Super Volcano In Yellowstone National Park

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[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Well now.... you have sure put a damper on my trip this summer to Wyoming's Jackson Hole! Jackson Hole is just an hour south of Yellowstone. Was married there in 1970 and return every few years to do more backpacking. As if I didn't already have enough to think about with Grizzley Bears roaming the paths, ice cravases lurking above the snow line... now a volcano due to erupt!

Oh well, as Thornton Wilder once said, "The test of an adventure is that when you're in the middle of it, you say to yourself, "Oh, now I've got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home." And the sign that something's wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home wishing you were out having lots of adventure."

church where I was married... can see mountains beyond

camp site on 1995 trip... way up in the mountains... hubby having cup of tea... we called it having "high tea".. truely GOD'S COUNTRY!

[Doctor Stochastic]

Exactly. This volcano doesn't seem to be described in "Gilgamesh Revisited."

[Judith Anne]

Thanks for posting the article; it's fascinating. Bumping for Hub to read, later. ;-D

[avg_freeper]

I heard about this....the last time it erupted it buried animals as far away as Nebraska I think.....this is a bit worrisome. Oh well....

From what I read, It wasn't so much them being buried but more them breathing in the silicate dust. A hundred times worse than what you would find in a 1920's coal mine. Just tore their lungs to pieces.

Oh, and the obligatory: "What did George Bush Know, and When Did He Know it?"

[philman_36]

What does ITEOTWAWKI mean?
Since no one seems to have helped you out so far...
It's the end of the world as we know it. ITEOTWAWKI
Popularized in a song by REM. (And I Feel Fine)

[MissAmericanPie]

Quick, somebody get Nessy out of there.

[Junior]

You hadn't gotten as far as reply #14...

[philman_36]

My bad.

[sphinx]

The problem is, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming are all red states. Couldn't we get something to blow in California instead?

[philman_36]

I sure did miss it didn't I. If it were a snake I'd be bit.

[Rev DMV]

While there was little loss in human life, it devasted hundreds of square miles of old-growth forest, probably killing thousands of spotted owls at the same time.

Go ahead conserve, tree hug, whatever. How do you regulate the Earth causing mass extinction?

[Vigilantcitizen]

Ping.

[lepton]

And doing without crops.

Very few people grow crops. The rest of us'll just go to the store. :)

[lepton]

They might be total jerks for all I know.

So you're not sure about the genetic component? :)

[lepton]

Exactly. It's happened before, will happen again, and sounds roughly equivalent to another Krakatoa explosion.

Much more ash, and flying rocks. Much bigger overall.

[lepton]

I heard about this....the last time it erupted it buried animals as far away as Nebraska

As I understand, those Rhinosceri were a big clue in figuring this thing out.

[Pagey]

bump for big natural explosions

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Yes, bump for nature!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Bump for one of my favorite places in the US!

[Prodigal Daughter]

Quick, somebody get Nessy out of there.

Maybe the sea monsters can find a safe underwater cave to hide in. Even Bloop!