# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/161 "2009-01-05T04:23:27Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Doesn’t this pause just mean the pressure is building up for the big release, meaning doom is now imminent? 🙂 I am intrigued by your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/162 "2009-01-05T04:49:22Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Doesn’t this pause just mean the pressure is building up for the big release, meaning doom is now imminent? 🙂 Now that you mention it, the park is quiet… too quiet. I have a baaaad feeling about this. Let’s split up and investigate. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/163 "2009-01-05T04:55:06Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Now that you mention it, the park is quiet… too quiet. I have a baaaad feeling about this. Let’s split up and investigate. Yeah, and I know the head vulcanologist guy is only a few days away from retirement. I think he just went out to investigate some suspicious outgassing. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/164 "2009-01-05T05:30:48Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Now that you mention it, the park is quiet… too quiet. I have a baaaad feeling about this. Let’s split up and investigate. If you hear a loud noise, and it turns out to be a cat, it means the volcano will go off within minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/165 "2009-01-05T06:17:16Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Now that you mention it, the park is quiet… too quiet. I have a baaaad feeling about this. Let’s split up and investigate. I’ll be investigating with Daphne in the back of the Mystery Machine. ---
**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, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/166 "2009-01-05T11:31:24Z")
Don’t worry, it’ll be alright. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/167 "2009-01-05T11:46:38Z")
If nothing else, news like this doesn’t half remind us how much we take for granted. Does anyone remember a documentary about an island in the Canary’s which is supposed to be ready for sliding into the Atlantic and causing a tidal wave that will possibly wipe out your entire East coast? I don’t want to alarm you or anything, but shouldn’t someone be chipping away at that thing now, to lessen the splash? ---
**Author:** ![goodie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@goodie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goodie)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/168 "2009-01-05T13:38:19Z")
Looks like I picked the wrong week to take up drinking. ---
**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, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/169 "2009-01-05T14:21:21Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’m safe in Little Rock, central Arkansas, but my Alma mater in Northern Arkansas is toast. You guys will be ok. There’s a map somewhere up thread. 🙂 Bad news: you’re not guaranteed to be safe. [There was another eruption that did cover central Arkansas with ash](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LavaCreekTuff.jpg). > [@Broomstick](#): > > Worst case: you’ll get some ashfall, maybe up to a half an inch, maybe just a dusting depending on wind and other factors. The sky will look overcast to one degree or another for quite some time. Spectacular sunsets and sunrises. As millions, perhaps tens of millions, of refugees fleeing the worse effects out west show up on the east coast your town will get crowded. Agriculture is going to tank so fresh food will skyrocket in cost and there may well be shortages (stock up on canned and preserved food). Water supplies and rivers will be fouled by ash for awhile. Some buildings may collapse. Try not to breath the ash, it can tear your lungs up. The economy will be trashed to the point our current economy looks pretty rosey. There may be widespread civil unrest. There will be dead wildlife all over the place (though not all of it will die). A lot of plant life will die (though not all of it) And then it will get cold. [Like the Year Without a Summer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer), only worse. Snow in the summer, that sort of thing. > [@MacTech](#): > > Aww, and I was gonna’ sing the Doom Song too… I promise not to sing. My singing makes dying of cold and starvation in a volcanic winter seem not so bad by comparison. ---
**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, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/170 "2009-01-05T14:51:40Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > Bad news: you’re not guaranteed to be safe. [There was another eruption that did cover central Arkansas with ash](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LavaCreekTuff.jpg). I never thought Mississippi would look good… ---
**Author:** ![goodie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@goodie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goodie)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/171 "2009-01-05T15:10:27Z")
Snow in the summer, fire in the sky. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/172 "2009-01-05T15:28:32Z")
> [@goodie](#): > > Snow in the summer, fire in the sky. Smooooooooke on the water. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/173 "2009-01-05T15:40:06Z")
I’d like to propose a shadowy, quasi-legal military operation, where Billy Bob Thornton (as a representative of the U.S. Government) hires Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck to drill into the about-to-explode supervolcano while Steve Buscemi succumbs to space madness and Liv Tyler cries a lot. All those in favor? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/174 "2009-01-05T15:41:17Z")
Do they screw? ---
**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, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/175 "2009-01-05T15:47:30Z")
Not on the US version…we’re saving that for the unrated Blu-Ray collector set ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/176 "2009-01-05T15:52:28Z")
> [@THespos](#): > > I’d like to propose a shadowy, quasi-legal military operation, where Billy Bob Thornton (as a representative of the U.S. Government) hires Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck to drill into the about-to-explode supervolcano while Steve Buscemi succumbs to space madness and Liv Tyler cries a lot. All those in favor? Anything that involves Steve Buscemi and Ben Affleck standing on, and drilling directly into, a huge pocket of lava gets my vote. I think they need a little help, are Rush Limbaugh, Paris Hilton, or Ashley Simpson doing anything? Bruce Willis can stand over here and direct, and I’ll keep Liv Tyler company. I’ve got the animal crackers right here. ---
**Author:** ![goodie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@goodie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goodie)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/177 "2009-01-05T16:40:07Z")
“Won’t somebody please think of the children!” ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/178 "2009-01-05T16:56:38Z")
Volcanic ash is particularly nasty on machines. It would bring down airplanes and screw up electronics. It would be bad far ,far away. ---
**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, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/179 "2009-01-05T16:58:55Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Yeah, and I know the head vulcanologist guy is only a few days away from retirement. I think he just went out to investigate some suspicious outgassing. 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! 😃 ---
**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, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304/180 "2009-01-05T17:14:19Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Volcanic ash is particularly nasty on machines. It would bring down airplanes and screw up electronics. It would be bad far ,far away. Also car and truck engines, if the Mega Disasters show I watched recently can be believed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstones-gonna-blow-were-all-doooooooooomed/479304.md?page=10)