellowstone supervolcano would be one thousand times as powerful as the 1980 Mount St Helens eruption, experts claim.

While it has lain dormant for more than 70,000 years, scientists say that we can't rule out the possibility eruption this may some day take place - although they say the chances are extremely slim.

The eruption, the scientists say, could kill as many as 90,000 people almost instantly and release a 10 ft (3-meter) layer of molten ash 1,000 miles (1,609km) from the park.

'The ash would block off all points of entry from the ground, and the spread of ash and gases into the atmosphere would stop most air travel, just as it did when a much smaller volcano erupted in Iceland in 2010,' the magazine writes.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: yellowstone
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SHARKCANO!, the MOVIE...
101 posted on 08/09/2015 10:37:49 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (If the fetus at one minute old is not alive, what is it?)
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To: krunkygirl

I’m a men. Thought you should know...


102 posted on 08/09/2015 2:09:06 PM PDT by null and void (If the government can't protect the Marines, how can we expect it to protect us?)
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That is hilarious! I take on all comers...


103 posted on 08/09/2015 2:15:18 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: BigEdLB

Not true. Even here in WA where we had six inches of ash there was no significant fertilization effect. Over many eruptions and hundreds of years, yes.


104 posted on 08/09/2015 2:24:15 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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