NotTheGuyYouKill
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I haven't read the thread because I refuse to even take a chance and find out that I'm wrong when I say that I'm fucking safe from that super volcano.
The good thing is it's going to affect everyone, no matter your location - unless you're in the ISS.NotTheGuyYouKill said:I haven't read the thread because I refuse to even take a chance and find out that I'm wrong when I say that I'm fucking safe from that super volcano.
Slavik81 said:In the case of volcanos, is the "we're due" thing just the gambler's fallacy, or does the likelyhood of a rare volcanic event increase over time?
Seeing as you're in North America.... you may have a few hours longer than those in the disaster zone.NotTheGuyYouKill said:I haven't read the thread because I refuse to even take a chance and find out that I'm wrong when I say that I'm fucking safe from that super volcano.
hydragonwarrior said:"The most likely type of eruption would not be volcanic but, rather, hydrothermal." http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/about/faq/faqactivity.php
Reposted my q from the other yellowstone thread: So right now that volcano is more likely a volcanic eruption then a hydrothermal one?
Yeah, I think this needs to be taken into consideration. There is no doubt that a super-volcano eruption would cause terrible suffering the world around.. but I don't think it's possible to be an ELE. The US would be royally f'ed though.Antimatter said:The super-eruption of Toba, did it cause a human bottleneck?
Toba was larger than any Yellowstone eruption and they didn't even find evidence that the volcanic winter caused mass extinctions with environmentally sensitive species, let alone humans.
GhaleonEB said:Heh. I live in the tiny unaffected area of Oregon.
Back then, we were all living on one continent, though. We've spread across the world now, and have this uncanny ability to adapt to situations most mammals wouldn't be able to. Records seem to indicate the volcanic winter caused by that supervolcanic eruption lasted a good five to ten years. The fact that any of our ancestors survived back then was a stroke of luck, but now, our chances would be way better. It'd be tough times, for sure, but we (as a species) would make it through.astroturfing said:supervolcanos really are no joke. from what i've read, apparently tens/hundreds of thousands years ago a supervolcano erupted and wiped out the vast majority of humans on earth. not directly, but it spewed so much ash in the air that very little sunlight reached earth... mass excinctions followed and only the luckiest humans survived.
GhaleonEB said:Heh. I live in the tiny unaffected area of Oregon.
brb going to drill into it, will let you know how it goesSpacLock said:I say we drill into it and start slowly releasing some of the pressure.
Then drop a nuke into it and blow it up.
I'm a scientist.
SpacLock said:I say we drill into it and start slowly releasing some of the pressure.
Then drop a nuke into it and blow it up.
I'm a scientist.
LOLlupin23rd said:I was reading this thread in the mall food court and then some kid popped a balloon... Not cool!
bullshit, New Zealand and Indonesia have supervolcanoes, if one goes off, we won't be able to grow anythingEatChildren said:Thankfully I live in Australia the safest country in the world.
SAFEST COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD
no, but the problem is how you plan to power them long term.Mr. Wonderful said:Would it really be so cold that our heating systems couldn't keep up?
Drop Bears.EatChildren said:Thankfully I live in Australia the safest country in the world.
SAFEST COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD
Wii said:bullshit, New Zealand and Indonesia have supervolcanoes, if one goes off, we won't be able to grow anything
And the shockwave from the eruption would cause a mighty tsunami
SpacLock said:I say we drill into it and start slowly releasing some of the pressure.
Then drop a nuke into it and blow it up.
I'm a scientist.
Pachinko said:I wholeheartedly support this operation, now we merely need to find the worlds top scientists and geothermal engineers to build a drill that could get through all the crust , a nuke with pressure resistant hull to avoid implosion while being launched into the hole and finally we need some foreign national with an unlikable personality that's secretly working for the organization that created yellowstone national park and has interest in sabotaging the mission.
You have 10 days to assemble your team.. and a budget of uh.. the 27 cents Canadian on my desk.
Charlie Frost?Kung Fu Jedi said:Been to Yellowstone twice in the past six months. Once in the summer, once in the winter, and it is a fantastic place to visit. I'm sure it would be a spectacular place to die. If this thing goes, I'd want to be at ground zero.
EatChildren said:Thankfully I live in Australia the safest country in the world.
SAFEST COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD
Spire said:He's practically the unofficial mascot of The Science Channel and he's on pretty much every science-related show on the History Channel.
I would pay good money to see a cage match between him and Neil deGrasse Tyson.
LOLBlackace said:WHERE EVERY ANIMAL IS POISIONOUS
GhaleonEB said:Heh. I live in the tiny unaffected area of Oregon.
Who are you.Belfast said:
Hey, dudes.
Blackace said:WHERE EVERY ANIMAL IS POISIONOUS
Koodo said:Who are you.
Yellowstone erupting is a mass extinction level event that will effect everyone on this little blue ball. The eruption radius will be effed of course, but the nuclear winter will be the problem on a global scale.NotTheGuyYouKill said:I haven't read the thread because I refuse to even take a chance and find out that I'm wrong when I say that I'm fucking safe from that super volcano.
EatChildren said:Thankfully I live in Australia the safest country in the world.
SAFEST COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD
Belfast said:
Hey, dudes.
EL Beefo said:Because I know this map is 100% accurate.
So instead of dying right away, you get to deal with the aftermath of a nuclear winter and the survivors all fighting for dwindling supplies and food.EL Beefo said:
Because I know this map is 100% accurate.