Originally posted by bleedonstage
Let me give you some facts on what will happen when yellowstone erupts. fist everything within 160 miles will be burried under 50 feet of ash and
multen lava, then spurting debris thousands of miles into the air will follow, everyone within 500 miles will die within 24 hours from the inhalatin
of the cyanide,sulfer, and particles of glass that will eventually make it impossible to die, not to mention that the cloud of debris will cover the
skies for over 6 months and cause the world into another ice age and eventually all mankind will starve and freeze to death.
The description of what would happen in the event of a supercaldera eruption at Yellowstone is, imo, fairly accurate...but it doesn't go quite far
enough. The effects of the ashfall would literally cut North America in half, with no produce being distrubuted between them. People living north of
the caldera would have empty grocery stores within days. Trucks will no longer transport food due to ashfall while crops within a wide swath would be
flattened.
There would be no electricity to run computers, heat homes or cook meals. Think of every thing that you need to survive being ripped away within days
of the event.
Certainly mankind will survive...but after the harshest winter in millenia, those who do still walk and talk will be few and cut off from each other.
I really doubt that a particular brand of religion is going to save you...that kind of blind faith reminds me of King Canute ordering the tides to '
turn back'.
If someone believes otherwise, put it to the test. Go out into the wilderness, put yourself into the graces of mother nature and start praying for
stones to turn into bread. She is a hard mistress and kills the young, the weak and the foolish and has no regrets about it.
We are responsible to ourselves, imho, and if we cannot learn quickly to adapt to radically severe conditions, we will die.
Springer was right to talk about cannibalism...I'm certain it will play a part when millions are starving. I've seen an example of that happening to
someone I knew.
(not going there....too sad a memory)
