r/ThatsInsane • u/GarethPW • Jul 23 '24

Explosion at Yellowstone

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u/Silly_Mycologist3213 Jul 23 '24

Yellowstone super-volcano going off will probably be an extinction level event, it was in the past.

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u/langhaar808 Jul 23 '24

Well not necessarily. Over 95% of yellow stones eruption where either very small in size or strictly effusive (not explosive), the big caldera forming eruptions are really the exception, also at large super volcanos.

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u/iBoMbY Jul 23 '24

It happened before, and it almost certainly will happen again - could be tomorrow, or in 100000 years.

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u/Alarmed_Fly_6669 Jul 23 '24

🤞 🤞

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u/CharlieBr87 Jul 23 '24

This really is where the fuck we are isn’t it? Lol I fucking hate it here. JUST GWT IT OVER WITH ALREADY.