Yellowstone Supervolcano: America’s Armageddon

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Morris M.
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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[GarikDuvall]

"If Yellowstone suddenly went Old Testament on America's ass" lol, love how he says stuff like this with straight face.

[bbthing]

My grandfather ran a cattle ranch until he passed away. It was located in southeastern Wyoming. But he was also involved with rural electrification and had a chance to travel also.

He used to tell me that “Yellowstone was full of oddities, while Yosemite was the prettiest place he ever visited.”

[billkipper]

I hate to be a grammar nazi but Shoshone is prounounced, "show show knee".

[jppitman]

Yup, that area is constantly changing. My Mother, who grew up 1930`s Wyoming, said that while visiting Yellowstone she was able to walk or crawl part way into an extinct geyser tube. There is a reason why there are summer traffic jams there; it`s similar to the Grand Canyon in the sense that little to nothing like it exists elsewhere in the world. Out of titanic tectonic dynamic forces arise titanic beauty and wonder. We truly marvel at such grandeur.

[icecell]

The way he pronounces geysers makes me think of old geezers.

[helgaformo]

"Never Tell Me the Odds."

- Confucious -

[Niponnai]

Could you do one on Taupo. I’m a New Zealander and we here always feel sad when we get left out of things

[spacecatboy]

simon can say it wont erupt in our life, but i am still stocking up on toilet paper just in case

[ntmetroid]

As someone who lives in Michigan, roughly 1000 miles as the crow flies from Yellowstone, its insane to think of the distance the effects would travel. And the effects it would have on the Great Lakes would be catastrophic.

[-carina-]

We used to go there all the time when I lived in Big Sky, Montana. Fun to watch the tourists go up to the wild bears and American Bison in the fields to take photos with them. Natural selection at it's finest.

[chasegilmond]

Earthquake Lake nearby in Montana was caused by an earthquake in Yellowstone. It created a large lake in a valley where a bunch of campers we're camping one night and killed a bunch of them. Fascinating place if you're in the area

[myearthhaven]

I take a strange comfort that I live in a kill zone. The severity of my asthma guarantees not making it through the ash cloud.

[seansopata]

"Extremely unlikely..."
2020 has entered the chat

[OldieBugger]

"If Yellowstone suddenly went all Old Testament on America's ass" - You're killing me.

[ayakiria]

Funnily enough, a fair amount of supervolcanoes are the relics of even larger volcanic events. Continental flood basalt eruptions.

[alexpenny]

this 2022 trailer's really informative. good work guys.

[BriAngel]

i remember the yellowstone supervolcano was one of my first hyperfixations as a kid. describing in depth to my third grade teacher how we were all gunna die and shit. idk how it took so long for me to get diagnosed with adhd cause that is not normal kid behavior

[protiliusproductions]

When it goes? It will take the world we all knew with it. Worked there for 5 seasons.... The physics are frightening.

[mjimih]

23:00 Each of the past super eruption zones are all fairly close by each other or even overlapping in some cases, so it would blow before reaching the beautiful Beartooth Mtn Range. Also, the big eruptions happen 500-800 thousand years apart, and it's been 650 thousand years already, so it COULD start to wake up at any time.

[tylerpiret]

Won’t lie I thought you said “all were mere farts compared to Yellowstone” lol