Yellowstone would of course be much worse (VEI 8+) but its individual probability is much less...thankfully.
For those interested in a deeper dive the paper is at:
http://www.esf.org/uploads/media/Natural_Hazards.pdf
If any of them or other massive volcanic peaks suffered a major eruption the team said millions of people would die and earth’s atmosphere would be poisoned with ash and other toxins “beyond the imagination of anything man’s activity and global warming could do over 1,000 years.
Will it help if I bike to work to reduce my carbon footprint?
If Yellowstone blew.... the US would be gone instantly.
Catastrophism ping!
however, remember Oklahoma.
the magmatic stress applied at yellow stone is being transmitted through the strata all the way to faults in oklahoma where the induced slippage is felt as earth quakes
Some tourist will throw one too many rocks in Old Faithful and that will be it. ;-)
I like this comment after the article: “Not to play down the potential seriousness of an eruption, but how long until the man-made volcanic eruption crowd starts clamoring for taxes on the rich?” (made by JackCoyote)
A severe volcanic event, and we might be looking at an ice age. If Yellowstone erupts, grab your ankles and kiss your butt goodbye. (unless you have your own personal Fallout 3 style Vault with a decade or more of food & water)
Will these guys accept a personal bet of say, $25,000 against?
They need to put there money where “their research” is. (Instead of getting paid in grants for making outlandish claims.)
Oldplayer
Yellowstone Volcano to blow, Dems blame Tea Party - NY Slimes headlines...
We need to bankrupt Western society producing giant, leak-proof tampons to plug these volcanoes and ensure the safety of the human race. No strings attached.
Thankfully and with honor and glory “He’s got the whole world in His hands.” Thy will be done.
“Yellowstone about to blow? Scientists warning over SUPER-VOLCANO that could kill MILLIONS”
This should be regulated — Can’t obamadork issue an executive order to prevent this...I mean, OMG!
You’ve posted an interesting article so don’t take this personally. It’s not written with you in mind.
This is however a good example of ‘a type” of mindset that is of notice to me.
There are people and groups out there who seem to flock to talk of doom in mas.
Be it the next big killer flu bug, the next fatal communicable disease, the next planet ending space object, the next big tsunami, the next big volcano, or something else, these folks seem to need to find something to fixate on and obsess over it.
There is also the thought that some people out the seem to think the public needs to obsess over this, for some reason.
In this story, there is admittedly a 90% chance nothing will happen, and I’d submit it’s probably more like 99.95% nothing will happen.
Sounds like Powerball odds!
I think I’ll buy a ticket instead.
An asteroid strike is a real possibility. Another ice age is a real possibility. Failure of the sun - supernova or brown dwarf - is a real possibility.
What "scientists fear" has nothing to do with any of it.
People who live in the beautiful state of California have this primordial fear of sudden catastrophic earthquakes and apocalyptic volcanoes. Hollywood, ever sensitive to its market, churns out disaster movies due to such phenomena, on a regular basis. Forget reforming the drugs, decadence, violence, crime, terrorism and individual dissipation that is rotting the culture from within. People are awaiting a sudden biblical like severe punishment for their behavior. Why reform when its all going to blow up anyway? So it goes.
On the bright side an eruption would do wonders in the fight against global warming which the alarmists claim will wipe out humanity. Think positively.
So Global Warming doesn’t matter
http://nautil.us/issue/31/stress/the-volcano-that-shrouded-the-earth-and-gave-birth-to-a-monster
The Volcano That Shrouded the Earth and Gave Birth to a Monster
Three years of darkness and cold spawned crime, poverty, and a literary masterpiece.
In 1815
Since when is a “5-10% chance” “likely”?
Based on the timing of the last three Yellowstone eruptions, if it erupts next year it won’t be early, if it doesn’t erupt for another 10000 years, it won’t be late.