ya the ash poisoning the water supply and collapsing roofs and destroying food sources are gonna be the worst case scenarios

Probably a lot. In my opinion, I think that there are a lot of secrets floating around in everyone's government that they don't want to announce because it could cause a panic.

We really don't need to worry too much about this, it's just the calamity of the moment. Remember when the big deal was the giant eartquake that would drop the West Coast of the US in the Pacific?

But really, there haven't been enough instances of eruptions at the Yellowstone caldera for scientists to make a very accurate prediction. When they say "average 600,000 years" that has an EXTREMELY wide margin of error.

And Yellowstone is so active, it's hard to tell what changes in its landscape is just normal inner workings or cause for alarm. We've not really had the means to study it for very long.

Wasn't there made a Superman movie about that?
So don't worry, if that happens Superman will save us.

I saw it as well and enjoyed it. I even skipped watching the Simpson's so I could catch it.

I thought of something to defeat this bastard if it ever goes off; if its even possible. A cold fusion bomb, or several droped at the points of the explosive magma is shooting or soon will. Or even completely fill the place with those suckers, maybe it would freeze it all and in theory stop it from happening. Hmmm?

Another supervolcano? I had heard on the radio that there was one on the island of Sumatra, and that it could be active soonish. Then again it was from the radio, so I don't know how much truth there is to that.

I'm going to try not to worry about such things. I risk death everyday in a car or airplane. Dying from a natural disaster doesn't seem likely.

I'm not ready to go to Heaven, and there's still a lot I'd like to do. However if it happens, then it happens. Just have to think about what eternity is going to be like. Eternity makes suffering on earth look short. So I'll just suck it up, take it as it comes here in Missouri, and try to focus on what's going to happen to me after I die. Make no mistake, I plan to survive if I can.

One thing I do kind of want is for my mom and other family members to not be alive when/if it happens. I mean I can take anything, but I'd hate to see my loved one's suffer.

That's not even remotly a good idea... That's on par with setting of nukes to fuse a faultline together to stop earthquakes.

once we see all the herds of animals running out of yellowstone then we should know that something is brewing since animals can sence a natural disaster of great magnitude.

To help keep on eye on the worlds Volcanos click the link iam placing it a
Volcano Early Warning ProgrammeVOLCANO WARNING

Hope it helps.

it prolly will

The show was on tonight in Sydney. Very interesting.

wow. i hate that i've only heard about this now! kinda worrying.

the super volcano...what kind of affect would it have on the entire world? an ice age? how would it affect me?(living in ireland), just out of curiousity of course

and what's the gran canaria?

it will effect the whole world, the sulfer dioxide will block the sun out and the world's temperatures will plummet for a couple years

and it will erupt again,just like they said on tv last week.i only hope that when it does happen,we are prepared for drastic global changes.a supervolcano eruption would make another terrorist attack look like a walk in the park.

more like a walk in the safest place in the world, any giant mass destruction happens will do that

This show was awesome.

I feel like I would sleep better if I didn't read about this super volcano, but knowledge is power. I guess I'll just be moving far away if Yellowstone starts smoking.

no matter how far u run, the ash will go all across north america

i watched it as well...and i remember watching a thing on history channle about bible code stuff...and i'm about 95% sure they said the "End Of The World" would be in 2012 but didnt think much of it...but after hearing all this is kinda changing my mind and i think if they new when it would erupt they wouldnt tell us... you all know the U.S. Goverment....covering up roswell (witch did happe ...weather baloon my ass) but it happens...then well we dont have to worry about it happening for another 600,000 years

Remember people, yellowstone isnt the only one, it just happens to be the biggest.

Great show watched it twice on discovery.

~Thanato

ya theres one in Sumatra also


wheres the others?

so far all i know about is the one in Yellow Stone and Sumatra

Where is Sumatra?
What other supervolcanoes do you guys know about?

I could only imagine the damage that Yellostone would do. I just watched a little movie (National Geographic, I think) that told you about volcanoes and the damage they could do. The videos they showed, even of the small volcanoes, were terrible. There are so many things attached to volcanoes that do a lot of damage.

Pryoclastic flows along with lava are other things to worry about. So is rain and ash mixing. All I know is that if Yellowstone goes, so will quite a few people in the US.

However, looking at it without all of the devastation involved, they are beautiful and something that we need to respect.

Many people live near and in peace with active volcanoes.

Some volcanoes are actually a blessing in some places for farmers, considering that the dirt near a volcano is very rich in nutrients.

sumatra is in the south pacific,they had a volcanic eruption there in 1816 that changed the weather all over the world for two years.the same eruption also killed 120 thousand natives.

Hey, I think that it was in the video...can't exactly remember the name, but it talked of a volcano that erupted and changed the weather for two years. They mentioned that it was snowing in June in England. Crazy, isn't it?

ya and that was just a regular eruption, imagine a super one..

asuper volcanic eruption could easily kill off half the population of the northern hemisphere,and could kill 2 or 3 billion people world wide from its after effects!
when i say after effects i mean,killing the ground so we can't plant crops,killing live stock,poisoning the water,etc....

ya good point there



haha nice avatar

Just fecking google for answers, Lazy swines














Some decent Info from this site

Link

I saw it. but on the discovery channel. I was great.

sucks if it would blow this year xD

lol yeah canada would be destroyed. but not where I live

yes it would suck for it to blow this year....i just bought my slef a new jeep and well it would be kinda a waste...since we all would need to stock up on food that keeps long to survive the after affects of the thing..but if we do find out its gona blow soon then i say every one take off work..adn relax and enjoy the outside while we still can....cuz we cant beath in that ash crap

obviously you dont know much lol

yellowstone park is in USA, not Canada, canada would be affected yes but not blown to pieces by the volcano or dumped be ash

Okay, extremely stupid question here, but, just for the record, where exactly is Yellowstone?
I've asked a few people, and each gave me a different answer.

Yellowstone of course is all in a giant volcano which is in Wyoming, i think some bits of the park go into Montana and Idaho also but most of it lies in Wyoming.

Lol, I had figured out that it was a giant volcano already. Anyway, thanks for the info.

lol ya i donno why i said that

anyhoo your welcome!

Here is info on a different supervolcano that might erupt!
Click here for the link!

It is about Toba, the world's largest supervolcano that resides in Indonesia. Can you imagine two of them erupting around the same time?

I found a little bit more information on supervolcanoes. They say that there are about 40 supervolcanos in the world, but most are extinct. Thankfully. This website tells you a little bit more about Yellowstone and how supervolcanos work.

QUOTE

About 40 supervolcanoes are dotted across the globe. There are two in Britain – one in Glencoe, Scotland, the other in Scafell in the Lake District. However, most supervolcanoes, including those in Britain, burned out long ago.

There is a quote on it for you. I'm still trying to find a list of all the supervolcanoes and names, but google hasn't turned up much. I might have to find another search.

This website compares normal volcanoes to supervolcanoes. It's a good read. It also gives a little link that tells you a tiny bit about Toba.

its a very good possibility that 2 could erupt at same time, if toba is showing signs of eruption and so is yellowstone im pretty sure both can or close to the same time erupt.

info Found HERE


and the last super was 74k years ago so..and yellow stone is to erupt every 600k its now 640k... so i'd be willng say that yellow stone will be the next....and fairly soon...

even if the goverment knew something i dought they would realease it as it would cause a golble panic

i dont get that part tho, why does the government keep secrets like this away from us... would they tell us so we can evac the whole area and get ready? instead of telling it to us at the last minute when the volcano blows its top

because they think it's their job to stop mass panic and civility.since we all pay into our government,should'nt our government's first priority be to look after all of us?yes,but that may mean letting a few die to save the many.

if there was a mass panic it wouldnt help any...like in the movie every one was fleing the area and it was like a parking lot on highways so it every one left at one time it wouldnt help any ways and when every one leaves the goverment would have to do something about putting all theses people..it'd cost too much or just wouldnt be possible..so the best & easiest thing to do is not to say anything and/or denying it

thats scary tho... cause what iff thier keep secrets of it, what if it is gonna blow soon and the government aint saying anything?

well then it would suck to live on the west coast and i guess the Goverment woulnd have to worryt about the panic near yellowstone then ... Frankly theres not much any one can do about it if this thing blows soon.. can very well move 3/4 of the U.S population some where else. if it blows some people are going to die...no way around it

ya, and im pretty sure canada and mexico would soon close the borders do to the large amount of people, there would be no place to really put them.

Yeah, it'll be just like in Day After Tomorrow. They will eventually close the borders. I remember that people were wading through a small river to get ilegally into Mexico in that movie...at least I think it was Day After Tomorrow. Anyway, many people will die. Of course, those people aren't just restricted to America...

ya it was 'The Day After Tomorow' i remember that part, one thing USA will have to face is that Canada's and Mexico's borders will close if they swamp us.