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    The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone

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    Image of joetato joetato
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone
    So realtors working for Super-Villains looking for a secret lair location will be falling all over each other in a mad bidding war, the likes of which have never been seen before?
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    Image of alphanumeric1971 alphanumeric1971
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone
    Yeah, I saw the Discovery Channel special all ready.
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    Image of stereobot stereobot
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone
    If Yellowstone blows up, we all die.
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    Image of Charles Keila Charles Keila
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone
    i have to say that your geo-porn is the third best porn on the internet.Behind the pirate and the midget variety that is
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/16/09

    @Charles Keila: We have Space Porn and Chart Porn here too, because we are all big geeks. Stick around why don't you?
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone
    Coming Soon: Pierce Brosnan vs. Tommy Lee Jones atop the MOST DEADLY VOLCANO ON EARTH


    yep, I'm taking scripts now.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone
    Horay for the return of the new gallery!
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    Image of EhnoValemount EhnoValemount
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone
    I don't mean to get all republican here- but isn't it funny how worked up we're getting about global warming when something like this supervolcano going off (which is only a question of *when*) would alter the climate more than we could ever hope to?
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    07/16/09

    @EhnoValemount: What's bad about volcanoes? Rapid climate change. What's bad about global climate change? Rapid climate change.

    I don't mean to get all logical here - but isn't it funny how problems sometimes resemble each other?
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone
    I hear Spider Man 4 will pit Emo Parker against the Supervolcano, played by Jim Carrey.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone
    As noted by others below. Hey Yellowstone Supervolcano! You need to be careful here, cause your starting to sound a little too much like the Boy Who Cried Wolf.



    "Ooh, I'm gonna explode and destroy everything! Oooh, I'm gonna explode and destroy everything!"



    And then when you really are about to explode and destroy everything? Nobody is going to believe you.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/16/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Don't taunt it! You'll make it angry.
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    Image of icepick3383 icepick3383
    07/16/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: I concur. You don't want to make it angry. You wouldn't like it when it's angry.



    plus, I'm thinking about moving to colorado...please don't make my face melt with hot lava upon arrival!
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    07/16/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: i'm not sure i really by that story anyway. i don't care how many times a boy cries wolf, his mother comes running every time.
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    Image of Blue_Thark Blue_Thark
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone
    Just visited Yellowstone over Independence Day weekend (I currently live less than 3 hours away)... Some really fascinating things to see, and I think these photos capture it very well. I'm especially a fan of those vibrant mini-ecosystems which form near the geysers, made up of bright orange "mats" of extremophile bacteria.



    But having read a few things about this (and after hearing a talk from one of the NPS rangers at Old Faithful, whom I'm pretty sure was the guy from that Metamucil commercial,) I think that this headline is probably a bit of an exaggeration. They seem pretty certain that the Yellowstone volcano, although still very much active, won't be due for another major eruption for at least another few thousand years. And even if it were "about" to erupt, we'd probably be getting strong warning signs for decades. So no, I wouldn't say Yellowstone is "about to shatter" anytime soon.



    I will say though, the whole supervolcano thing is certainly neat to think about.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone
    This is on my list of Things That Scare The Shit Out Of Me along with the Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands and 99942 Apophis.
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    Image of Briareosdx Briareosdx
    07/16/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Me, too. It's the weirdest thing, but despite all the other much more likely things that could cause mayhem and havoc, it's these kind of looming mega-disasters that just get me sometimes. Remember the last time everyone was talking about Yellowstone around the Winter Solstice Consumerism and Deforestation Festival? I kept checking up on the latest news about the "Earthquake storm" every day. Even though I know, logically, that it's probably the last thing I should be worried about.
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    Image of matthewabel matthewabel
    07/16/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent:

    Dammit, RFF, I didn't even know about Apophis. Thanks a lot. One more for the list.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/16/09

    @Matthew Abel: Happy to help :)

    My friends call me a wiki of paranoia. Always glad to be spreading panic and anxiety through education.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone
    They thought it was going to blow about three years ago when they had ground swelling occurring. My and my mom are volcano fanatics so we were all over any news on it. I remember they had a movie about Yellowstone going. It wasn't that bad of a movie.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/16/09

    @LittleDragon: So did it explode? (yes, sarcasm)
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    Image of Chris R Chris R
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone
    Discovery Channel chose this to be their "Disaster of the Year" a few years back with specials and impending doom from which none of us will survive.



    Meh. I don't see any real reason to get stressed out by it though, as I can't really pull out a "The Core" to save all of mankind.
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    Image of kosai kosai
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone
    I am going to have to start checking the yellowstone observatory page on a regular basis.
    volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo


    I can't believe 77 earthquakes is normal activity for yellowstone.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    07/16/09

    @kosai: I thought I had read that they usually have between a few hundred and a thousand earthquakes every year.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/16/09

    @kosai: It's just being a snippy little bitch these days.
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    Image of kosai kosai
    07/16/09

    @LittleDragon: 77 was normal activity for the month of June sorry, so thats close to 1,000 earthquakes a year
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    Image of driggity driggity
    07/16/09

    @kosai: Well there were 79 in June 2008, and 73 in June 2007 so its been about the same for the last 3 years. At least for June.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    07/16/09

    @crashedpc /sarcasm: You say these things and one day she's going to have a full on meltdown.

    I'll blame you for taunting it.
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    Image of Promethean Promethean
    02/19/09

    In reply to Scientists Explain How to Cause a Mass Extinction
    Alarmists shoulf note that they're talking about geological time scales here, and so the concept of "heading for" a mass extinction event could still represent of value of "soon" that encompasses many thousands of years, so you'll probably die of oil & water wars instead.
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    Image of its_a_feature its_a_feature
    02/19/09

    @Promethean: Everyone knows that oil and water don't mix. Please make sure their wars remain separated.
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