Regarding our story on
Yellowstone volcanoes getting ready to blow, a
reader named "Jeffrey" writes: "Actually, the Park Department
IS telling everyone about the danger and eventuality of
Yellowstone exploding. I'm not sure why the news media
hasn't picked it up?And yes, the next big explosion is long
overdue." When it blows, it will devastate a wide area,
causing mass evacuations.
He says, "When we took our family vacation just last summer
in Yellowstone, there was tons of info about it?A few years
ago there was a quake that damaged the old Yellowstone
Lodge and caused Old Faithful not to be faithful anymore.
Around September, there were seismic disturbances under
Lake Yellowstone that were bigger than ever recorded. The
slowly-bulging dome under the lake is no longer slowly
bulging. It's getting scary.
"There seems to be no record of any events in the past that
reduced the pressure. It's as if it has always been all-or-
nothing. The ash that falls on Denver when it blows will
between 5 inches and 5 feet high. This is how much ash the
geological record shows tends to fall here. I'm not sure how
much of a problem this will cause us?it depends on how fast
it falls. The highways will probably be clogged with refugees.
Laramie, Wyoming is likely to have deaths related to the
blast. That's about where the kill radius is. People who were
already ailing from respiratory diseases could die clear out to
Pueblo. Jackson Hole is going to disappear. I don't know how
many people will die, but it is the biggest population that will
be affected.
"If we're lucky, there will be at least a full day of geologic
warning before Yellowstone blows, but I doubt it. There won't
be any drinkable water. Our filtration plants won't be able to
handle several feet of ash. We only have a few days of
subterranean water storage. Add a few more days for
scrounging liquids from stores and you could stretch survival
in Denver to a week."
Natural disasters have
changed civilizations in the past?is it about to happen
here?
