Yellowstone caldera - concerning.......

[Gary Fowler]

No or low-paying jobs within commuting distance keeps the prices low. It's great for retirees, hunting/outdoor recreation camps, and second homes.

I think just about anywhere in the country that isn't overrun with strip malls, big box/fast food clusters and subdivisions, is nice. Different areas all have their own style of beauty.

The problem with volcano doomsday prepping and northern property is that if a super volcano erupt and blocks out the sun for many years, all you will have is hundreds of feet of ICE on top of you. Australia might be nice or at least some place along the equator.

 

[dave1949]

The problem with volcano doomsday prepping and northern property is that if a super volcano erupt and blocks out the sun for many years, all you will have is hundreds of feet of ICE on top of you. Australia might be nice or at least some place along the equator.

Blah, blah, blah. Have you arranged for your tractor shipping yet? :laughing:

I don't live here for prepping purposes. I live here because it's cheap land and the weather keeps most of the riff-raff out.

It is interesting to think about what would really happen if we knew that Yellowstone was going to blow as a Super Volcano in three months, or an unstoppable large asteroid or comet was going to impact earth. Those things are very likely to happen someday, give or take a few thousands or hundreds of thousands of years.

Considering the mayhem witnessed by trying to evacuate just one large metro area, your chances of reaching an equatorial zone are not that good. Surviving, if you managed to get there--along with the other billion or so people--would be interesting. Those refugee camps don't look very inviting.

 

[dmccarty]

During the Little Ice Age, which was a few hundred years ago, there was snow on the ground in the New England states for two summers in a row. This was around 1800+ish. The crops failed and people had to leave the New England states or they would starve. I have read that the snow on the ground for two summers was caused by a volcanic eruption but I have also read that volcanic activity did not cause the cold. Who knows. About the time this happened, Napoleon invaded Russia with about 500K-600k men, depending on who you read. He escaped Russia with 40-110K men depending on who you read. One very complete book on Napoleon I read years ago said 550,000 went into Russia and only about 50,000 crossed the frozen river out of Russia to relative safety. The Russians hounded the survivors until they crossed out of Russia. The deaths were almost all from disease and starvation brought about by the cold. Only a smaller number of men died in battle.

Later,
Dan

 

[texasjohn]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age

Very interesting reading...many effects, different times, different places across the globe. I would even argue that the little ice age played a part in the Texas Revolution.

A quote from Texas Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Temperatures in Texas reached record lows, and by February 13 (1836) an estimated 15?6 inches (38?1 cm) of snow had fallen. A large number of the new recruits were from the tropical climate of the Yucatç–£, and some of them died of hypothermia. Others contracted dysentery. Soldiers who fell behind were sometimes killed by Comanche raiding parties.

Just to be clear...as a 6th generation Texan who can remember relatives born in the 1800's, south Texas has not had such snow since.

 

[Dr_Zinj]

I live in Northwest Iowa and right outside my town in an exposed sedimentary layer on a hillside lies exposed a 5 foot layer of volcanic ash that the Yellowstone volcano deposited 640,000 years ago that helped bring about the extinction of dinosaurs in western Nebraska.

Hate to tell you this, but the dinosaurs became extinct about 65,000,000 years ago, not 640,000.

 

[sd455dan]

When Mount St Helens blew we only got about 1/4 inch at the house. I remember watching this dark cloud line coming over the mountains and moving across the valley. I can't image what 5 feet of the stuff would be like. I wonder how much of that fell directly in your area and how much was blown in by winds years or even decades later. All the plant life would die with much less that 5 feet of ash so I would expect moonscape for many decades after such an event. Any 'Yellowstone Eruption' preps would have to include a semi-truck full of air filters. I remember all the news reports showing people closer to the eruption having to stop pretty often to clean or change air filters on their vehicles.

when it hit we ended up with about 2 inches or so, the first day it was eerily quiet -no birds- almost hear your heart beat.

The state patrols in Oregon Idaho and Washington did damage several engines due to the pyro-clastic materials getting into the engines. Some people driving to fast slid off the roads do to the ash.

 

[grsthegreat]

Hate to tell you this, but the dinosaurs became extinct about 65,000,000 years ago, not 640,000.

your right.....a timeline difference for sure...or nebraska dino's loved longer than the rest.....

 

[cqaigy2]

when it hit we ended up with about 2 inches or so, the first day it was eerily quiet -no birds- almost hear your heart beat.

The state patrols in Oregon Idaho and Washington did damage several engines due to the pyro-clastic materials getting into the engines. Some people driving to fast slid off the roads do to the ash.

Yes, i'd rather not do that again. Around Ellensburg WA and in the basin, there was ash for months, until winter came. Then when the ground dried the following year the wind would pick it back up into the air. I think i coughed for almost two years.

 

[turnkey4099]

when it hit we ended up with about 2 inches or so, the first day it was eerily quiet -no birds- almost hear your heart beat.

The state patrols in Oregon Idaho and Washington did damage several engines due to the pyro-clastic materials getting into the engines. Some people driving to fast slid off the roads do to the ash.

It wasn't just the police that damaged engines. Anyone who put many miles on a rig until the roads were clean had problems...as in total engine replacement or new car. truckers and some police rigs installed "snorkels" on the air cleaners that stuck up above the vehicle. Wrapping the air filter will panty hose was also attempted I don't know how effective that was.

My wife and buddies were at at bowling tournament over in the Seattle area and talked about driving down to see the volcano that day. fortunately they didn't but it did take them a full week on the road to get back via a very round-about route.

Harry K

 

[TomSeller]

So many people deny climate change it is unbelievable.