# Yellowstone geyser goes kablooey **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 23, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-geyser-goes-kablooey/1004711 "2024-07-23T22:01:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-geyser-goes-kablooey/1004711/1 "2024-07-23T22:01:01Z")
A largeish, unfaithful event. Nobody boiled. > **[VIDEO: Biscuit Basin geyser explodes, sending Yellowstone tourists packing](https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/the_hole_scroll/video-biscuit-basin-geyser-explodes-sending-yellowstone-tourists-packing/article_6862fda2-4923-11ef-b5c4-abdc9bc8cd83.html)** > > On Tuesday, tourists clad in bucket hats and Converse sneakers were traipsing along the boardwalk in Biscuit Basin when a pool of hot water bubbling up from below the surface ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-geyser-goes-kablooey/1004711/2 "2024-07-23T22:24:14Z")
Why are those maroons walking back out to gawk at the crater? It could explode at any time! Do they think it’s a feature at a theme park? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-geyser-goes-kablooey/1004711/3 "2024-07-23T22:29:33Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Do they think it’s a feature at a theme park? Probably, some of them do. Also FOMO. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-geyser-goes-kablooey/1004711/4 "2024-07-23T22:33:25Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Why are those maroons walking back out to gawk at the crater? They were being herded past by the guide. You can hear him talking. And you can see that “back past the crater” was the direction of the parking lot. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-geyser-goes-kablooey/1004711/5 "2024-07-23T23:06:42Z")
The Yellowstone Supervolcano going off would be a fitting end for the month. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-geyser-goes-kablooey/1004711/6 "2024-07-23T23:23:57Z")
The Sec. of the Interior will be dragged before Congress and forced to resign. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-geyser-goes-kablooey/1004711/7 "2024-07-23T23:28:06Z")
Awesome…and more than a little scary. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-geyser-goes-kablooey/1004711/8 "2024-07-23T23:34:39Z")
That would just be a thing, right there. I keeping thinking things just can’t get any worse and then they do. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-geyser-goes-kablooey/1004711/9 "2024-07-23T23:40:50Z")
You won the internet today. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-geyser-goes-kablooey/1004711/10 "2024-07-24T02:07:52Z")
[Photos of the aftermath from reddit r/NationalPark](https://www.reddit.com/r/NationalPark/comments/1eakfzo/aftermath_of_yellowstone_eruption/)