What If Yellowstone Volcano Blows Up Tomorrow?

The Yellowstone volcano is unlikely to be active anytime soon. But imagine: what if it blew up tomorrow? How would the United States and the world at large be affected?

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[MadWorld]

I live in North East Wyoming if it blows up tomorrow I don't have to go to work Monday.🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[CHERRISHLOVESTMNT]

I've always had an irrational fear of Yellowstone ever since I learned about it as a kid

[Plab]

I remember when like in 2016-2018 everyone was making videos about this! Good job mate!

[loragunning]

I live in Post Falls, Idaho, over a far flung part of the Yellowstone magma chamber far below. Most folks don't realize how very, very large this magma chamber is. And yeah, most of it is very deep down and, for the most part, stable (for now, anyway). And I don't really worry about Yellowstone blowing up anytime soon, or at least in my lifetime, because this is a live volcano that "breathes", in that it is regularly releasing steam/super heated water from it's magma chamber. The surface of the current caldera, which surrounds Yellowstone Lake, rises and falls on a pretty regular basis. Pressure builds and the land of the caldera basin rises, then pressure is released, and the land subsides again. It's been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years and no significant changes have been found since it's been monitored on an hourly basis.

[CM-zoiv]

First time I saw Yellowstone was in 2013. I visited again last year and absolutely could notice way more steam vents and dead patches of trees surrounding them than I did ten years prior.

[kyle]

Love you Koranos, always appreciate your videos

[Skynet]

This is a great channel that deserves a lot more popularity!!

[KillerTacos]

Excellent video! It’s great to see your channel gradually growing! Hopefully we’ll hit 300K soon!

[AvangionQ]

Two problems: 1, there is a string of supervolcanic explosions following what's now the Yellowstone hotspot going back 17 million years, not mentioned in the video.
2, the Yellowstone caldera system is a whole lot larger than the comparably tiny Prismatic Spring shown in the video, which I might describe as deceptive imagery.

[nipkxhn]

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[Rafaga]

Great video. I love the beautiful graphics, great narration and relaxing background music. Much appreciated.

[lisabaugh]

I can remember when Mt. St. Helen erupted. I don't remember exactly what year but do remember that.

[matthewmarrello]

Let’s just cover it up with some duct tape. That should do the trick

[darrengreen]

Mt St Helens only just made it to VEI5...Yellowstone has the capacity to become a large VEI8, several thousand times St Helens. Kind of crazy.

[Iam_presence]

Long as I get a day off of work. I consider it a win

[PJTierney]

Given the precariousness of Yellowstone, is the magma close enough to the ground that a nuclear attack could theoretically trigger an eruption?

[SargR]

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[nickolaikuznetsov]

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[garypalmer]

To All you Global Warming People, You WONT have to worry, If Yellowstone erupts!!