Yellowstone heating up..

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-10-05 05:38pm

I just heard on TechLive that some very unusual activity underground is causing Yellowstone's surface temperature to reach upwards of 200 degrees farenheit in some areas. Lets uh.. hope the shit doesn't blow up..

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-10-05 05:40pm

Hah, nothing will happen. Baloney to it, and if something does pop, well, it'll make my day more memorable.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-10-05 05:40pm

kojikun wrote:I just heard on TechLive that some very unusual activity underground is causing Yellowstone's surface temperature to reach upwards of 200 degrees farenheit in some areas. Lets uh.. hope the shit doesn't blow up..

And you find this strange? For crying out loud, Yellowstone is a fucking volcanic area with hot springs that can boil you alive and geysers that are very impressive.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-10-05 05:42pm

DAMN Alyeska you're vicious today!
That's semi-scary, but alyeska is right. Fuck it. We're all dead.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-10-05 05:46pm

It's usual that stuff get really hot in Yellowstone.

But they're reporting that weird stuff's going on in Yellowstone. And it's not the first time this has been reported.

They say there's a good chance a good portion of Yellowstone could explode and create ash rain all over the West.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-10-05 06:08pm

If the caldera blows, say goodbye to tens of millions of people

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-10-05 06:18pm

Hamel....no butt comments? I'll try:
Earth has a bad case of gas, Yellowstone is the anus, and the sphincter is only so strong.....

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2003-10-05 08:19pm

Hamel wrote:If the caldera blows, say goodbye to tens of millions of people

Say goodbye to a few billion. If the ash cloud is like past calderas, you get a huge drop in global temps and a mini ice-age that lasts for a fewscore years. Famine is a real bitch when you're in asia or Africa and the USA can't even feed itself.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-10-05 08:27pm

CaptainChewbacca wrote: Say goodbye to a few billion. If the ash cloud is like past calderas, you get a huge drop in global temps and a mini ice-age that lasts for a fewscore years.

Never underestimate the human spirit and of course technology. Hydroponic
farms powered by nuke power rule j00

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-10-05 08:34pm

MKSheppard wrote:

Never underestimate the human spirit and of course technology. Hydroponic
farms powered by nuke power rule j00

The big trick is building them and begin to harvest before famine sets in.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2003-10-05 08:36pm

Indeed they do, but unless we have them waiting, they're not going to do much good once the sky turns black and two meters of ash covers the main agricultural region of the USA along with all of its pacific ports.

Humanity would survive, but everything would change, and not for the better. I expect Australia or South Africa to take over in the new age of Man...

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-10-05 08:42pm

From what I remember, the ash rain won't be as bad as all of you describe.

The effects will basically be confined to the western United States, with some effects on the East. But in other parts of the world, life will go on as usual.

Course, the US will be somewhat screwed agriculturally for a while.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2003-10-05 08:48pm

The main deposits would be quite severe in North America, but you have to remember that the volume of this eruption would be orders of magnitude greater than Krakatoa, which lowered global temperatures a few degrees.

Likely, we'd have another 'Year without summer' like in the early 1800s where it was snowing in georgia on the Fourth of July because of a volcanic eruption.

40,000 years ago a caldera erupted in Indonesia and 95% of our primitive ancestors died out, at a time when most humans lived in tropical/sub tropical regions.

I hope I'm wrong, but I fear I am not.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2003-10-05 08:49pm

P.S. anyone got a link to this 'new information'?

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-10-05 09:11pm

Sea Skimmer wrote: The big trick is building them and begin to harvest before famine sets in.

Yeah, it would be a lean year, but a crash program could probably start
producing food soon. Never underestimate America.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-10-05 09:31pm

You read my mind, shep. I don't buy the america can;'t even feed itself jazz. We'd likely retreat to pre-1940's style isolationism until the catastrophe subsides, but the U.S should be able to hold it's own. That's purely speculative, but speculation is the fuel that's stoked the fires of humanity for many many years.

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2003-10-05 11:17pm

If Yellowstone Blows you'll see a drastic global i ncrease i n food prices. However, since the US is the wealthiest nation in the wolrd its l ikely that we'll be able to import more f ood then any other "needy" country. You can also expect to see trawlers out bringing in every last fishie that they can. Hell, we'll probably start harvesting artic krill, even though they taste like shit, just because they'll be cheap.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-10-06 12:31am

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:If Yellowstone Blows you'll see a drastic global i ncrease i n food prices. However, since the US is the wealthiest nation in the wolrd its l ikely that we'll be able to import more f ood then any other "needy" country. You can also expect to see trawlers out bringing in every last fishie that they can. Hell, we'll probably start harvesting artic krill, even though they taste like shit, just because they'll be cheap.

We know certain eco systems would entirely collapse. Because of that we would milk certain ones already on the brink dry just to feed us in the short term.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-10-06 12:37am

And certain people I can name, *cough*Shakkara, Mellian...*cough* would be partying, celebrating the "explosive demise" of the USA or some screwed up thing like that.

If the explosion does turn out to be big, it's gonna be kinda dark out here in the West.

Of course, you London and Aussie people would have nothing to worry about.

StimNeuro · Post by **StimNeuro** » 2003-10-06 01:15am

See, this is exactly why we never threw out those Y2K supplies. Hopefully price gouging for 3 months-worth of food won't be too illegal.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2003-10-06 01:57am

The real pain of it is that the States hardest hit would be in the west and the Great Plains, and that's where most of our agriculture is. I have a feeling there would be famine and some government food-ration programs coming out, along with water shortages and at least temporary losses of infrastructure.

Everything within about 300-400 miles of Yellowstone would be a loss, but highways and train tracks could be cleared in a few weeks and powerlines can be rerouted out of the blast area. Air travel, though, would probably not be a major option with all the crap floating in the air.

And hey, when the skies finally clear, volcanic ash makes excellent soil for farming, so that's a bonus.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-10-06 02:00am

StimNeuro wrote:See, this is exactly why we never threw out those Y2K supplies. Hopefully price gouging for 3 months-worth of food won't be too illegal.

Na, you'll just be shot on sight by your local guard unit.

StimNeuro · Post by **StimNeuro** » 2003-10-06 02:30am

Sea Skimmer wrote:
StimNeuro wrote:See, this is exactly why we never threw out those Y2K supplies. Hopefully price gouging for 3 months-worth of food won't be too illegal.
Na, you'll just be shot on sight by your local guard unit.

Bloody anti-hoarding laws. You'll get your come-upins when Y3K strikes!

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-10-06 06:32am

Shinova wrote:And certain people I can name, *cough*Shakkara, Mellian...*cough* would be partying, celebrating the "explosive demise" of the USA or some screwed up thing like that.

If the explosion does turn out to be big, it's gonna be kinda dark out here in the West.

Of course, you London and Aussie people would have nothing to worry about.

London people wouldn't notice a thing even if Yellowstone was just outside London. It'd be just another bad day to them.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-10-06 10:36am

Admiral Valdemar wrote:London people wouldn't notice a thing even if Yellowstone was just outside London. It'd be just another bad day to them.

All that rain and fog has really made you Brits bitter jaded people, eh? "Aw, shit, the bloody Caldera blew. Oh well, wanna get a pint before the match? Arsenal looks like it's going to be smashed by Manchester..."

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