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[Jarrod38]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/24/us/yellowstone-supervolcano-magma-reservoir-discovery/index.html
As tourists stroll between Yellowstone's 300 active geysers, taking selfies in front of thousands of bubbling, boiling mud pots and hissing steam vents, they are treading on one of the planet's greatest time bombs.

The park is a supervolcano so enormous, it has puzzled geophysicists for decades, but now a research group, using seismic technology to scan its depths, have made a bombshell discovery.

Yellowstone's magma reserves are many magnitudes greater than previously thought, say scientists from the University of Utah.
https://vimeo.com/125629104
https://youtu.be/LWZSDi1TV8Y?t=23m13s
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Are we already dead?

 

[Slayven]

why you think they are called fly over states?

 

[GaimeGuy]

Welp

 

[Abstruse Moose]

How about we really start moving on the whole colonizing of other planets thing?

 

[chicagocubsfan]

And Russia wants to bomb it.

 

[MMaRsu]

This is gonna be bad, like in that horrible apocalypse movie by seth rogen

 

[CrimzonSamurai]

Well, great.

Just blow already I can't take the suspense! End it now you cruel cruel tectonic beast.

 

[ThatGuyAgain]

How about we really start moving on the whole colonizing of other planets thing?

Sounds like we have approx. 1 million years to do that. The earth will probably be completely abandoned by humans by then.

 

[dabig2]

Hopefully it remains non-erupting for a few more thousand years or at least to we're able to colonize space.shit exploding would really ruin earths day

 

[Sephzilla]

How about we really start moving on the whole colonizing of other planets thing?

+1 for this idea

 

[slit]

Well we all better hope that NASA's warp field is real then.

 

[braves01]

It seems like an ideal place to frack and store wastewater from fracking.

 

[diaspora]

How about we really start moving on the whole colonizing of other planets thing?

where?

 

[Ray Wonder]

Man that would suck. It would be such a chaotic time. Instantly the world changes, and millions are immediately dead. 640,000 years ago it happened. If I'm in the 100 year gap that it happens. I'm gonna be extra pissed.

 

[Catdaddy]

Michael Bay presents...

 

[maquiladora]

Are we already dead?

An eruption in the next few thousand years is extremely unlikely, the USGS says. The Utah scientists put the yearly chance at 1 in 700,000

Yes, we will all die. Of heart disease, cancer or maybe a road traffic accident. Probably not due to Yellowstone. Some deaths are more exciting than others I suppose.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Whatever.

I mean even at its previous size, it would have vaporized half of the US anyway. There ain't much difference between being super-mega-deluxe fucked and super-duper-mega-deluxe fucked.

 

[Guevara]

Maybe we in California can learn to drink magma?

 

[schlongdog]

Mother nature. The ultimate MILF.

One day she will fuck us all.

 

[slit]

Yes, we will all die. Of heart disease, cancer or maybe a road traffic accident. Probably not due to Yellowstone. Some deaths are more exciting than others I suppose.

I'm assuming they're predicting by historical patterns.

That doesn't necessarily mean squat.

 

[Walter White Walker]

They should lance that thing, like a boil. Give it a good draining and then slap a band-aid on it.

 

[BFIB]

The last time I checked, it looks like the spread would stop somewhere on the western side of Missouri.

St. Louis is safe once again!

 

[Ray Wonder]

They should lance that thing, like a boil. Give it a good draining and then slap a band-aid on it.

That's scary though. I can see why that would be a good thing to drain it, but what if you drain it. It collapses, then kablooey we dead.

 

[GIANKRATOS]

That thing will cause another mass extinction

 

[riotous]

Has anyone ever researched using volcanic areas and harnessing their energy to create power plants?

 

[Clydefrog]

Sigh, at least it’s Friday.

If I heard about this on a Monday, it would have ruined an entire week!

 

[white dynamite]

Well shit, that's depressing.
Is there any chance Yellowstone could go off during our lifetime?

 

[Evolved1]

Well shit, that's depressing.
Is there any chance Yellowstone could go off during our lifetime?

Apparently it's approximately equivalent to the chance of being struck by lightning.

 

[ReAxion]

Maybe we in California can learn to drink magma?

mmm, spicy

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

So is Vancouver, Washington no longer safe?

 

[Evolved1]

They say this doesn't increase the risk factors any.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Well shit, that's depressing.
Is there any chance Yellowstone could go off during our lifetime?

Pretty sure it was supposed to blow thousands of years ago. Scientists have a rough record of when it has erupted in the past and IIRC there is a pattern to the amount of time in between eruptions. So, yes there is a chance.

So is Vancouver, Washington no longer safe?

The whole world would be affected, but the entire Western US/Canada would probably be fucked.

 

[Kinyou]

So does Roland Emmerich have to re-release 2012?

Look at this tiny explosion

 

[xbhaskarx]

Well I guess that's that

 

[SniperHunter]

They need to send a team down there to stop the volcano core, perhaps they could freeze the core

 

[everyday math]

I'm going to Yellowstone in July. Been life long dream of mine. Please don't blow up while I'm there.

 

[Eusis]

Maybe we in California can learn to drink magma?

Are you kidding? California's plan is to book it and hang with Alaska before that thing blows up.

 

[King Cobra]

This is crazy, I wonder how long before it errupts?

 

[Marcus]

This is crazy, I wonder how long before it errupts?

tomorrow. pack your bags

 

[Somnid]

If it blew up the ash would essentially block out the sun and kill all our crops. Do you want to die relatively instantly or murdered for food in the post-apocalyptic chaos?

 

[Icyflamez96]

They need to send a team down there to stop the volcano core, perhaps they could freeze the core

This sounds like a videogame mission

 

[ActuallyHulk]

The last time I checked, it looks like the spread would stop somewhere on the western side of Missouri.

St. Louis is safe once again!

It better not I'm in KC

 

[Hoodbury]

Apparently it's approximately equivalent to the chance of being struck by lightning.

That's not very comforting, people get struck by lightning all the time.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

That's not very comforting, people get struck by lightning all the time.

yeah but no one gets struck by volcano so we'll be fine

 

[Sulik2]

Yellowstone proves the importance of space travel.

 

[everyday math]

Yellowstone proves the importance of space travel.

Mother Nature's way of pushing us out of the nest.

 

[Frosty Droid]

So is Vancouver, Washington no longer safe?

Maybe, maybe not.

 

[meitantei_conan]

If it blew up the ash would essentially block out the sun and kill all our crops. Do you want to die relatively instantly or murdered for food in the post-apocalyptic chaos?

Pretty much this. Most of north america will be covered by an ash cloud.

 

[butalala]

They need to send a team down there to stop the volcano core, perhaps they could freeze the core

They need to crush the core.

 

[Evolved1]

That's not very comforting, people get struck by lightning all the time.

Right but how often have you been struck by lightning?