Volcanoes loom large as the most likely nemesis of life as we know it.
We are overdue for an INEVITABLE volcanic explosion that will cover the US with lava and ash and effect the whole earth. 640,000 years ago the caldera blew and the devastation was a global disaster.
There is a good PA post here on fairly recent coverage for recent uptick in activity at Yellowstone.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post740323
CERTAIN eruption in some "near" future time puts my life and the world in perspective.
It WILL HAPPEN and will effect me in a deadly way if I am still here on earth but also will effect everyone in a deadly way. I do not think saving seeds, storing beans and rice or even burying an RV will make a difference. In fact, I may not really want to survive given the kind of prep that seems available. What I know of prep seems almost a useless exercise IMO.
What would be useful??
The certain expectation that this will occur is something to use as a yard stick for what is important. Why would we care to focus on this one event? It speaks to the whole concept of planning for a future. PA topics focus on what matters most. If we know this will be certain, should we perhaps usefully talk about this constantly and insist that this one event be the US and world yard stick of reasonable concern?
Volcanoes actually may be why the underground cities in Turkey and over the world were built and may be why the US government has underground shelter.
How could awareness of this Yellowstone volcano mobilize people to demand a different context of SOCIAL concern? Would knowledge stir people up and make them so Mad they would come together in a smart way?
I am really curious, how does knowing about THIS one expected disaster change how others see their priorities (including concern for one's children's children's children).
Right now, the ground underneath Yellowstone National Park is rising at a record rate. In fact, it is rising at the rate of about three inches per year. The reason why this is such a concern is because underneath the park sits the Yellowstone supervolcano – the largest volcano in North America. Scientists tell us that it is inevitable that it will erupt again one day, and when it does the devastation will be almost unimaginable. A full-blown eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano would dump a 10 foot deep layer of volcanic ash up to 1,000 miles away, and it would render much of the United States uninhabitable. When most Americans think of Yellowstone, they tend to conjure up images of Yogi Bear and “Old Faithful”, but the truth is that sleeping underneath Yellowstone is a volcanic beast that could destroy our nation in a single day and now that beast is starting to wake up.http://dcclothesline.com/2013/10/03/...aring-to-life/[QUOTE]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/prog...article2.shtml[QUOTE]To predict how the climate may be affected, the BBC relied on historic data from the Toba supervolcano in Indonesia about 74,000 years ago and computer model forecasts commissioned from the UK Met Office and the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg.
Experts believe a Yellowstone eruption would inject 2,000 million tonnes of sulphur 40-50km above the Earth's surface. Once there it would take 2-3 weeks for the resulting sulphuric acid aerosols to cloak the globe – with devastating effects.
Global annual average temperatures would drop by up to 10 degrees, according to computer predictions. And the Northern Hemisphere could cool by up to 12 degrees. Experts say colder temperatures could last 6-10 years, gradually returning to normal.
Scientists predict that the Monsoon would fail as a result of even larger temperature changes in the Southern Hemisphere, causing mass starvation in the Asian countries that depend on these life-giving rains.
Temperatures in Europe could be at least 5 degrees cooler the summer after the eruption.
The actual effects of a Yellowstone super-eruption could be different depending on the size of eruption, the time of year and any number of other factors.
How likely is all of this?
An event as massive as a super-eruption would change the Earth and our society forever. It's difficult to predict the full devastation that would follow. We know there would be great loss of life and ill health, changes to our planet and major economic losses.
Scientists believe another super-eruption will happen someday. They can't completely discount a Yellowstone eruption in the near future, but the chances of this happening are extremely remote.
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