# Yellowstone's gonna blow! We're all doooooooooomed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304 "2008-12-31T01:19:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/181 "2009-01-05T17:15:48Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Really? I know Jake Lowenstern. He must be taking a very early retirement since he’s only in his 30s. > > Then again, maybe he _does know something_ and he’s not sharing! > > 😃 High or low 30s? Is he a maverick whose love for the job resulted in a messy divorce? Does he have a teenage child who feels unappreciated, yet he can’t quite manage to bridge the emotional gap between them? Most importantly, does he have a dog? These details are important. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/182 "2009-01-05T18:54:56Z")
> [@Terrifel](#): > > High or low 30s? Is he a maverick whose love for the job resulted in a messy divorce? Does he have a teenage child who feels unappreciated, yet he can’t quite manage to bridge the emotional gap between them? Most importantly, does he have a dog? > > These details are important. Sorry, can’t help. For all I know, volcanoes are the lava of his life. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/183 "2009-01-05T21:09:50Z")
> [@Boyo Jim](#): > > I think he just went out to investigate some suspicious outgassing. It was me. Shouldn’t have had those beans for dinner, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/184 "2009-01-05T21:11:37Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Sorry, can’t help. For all I know, volcanoes are the lava of his life. Ah, I see you’ve already staked out the ‘wisecracking sidekick’ niche for yourself. Very prudent. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/185 "2009-01-05T21:39:14Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > It was me. Shouldn’t have had those beans for dinner, I guess. It was I. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/186 "2009-01-05T21:50:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > It was I. If it was you, then excuse yourself! ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/187 "2009-01-05T21:50:27Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > It was I. Well, perhaps it was both of you, then? (yea, there’s a missing ‘the’ in there. 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/188 "2009-01-05T22:08:43Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > If it was you, then excuse yourself! No, no, no. It was She, but she said me, not I. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/189 "2009-01-05T22:27:25Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > No, no, no. It was She, but she said me, not I. Well, why would she say you if it was she? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/190 "2009-01-05T22:36:27Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Well, why would she say you if it was she? 😕 She didn’t say it was I, she said, It was me when she should have said, It was I. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/191 "2009-01-06T00:36:03Z")
I think you have superfluous punctuation, or a pronoun, I’m not sure which. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/192 "2009-01-06T01:28:36Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > (snip)That is, of course, the _worst-case_ scenario, but even a “small” but major eruption doing just half that damage would still exceed anything in the historical record, kill more than any other natural disaster we’ve got on record, and be very, very bad indeed. For everybody everywhere. Worst disaster on record, huh? Did you not watch the Broncos this past season?😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/193 "2009-01-06T01:30:04Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > I think you have superfluous punctuation, Can you take anything for that? ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/194 "2009-01-06T02:37:44Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > I think you have superfluous punctuation, or a pronoun, I’m not sure which. AHA!! Pronoun trouble! ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/195 "2009-01-06T03:36:56Z")
I think we should outsource our supervolcanos. It is the American way. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/196 "2009-01-06T03:51:33Z")
So I think what you are all saying, is that I should take all the empty plastic jugs from cat litter that I have been storing in the garage, and start filling them with water, so that when the volcano goes, I’ll be ready here in Ohio to keep flushing toilets for a while? And I should really head back to Trader Joe’s and stock up on those chocolate bars they are discontinuing? Or is there too much of a chance that the eruption might make Lake Erie slosh over a bit and we’d be doomed anyhow? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/197 "2009-01-06T04:11:28Z")
How many of these plastic jugs are there? Perhaps you should build a shelter from them instead. You could use a blow torch to weld them together with dust proof seams. More importantly, _why_ are you storing them? ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/198 "2009-01-06T04:14:34Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > More importantly, _why_ are you storing them? Dude, where do you keep YOUR urine? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/199 "2009-01-06T04:39:42Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > I think you have superfluous punctuation, or a pronoun, I’m not sure which. Could be worse. Could have been disemvowelled… ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/200 "2009-01-06T05:00:02Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Volcanic ash is particularly nasty on machines. It would bring down airplanes and screw up electronics. It would be bad far ,far away. The ash is coming here? Well hell, let me get my ash-hat. (rummaging…rummaging…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304.md?page=11)