Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park has been closed due to a hydrothermal explosion at 10 a.m., on Tuesday.There are no reports of injuries.The followi
  • foggy@lemmy.world
    24·
    4 months ago

    Holy shit can you imagine being there and having any knowledge whatsoever of the Yellowstone caldera? There would be a very real moment of fear that my life was about to just abruptly end.

    Traumatic.

    Go get these people some beers.

    • criticon@lemmy.ca
      101·
      4 months ago

      At least it would be a quick death instead of the agonizing death that the rest of the world will suffer

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        4 months ago

        The Yellowstone Caldera is big, but it’s not that big. Even the US East of the Mississippi would mostly be okay (dealing with an inch or two of ash), let alone the rest of the world. There’d be a volcanic winter worse than 1815, sure, but between modern farming and logistics and the fact that it would maybe even help a little bit by temporarily mitigating global warming, I wouldn’t expect an “agonizing death [of] the rest of the world” level of famine.