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[BeEatNU]

start to worry a bit more, pulled this off wiki (I think we can take this one as fact considering I don't think anyone goes out of their way to deface the "Caldera" article :lol)

"When Yellowstone Caldera last erupted some 640,000 years ago, it released about 1,000 km3 of dense rock equivalent (DRE) material, covering a substantial part of North America in up to two metres of debris."

or check out Supervolcano a docudrama.

I actually saw super volcano a couple of times on (iirc) Discovery channel and that shit really makes you think....

Let's hope it doesn't go ape shit in my life time

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

Damn racist planet - just had to wait for the black man to get into office - didn't ya!

I was thinking the same thing :lol :lol

Those black presidents just can't get a break.

 

[Always-honest]

ah right. isn't that where the biggest freaking humongous magma chamber of the world is?

super volcano on it's way guys.. get ready for a long night.

 

[roosters93]

'The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the
tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you! '

 

[big_z]

teh fuck with the bible thumping in this thread?

i live just outside of edmonton. looks like im safe... sucks for the rest of you.

 

[Red Scarlet]

Hmm, didn't feel anything, and I live about 90 minutes away from Yellowstone. No one's mentioned it either. When it does go though, I'll die instantly while some of you folks get to deal with the fallout or whatever.

 

[AniHawk]

teh fuck with the bible thumping in this thread?

i live just outside of edmonton. looks like im safe... sucks for the rest of you.

Looks like most of California's safe. And by safe I mean not much die immediately, but will in the ensuing chaos.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

Looks like most of California's safe. And by safe I mean not much die immediately, but will in the ensuing chaos.

They'll die in the ensuing stampede as millions flee.

 

[Rewrite]

They'll die in the ensuing stampede as millions flee.

Don't say that!

 

[Weenerz]

I hope Steve is okay.


RAAAAAMOOOOOONE, EARTHQUAKES SUCK.

You are so good at improv. :lol

 

[Aselith]

Sounds like a terror attack. Someone get me Jack Bauer on the horn!

 

[Companion Cube]

teh fuck with the bible thumping in this thread?

i live just outside of edmonton. looks like im safe... sucks for the rest of you.

What exactly are we looking at here?

 

[Always-honest]

What exactly are we looking at here?

the you are fucked chart

 

[NintendoTogepi]

Man, I can't wait for the "Yellowstone was an inside job" conspiracies :lol

 

[DDayton]

Hmm, didn't feel anything, and I live about 90 minutes away from Yellowstone. No one's mentioned it either. When it does go though, I'll die instantly while some of you folks get to deal with the fallout or whatever.

Why do I keep thinking you're from the UK? Weird.

 

[dalin80]

man thats a bummer, vegas wont get wiped out :-(

 

[Pimpwerx]

Hmm, didn't feel anything, and I live about 90 minutes away from Yellowstone. No one's mentioned it either. When it does go though, I'll die instantly while some of you folks get to deal with the fallout or whatever.

Sorry Scar, looks like you're the canary in this coal mine. :lol PEACE.

 

[NintendoTogepi]

Hmm, didn't feel anything, and I live about 90 minutes away from Yellowstone. No one's mentioned it either. When it does go though, I'll die instantly while some of you folks get to deal with the fallout or whatever.

You'll live just long enough to realize you're about to die

 

[Walshicus]

I do too.. but if that coldera collapsed, wouldn't that kill us all?

Man.. I already obsess and worry about enough stuff. :lol

It'd probably kill you. But we here would get away singed. Probably.

 

[Relix]

Why do I keep thinking you're from the UK? Weird.

I think its the Scarlet part.

 

[Snaku]

Shit! Calm the fuck down, Mr. Supervolcano!

 

[NotWii]

What exactly are we looking at here?

UFO shadow

 

[Earthstrike]

Isn't there some kind of way we can exhaust some of the magma/pressure so we don't end up with some kind of superdisaster?

 

[Bregor]

Isn't there some kind of way we can exhaust some of the magma/pressure so we don't end up with some kind of superdisaster?

Set off nukes at the critical point, that always works in the movies!

 

[tak]

Isn't there some kind of way we can exhaust some of the magma/pressure so we don't end up with some kind of superdisaster?

What ever the solution is, it'll only work if Bruce Willis is involved some how.

 

[Feral Youth]

((Panic Sex))

 

[AluminumRod]

Isn't there some kind of way we can exhaust some of the magma/pressure so we don't end up with some kind of superdisaster?

Yes, but it would require stopping the rotation of the core, and as we all know getting that bitch jump started is quite the dangerous venture. Lifes will be lost.

 

[clockradiospeakers]

One of the few times I'm glad I live in Florida, oy.

 

[RedShift]

Bah, ever since I watched that Supervolcano docudrama I've always been a bit worried about that place.

Studying Pompeii repeatedly hasn't helped.

We need to send in some of those superheroes I guess.

 

[Stinkles]

Obamatectonics in action. I warned you.

/limbaugh.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

OMG! SSSAWW THIS ON DISCOBERY CHANNLE ON MEGA DISASTERS!....

IT'S GOING TO EXPLOAD AND IT WILL BE THE END OF THE WORLD!!!!

SUPPOSEDLY A TSUNAMI, HURRICANE, NUCLEAR WARFARE AND GLOBAL WARMING WILL FOLLOW.

sODOM AND gOMMORAH IS HAPPENING BECAUSE OF PROP 8 and ObamaBi(n la)den

 

[Sol..]

Go East) Life is peaceful there
(Go East) In the open air
(Go East) Where the skies are blue
(Go East) This is what we're gonna do

 

[harSon]

San Jose motherfuckers!

 

[Insane Metal]

Well I just came here to post that this is perfectly normal, but somebody already did that. Be cool guys, Yellowstone is a place where earth is pretty much alive downthere.

 

[Spider Silva]

If it looks like it will blow, don't worry, I have the perfect plan:

- Use government coveruped large triangular UFO craft to goto Antartica

- Cut off a huge piece of ice shelf

- Drop into Yellowstone caldera

- Win

 

[AndresON777]

'The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the
tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you! '

Eh that's not even the original verse although it probably sounds better.


Oh well I hope I get to play Killzone 2 before the world ends.

 

[cashman]

Man, I can't wait for the "Yellowstone was an inside job" conspiracies :lol

It is an inside job. Inside the earth.

 

[kozmo7]

Bah, ever since I watched that Supervolcano docudrama I've always been a bit worried about that place.

Studying Pompeii repeatedly hasn't helped.

We need to send in some of those superheroes I guess.

If I was ever to get coated in ash and my body remains a statue I think I might raise my arm towards the heavens and give one mighty powerful middle finger for all the future to see.

 

[Ether_Snake]

It is an inside job. Inside the earth.

The earthquake...

It came from INSIDE the Earth!!!

 

[Garcia]

If I was ever to get coated in ash and my body remains a statue I think I might raise my arm towards the heavens and give one mighty powerful middle finger for all the future to see.

Please do that. That would be incredible to see.

 

[Big-E]

Well Vancouver seems out of the direct killzone but that will probably not mean much.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Dudes, calm down.


Take a look at the earthquake map for ANY seismically active area.

 

[MrPing1000]

pfft couldn't manage 24 in 24, weaksauce.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Here's Southern California:

The answer is: Big fucking deal.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Also, earthquake doesn't mean "Supervolcano eruption." i.e.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Yellowstone_earthquake

Could be a precursor to a big earthquake, and not a magma event. Also, magma events can occur on non-catastrophic levels. And usually do.

 

[Eiji]

BRoD?

 

[Garcia]

Also, earthquake doesn't mean "Supervolcano eruption." i.e.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Yellowstone_earthquake

Could be a precursor to a big earthquake, and not a magma event. Also, magma events can occur on non-catastrophic levels. And usually do.

Also worth mentioning that even though the magma chamber keeps rising, it also falls again at random periods of time.

It is impossible to tell if any major event will happen. I guess if the chamber was to actually exhaust, the big tremors would happen immediately before the eruption.

 

[Jamesfrom818]

According to wiki...

For three months in 1985, 3,000 minor earthquakes were detected in the northwestern section of the park, during what has been referred to as an earthquake swarm, and has been attributed to minor subsidence of the Yellowstone caldera.[32] Beginning on April 30, 2007, sixteen small earthquakes with magnitudes up to 2.7 occurred in the Yellowstone Caldera for several days. These swarms of earthquakes are common, and there have been 70 such swarms between 1983 and 2006

Not the end of the world...I hope.

 

[Godslay]

I live about about 5 hours from Yellowstone, in Wyoming. If this thing blows everyone will pretty much suffer around the world in one way or another.

 

[Dragnet]

Safe in england.

I got room for a gaffer or two if ye need accommodation.