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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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To: John W
A supervolcano that might erupt one day.
An asteroid that MIGHT hit earth within a “few” years.
Fox News is conservative.
All the above is true. Only the last one is truly dangerous.
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:07:08 AM PDT
by
VerySadAmerican
(Since you're so much smarter than me, don't waste your time insulting me. I won't understand it.)
To: MaxMax
Not just financial Armageddon, lol!
No the deep trench off Puerto Rico has also been recently discovered to be a seismically overdue zone, the deepest trench in the Atlantic and a subduction zone where 2 tectonic plates meet
And baby the entire Caribbean has been vibrating now for weeks and it’s not just “Kick Me Jenny” but that may be part of a bigger picture
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:09:08 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: John W
As long as they’re white....government is happy.
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:09:46 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
To: John W
The timebomb under Yellowstone: Experts warn of 90,000 immediate deaths and a 'nuclear winter' Before it blows, canwe get congress, and "top" officials from the regime out there on a junket to study it?
To: John W
The DM runs this story very 6 mons with some variations.
Either way,asteroid,comet,volcano,global whatever,or political party,we are a doomed lot.
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:12:35 AM PDT
by
peteyd
(A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
To: John W
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:13:08 AM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: null and void
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:29:27 AM PDT
by
rbg81
To: rbg81
Yeah, but if only those coneheads at the SyFy channel had asked me first the tagline on Sharknado 3 wouldn’t have been “OH HELL NO” but “AW HELL GNAW!”...
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:35:53 AM 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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To: John W
Nuclear? Yes, let's throw in the word nuclear to make it sound more scary.
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:41:55 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Maps drawn by liberals? Austin is marked, but not Dallas or Houston.
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:47:44 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: John W
Nuclear Winter beats Global Warming...problem solved.
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:53:28 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: BluH2o
Lets all move to Australia!
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:55:17 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: John W
More like 90 million or more if it happens and if it matches Lava Creek or Toba.
It's unlikely to happen in our lifetime, but volcanic winter is no joke. Pinatubo opened our eyes to the power of a volcano. Laki and Tambora were two of the worst natural disasters in the past 300 years.
The good news? Pinatubo is rare, let alone a Laki, Santorini, Toba, or Tambora.
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:55:35 AM PDT
by
Darren McCarty
(Big talk isn't courageous at all. Trump's a bigmouth and a joke. Cruz or Walker have my vote.)
To: arthurus
One thing's for sure. There's a ton of climate "scientists" (alarmists) who are married to this warmism alchemy slut. When their fraud is finally exposed, they will have to be drummed from legitimate science forever. That may solve our illegal alien problem, as the newly unemployable former "scientists" have to seek work at their level of competence, we may suddenly have a glut of Americans who will do the work the rest of Americans just won't do.
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posted on
08/08/2015 9:03:16 AM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
To: xp38
Lets all move to Australia!But, but, but they have SNAKES in Australia! I saw them on the TV!
76
posted on
08/08/2015 9:18:53 AM PDT
by
Wingy
To: Wingy
And crocs too and I don’t mean that footwear.
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posted on
08/08/2015 9:28:38 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: Jack Hydrazine
Thank you Lord, previous published maps showed parts of So Cal being taken out as well.
I’m saved!
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posted on
08/08/2015 9:31:13 AM PDT
by
DAC21
(.z)
To: silverleaf
Pfffftt! We’re almost 15 feet above sea level here. I ain’t scared of no stinking quake induced tsunami.
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posted on
08/08/2015 9:41:42 AM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
To: MaxMax
If your dream is correct it’s possible that Yellowstone might erupt in our time.
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posted on
08/08/2015 9:45:21 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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