Supervolcano YellowStone

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Yesterday i saw a film in prosieben created by bbc and it's about what hapens if yellowstone erupts.
I did know about yellowstone since a long time but since yesterday i know the potencial if it erupts.
The bad thing would be the volcano winter. Avarage temeratures would be 20 under normal :eek: and many many other things.
Some Facts:
# A super-eruption would equal the force of 1,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs exploding every second.
# You could fit Tokyo, the world's biggest city, in Yellowstone's super-volcanic crater.
# Three super-eruptions at Yellowstone appear to have occurred on a 600,000-700,000 year cycle starting 2.1 million years ago. The most recent took place 640,000 years ago – suggesting Yellowstone is overdue for an eruption.

If the Volcano erupts, than 3/4 if US will be paralysed by ash

The Ash of the volcano can do this things:
# Kill and sicken humans and animals
# Reduce sunlight
# Trigger rainfall causing mudslides known as lahars
# Severely disrupt air, road and rail transport
# Crush buildings – 30 cm of dry ash is enough to collapse a roof
# Contaminate water supplies
# Kill crops and other vegetation
# Clog machinery such as air filters.

Even that i live in Europe, im realy scared.
 
Don't be scared. There's damn all we can do about it, so there's no use in worrying. And the chances of it happen in your lifetime are practially zero.
 
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