What could this mean for Yellowstone?

[Tstormwatcher]

OMG its gonna blow. j/k

[Scorpion]

Well at least we're safe in Florida.

[Brent]

Well at least we're safe in Florida.

If Yellowstone ever blows, you won't be. You wouldn't get the lava flow but you would slowly freeze to death.

Not sure what's worse...

[Aslkahuna]

The type of magma in Yellowstone is the kind that produces a lot of pyroclastic flows rather than lava. That said, a single 3.2 is not noteworthy-before Pinatubo blew there were recording over 400 volcanic quakes a DAY=if that happens at Yellowstone THEN it's time to worry. That said, there's no absolute guarantee that the next Yellowstone event would be a super though it could be a biggee.

Steve

[f5]

Yellowstone is the Big Cahoegna or GrandDaddy as far as volcanoes go and i hope it doesn't erupt

[gtalum]

If Yellowstone ever blows, you won't be (safe in Florida). You wouldn't get the lava flow but you would slowly freeze to death.

I doubt we'd freeze to death. Starvation is more likely, but still not that likely. For sure civilization as we know it would be pretty much gone, but someone who is reasonably skilled in survival could make it through. The last eruption was 630,000 years ago, recent enough that our ancestors were walking the earth and managed to survive.

[wxmann_91]

Good show on Yellowstone supervolcano on the National Geographic Channel right now.

[f5]

yellowstone is the type of volcano that will have devstating worldwide imopacts all that ash in the air will reflect sunlight causing the global temperature to plunge

[Derek Ortt]

I doubt we'd freeze to death. Starvation is more likely, but still not that likely. For sure civilization as we know it would be pretty much gone, but someone who is reasonably skilled in survival could make it through. The last eruption was 630,000 years ago, recent enough that our ancestors were walking the earth and managed to survive.

in the last super eruption of Toba 74,000 years ago, there was a global survival rate of a while 1%. To say that we will likely survive is not accurate

[Brent]

I doubt we'd freeze to death. Starvation is more likely, but still not that likely. For sure civilization as we know it would be pretty much gone, but someone who is reasonably skilled in survival could make it through. The last eruption was 630,000 years ago, recent enough that our ancestors were walking the earth and managed to survive.

in the last super eruption of Toba 74,000 years ago, there was a global survival rate of a while 1%. To say that we will likely survive is not accurate

Yeah... I doubt anyone would "likely" survive, even if they are skilled in survival.

[James]

I doubt we'd freeze to death. Starvation is more likely, but still not that likely. For sure civilization as we know it would be pretty much gone, but someone who is reasonably skilled in survival could make it through. The last eruption was 630,000 years ago, recent enough that our ancestors were walking the earth and managed to survive.

in the last super eruption of Toba 74,000 years ago, there was a global survival rate of a while 1%. To say that we will likely survive is not accurate

Yeah... I doubt anyone would "likely" survive, even if they are skilled in survival.

Is Yellowstone the same size as Toba, or is it smaller?

[Derek Ortt]

I believe its larger, but someone correct me if I am wrong

[SouthFloridawx]

Virginia isn't Yellowstone though. Yellowstone is a super volcano, over due for an eruption. There is a difference between ground movement and intense pressure built up underground waiting to get out in a massive eruption. Especially when there hasn't been any 3.0s+ at Yellowstone in the past few years.

That's pretty intense... I watched the super volcano thing on discovery and it's a pretty scary thought if it were to happen.

[Brent]

I believe its larger, but someone correct me if I am wrong

I did some quick internet research just now and couldn't find a comparison. I would suspect they are pretty close in size though. The fact is we're much closer to Yellowstone though, so it wouldn't have to be as big to be devastating for North America.

and how close was Toba to the big Indian Ocean earthquake back in December 2004?

[f5]

USGS said that the yellowstonr caldera is the size of the Los Angeles basin.to put it simply its the biggest volcano on the planet.when it blows it will maake mt st helens look like a baby hiccup

[James]

USGS said that the yellowstonr caldera is the size of the Los Angeles basin.to put it simply its the biggest volcano on the planet.when it blows it will maake mt st helens look like a baby hiccup

Actually, just a few months ago the BBC made a dramatised version of the eruption. I think it was called "Supervolcano". While it was a dramatisation, it still made for sobering viewing.

[TexasStooge]

Kinda like one of those "It Could Happen Tomorrow" episodes on TWC.

[Derek Ortt]

Toba is on Sumatra, and the 9.0 was just off shore

St Helens will not even look like a hiccup. Krakatoa will be the hiccup. Tambora, which prevented there from being a summer in 1815 from a VEI-7 eruption will seem like a minor nuisance

as an aside, I wonder if that eruption was what caused Noah's flood, as after that eruption, there is a large DNA bottleneck. Maybe the flood came from the obviously large tsunami that nobody has probably ever seen before that would have occurred with the super eruption, especially when the Caldera collapsed, not to mention the intense rainfall from all of the additional CCN in the atmosphere

[Brent]

It will make St. Helens look like nothing. Literally. If you ever want to get good and depressed, read the Yellowstone worst case scenario.

[Stephanie]

Toba is on Sumatra, and the 9.0 was just off shore

St Helens will not even look like a hiccup. Krakatoa will be the hiccup. Tambora, which prevented there from being a summer in 1815 from a VEI-7 eruption will seem like a minor nuisance

as an aside, I wonder if that eruption was what caused Noah's flood, as after that eruption, there is a large DNA bottleneck. Maybe the flood came from the obviously large tsunami that nobody has probably ever seen before that would have occurred with the super eruption, especially when the Caldera collapsed, not to mention the intense rainfall from all of the additional CCN in the atmosphere

Maybe that was the flood for Noah's Ark!

There's the Cumbre Vieja volcano located on La Palma, the Canary Islands which one side of the volcano is becoming detached from it. This was a source of discussion after the Indonesian tsunami as being a potential threat to the East Coast of the United States should she blow and that side falls into the ocean.