Yellowstone volcano acting up

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Yellowstone National Park is sitting on top of a supervolcano and scientists say that it just took a "deep breath."

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/01/27/am.kaku.volcano.cnn?hpt=C2

inb4 eruption

not minnesota! greg norton lives there!

goodbye Wyoming, I'll miss your woods

so i guess half of the us will be migrating to mexico soon

oh and

He fucking loves a bit of showbiz does Michio

lol i live in florida :sup:

2012 guys

lol north america

at least it will leave a nice round tit-like imprint

god is angry! i blame elton john.

  On 1/30/2011 at 6:05 PM, Plum said:

god is angry! i blame elton john.

i blame Boards of Canada

i also blame the upcoming yogi bear movie.

If the supervolcano properly erupts the whole planet is pretty fucked, like years of nuclear winter kind of fucked.

finally some good news

  On 1/30/2011 at 6:09 PM, azatoth said:

If the supervolcano properly erupts the whole planet is pretty fucked, like years of nuclear winter kind of fucked.

National Geographic Channel, innit.

  On 1/30/2011 at 6:09 PM, Plum said:

i also blame the upcoming yogi bear movie.

what?

Didn't see it, just know from reading and hearing about over the years.

There's special helmet with a snorkel attached that you can get for this kind of thing.

this is probably the most interesting news regarding that area of the country ive heard in years

I was just up there last summer studying geology. Beautiful area it is. We've known it's going to happen eventually. And yes, this would affect the entire world, maybe it will block out the sun and stop global warming :sup:

i get the impression that this is a "disaster might happen sometime soon maybe" story as i don't see much else about it. the usual symbiotic relationship between a publicity-seeking academic and a drama-seeking news organization.

  On 1/30/2011 at 6:41 PM, hahathhat said:

i get the impression that this is a "disaster might happen sometime soon maybe" story as i don't see much else about it. the usual symbiotic relationship between a publicity-seeking academic and a drama-seeking news organization.

Well, this is just the latest happenings. This area has a very active geological past, and because of its large size will have an equally large impact. It might have a bit of sensationalism, but just saying "The ground has risen by as much as 10 inches in this area which sits atop a caldera of a massive volcano." doesn't usually suffice for the normal Joe.

It's just as the guy says, we don't know when it will really happen.