supervolcano part 1 3/6

[tacohomies]

i forgot to do a school test when i was watching this with my class in a video quiz now i got to watch it agin and do the quiz =/

[supervegito2277]

pyroclastic clouds 100 km/h?? wasnt it 4 or 600??

[AlexFoeShizzle]

Meh I'll be gone by 2096 so I'm good, my great great gran babies shall suffa!!!

[taniwa08]

Yay for living in NC. All I have to do is stay in the house and turn off the electronics for a couple of days lol :P I got my Ice-box, canned foods & matches ready!!!!

[MrMonster2020]

Only time will tell, but it will happen some day, there is no doubt about that. Its a active volcano. Its really not something to joke about.

[supervegito2277]

@MrMonster2020 true ... thats also what i believe but the ABSOLUTELY freakiest part is how much we actually know about this thing... which isnt very much... that and its a ticking time bomb and we cant see the effing timer.

[alyshaya]

0:01 woot magma

[quintanafaj2009]

lol GUY: im sorry the volcano is going to go off in days or hours everyone is going to die good bye

[labgirl1]

Does everyone from San Francisco have there head up there ass? What extreme arrogance! I, for one, will not cry one tear when California falls into the ocean. Bye, bye liberals! Karma is a bitch :)

[XfishX]

What I don't understand is why people are upset about the eruption. If it erupts, then you're dead anyway, so why panic about it? Just live your life and try to die with no regrets! xD

[cancerman50]

Parts of the park have risen. And if an eruption is coming it would fulfill the numerous 2012 doomday predictions (notice the s-plural) I also read an article that this depiction is if the eruption is weak. But if it's a strong one it could kill the entire world. (What do you think now dennisns112)

[MultiTom100]

so the Taliban and Al Queida want to destroy the United States?

well.... let them just wait

[SupremeCommander360]

2:32

She reminds me of Cassie from Sunshine for some reason.

[theslaking2]

i dont know english as well. is there not a spanish version of this video?

[jordanrivers1]

SO WHAT IS FEMA GOING TO DO? GIVE A BLANKETS AND TELL US TO DUCK AND COVER THATS WHAT.

[dennisns112]

there's been 3 eruptions the last 2.1 million years, and scientists point out that the erupts come every 700.000 years, not only based on the last 3, but more. the last was 640.000 years ago, i would sure love to see an eruption, cus what would you do, and yea im from europe, so no eruption danger for me, only climate changes and ashes!

[SupremeCommander360]

@dennisns112

"only climate changes and ashes", oh and you almost forgot mass starvation on a scale never seen in the history of human kind, hundreds of millions in not billions will suffer excruciatingly painfull deaths, you are not exempt from that fact.

[catscatscatz]

@dennisns112 Actually, civilization would collapse.

[OmenDrals]

@dennisns112 In the name of every sane European, I would like to assure everyone, I disagree with this. Thanks for the attention.

[Gacktfan844]

I read that Yellowstone erupts approximately every 600,000 to 650,000 years, actually, judging by the previous eruptions. So we might technically still have 10,000 years at most, if that's true.

[clayzee001]

@Gacktfan844 true, but that is going by averages and is not accurate by any chance so it should only be taken as an approximate answer and not literally

[Vix847]

The world's already overpopulated, it's about time we had a Yellowstone.

[wrcraftgamers]

@Vix847 :/

[Zoomer30]

The actor who played Rick really took the part seriosly. I guess on a number of occations he called his real life counterpart at YVO to clarify parts of the scripts and "what if" ideas, also to get help with pronuncations of words.

[kozmon0t]

At this point, I'm 100% sure it's gonna erupt later in the movie

I have the advantage of living on the west coast, upwind of this volcano. I'm even upwind of Mt. St. Helens.

The BBC has a shortage of good actors with American accents though. There's a suspicious number of British people hanging around Yellowstone. I'm thinking maybe sabotage

[doom30000123]

HAS IT BLOWN UP YET ! :P

[QuantumStates]

For a docudrama, the quality of the acting and screenplay is really excellent.

[MEareCAT]

Most humans don't realise how powerful nature is. Supervolcanoes are absolutely fascinating, and an eruption would unleash unfathomable destruction of the entire US. Everyone within 100km would be literally incinerated by the pyroclastic flow.

[SilverGothWolf]

I hate how everytime i try to watch either a science program or a science fiction series, Religon has to get involved. Stop shoving it down our throats, religon should not be flaunted, it's personal to each and their own.

In reality, if scientists were faced with this many signs, they would be taking it seriously, even if it might be a false alarm.

[1234boisrond]

Dont forget the psychological effect of a perpetual winter...like in ''the road'', people will go depresive and many will chose the rapid way to go (suicid)

[RoxRock4ever]

Personally, I think America, mainland Europe, and Russia will actually be the only countries capable of handling this disaster. Yes, America will be personally devestated by the ash cloud and pyrochlastic flow. But we've got resources out the wazoo, and its amazing what can grow in ash. Europe is well rooted and if they work together, they'll be fine. Britain will need lots of help, as it is a small island nation. Russia already knows the cold. The rest of the world? They're screwed

[godofmajora]

Dumbasses. "Cause a panic over a small thing" RIIIGHT. Seriously. Small? IF... no exceuse me WHEN yellowstone erupts IT TAKES OUT AMERICA......FOREVER. why the flipping flying FUCK would they consider it a small thing? God if they are that ignorant then they deserve too DIEEE

[refuckulate420]

@godofmajora

Do you have to post in every video? You are fucking stupid as fuck.

[dragmaster]

@godofmajora the thing is all the signs that point to a eruption also could mean nothing, if ppl think there is gonna be an eruption they would go crazy like everyone trying to get far from yellow stone, ppl would probably kill each other, and yellowstone wouldnt have even erupted.

[godofmajora]

@dragmaster Yea. Then yellowstone does erupt... and the death toll in the beggining stages of the eruption can be ten times that of any human stampede.

[dragmaster]

@godofmajora if this erupts where really are you gonna go tho? ya you live for maybe a few more years but eventually the volcanic winter sets in and then food becomes hard to find and ppl die from starvation, where are you going to hide lol?

[janthony721]

no, she really is cute

[AceOfHeart2012]

I don't know what everyone's so freaked out about. The earth is going to do what the earth is going to do. How do they think the topography got like that in the first place? Just buckle up and enjoy the ride. We're eternal spirit having a physical experience. All of this is taking place within God's imagination.

[PooPusher007]

wendy rice, what a hottie...  not

[vegantara01]

super yellow stone volcano

[puncheex]

@iliketoeatgoats: No, I disagree. Of the known 140 or so eruptions caused by the Yellowstone hotspot, only 12 have been major caldera-type eruptions. The most recent, 120,000-70,000 years ago, was an oozing type series of eruptions that essentially surfaced the older caldera in rhyolitic lava, forming the famous yellow stone.

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[puncheex]

... The problem isn't just the static pressure; it is the water content of the lava. The water is under that static pressure and stays dissolved, even under extreme heat, until the pressure is released; when it is, the water explosively changes to steam, causing the ash and high velocity discharges.

[puncheex]

@iliketoeatgoats: Oh, to be sure, we do not have any experiential basis for such an event close to hand, but it will be very much like any other volcano writ very large, and humans have lived with those. I think this documentary has it pretty close from a human disaster view. There is no doubt these events happen; the ash covered plains in NE Nebraska, among others, testify. Whether there is one in our future, say, in the next ten thousand years, is a different question.

[macktheknife888]

Yellowstone supervolcano, Katla, Krakatoa, and many others that could shorten our days. And what do i have to say about all this?...... There by the grace of God go I.

[hypersonicchaos12]

@macktheknife888 i say i go by the grace of great lord Allah.

[puncheex]

@iliketoeatgoats: A Yellowstone caldera eruption would harm a good many people, both short and long term. I would say that the disaster shown in this film would be a rather getting-off-light scenario. America, for one, would be thrown on the charity of the rest of a impoverished world for years, probably decades.

[puncheex]

"Based on the first super-eruption..." No, the first one was 17 mya, near the corner of ID, OR and NV. Since that eruption there have been about 150 others, 12 of which (at least) can be classified as major, caldera eruptions, gradually moving in a NE direction. The one 2.1 mya was the first and largest of the last three or four, known as the Park Island eruption.

The viscosity of the lava is determined mainly by the magma's water content. More water, less viscous, more violent eruption.

[Lockonmodernjesus]

@puncheex

I think its silicon, not water.

[puncheex]

@Lockonmodernjesus: Yes, you're right, but then, so am I. From wikipedia, "Magma":

"Viscosity is a key melt property in understanding the behaviour of magmas. More silica-rich melts are typically more polymerized, with more linkage of silica tetrahedra, and so are more viscous. Dissolution of water drastically reduces melt viscosity. Low viscosity leads to gentler, less explosive eruptions."

[Olekander]

innit

[Rainbowpinkcartoon]

This is kind of similar to the Siberian Traps,it caused chaos and the whole earths' eco-system to die but it was like,before the dinosaurs.

[puncheex]

@Rainbowpinkcartoon: No, not really. Traps formation occur over a much larger area (thousands of square miles at least) and take from 30,00 to a million years. The Deccan Traps were caused when India moved over the Ascension Island plume. Obviously, trap formation is a much worse event for Earth life to survive.

[schattensand]

All theese characters are so nicely designed and played

[ragrag780]

all i can say when it erupst GAME OVER

[misschloebunnyboo1]

it would totaly wipe out the town around the volcano. no shit serlock

[CamrynFisher]

Yes it will. Everyone will die eventually. Apparentely you didn't learn about this after-effects before you watched this...

[lapalma123]

Na it'd only kill around 90% of the population.

[jacquelineveronique]

Maybe that would be the best if nature reduces our population down to 10% of the current level.

[CamrynFisher]

Try 99 percent...

[DASGLion]

no it wouldnt

[Youmakemefart]

wendy is hot

[CamrynFisher]

She's like 45 dude! Ew.

[Youmakemefart]

great! that means its possible she also has a hot daughter that is legally doable!

[misterihuann]

@Youmakemefart eww wtf.

[Youmakemefart]

@misterihuann

dude if you prefer that lieberman dude - go for it

[TheCaptainLulz]

@Youmakemefart because I sell you BEEEEEEEENNNNZZZZZZ! X)

[chriskincy]

if this do happend, how you know the earth is going to end, is when your( pet) dog start to have sex with cats, that is how you know...ha ha ha

[AvatarAlphaOmega]

@chriskincy Retard

[chriskincy]

if you live under the sea or in space you would be safe long if you have save up for food,in the sea,but the food in space they take the air out of the bag for the food will not go bad, and in space you can see all what happending on earth.( so class what is the safe place to be if this happend .............space right)

[hellbeast1]

Like I said already I apologise for my comment.I said it in a moment of anger.I didn't mean it.But I stand by my opinion that the human race Is the most greedy and most self-absorbed species 2 ever live on this planet.

[puncheex]

@hellbeast1: Of course it is. Is that different from saying it is the most intelligent that has ever lived here, or that we're trying to mend our ways?

[dude797979able]

So, hellbeast1, if you think this planet would be "better off without us", why don't you make the start at saving it by committing suicide?

You know, every little helps?

[hellbeast1]

A crazy religious nut.That made me laught.I apologise if I offended anyone.But I would say 2 u 2 just take a look at the state this planet is in.Rainforests being lost on a huge scale.Species on the brink.Wars and crime r rife and a species that in my opinion doesn't give 2 hoots.

[hellbeast1]

I'm British.And before u start telling me what a nasty person I am just take a look at the state of the planet.Tell me this planet wouldn't be better off without us.

[ThePaxtonProductions]

`...that also happens to be the green belt of course, so thats also the food gone.

And then...' LOL

[janthony721]

grain belt

[thedefiantrebel]

scawy.......

were doing about this in geography now

[simbamanzz]

skip yellowstone Youtube will be the end of us. LOL

[hellbeast1]

I hope it erupts.The human race needs to be taught a lesson.

[STUCASHX]

What race are you?

[Thechangerofways]

what is rong with you? are you a crazy religiou phsyco?

[masterofoverkill2]

well im goin to england to live out the winter

[SenTeX2012]

...and in german? :(

[serialxkillerx]

You essentially DROWN in liquid concrete...

ANYWAY! :))

lmao.

[TheChrisBarrows]

@serialxkillerx Still, a huge understatement. LOL

[MrsNorris55]

@serialxkillerx LOL "And now that I've given you this REALLY DEPRESSING SCENARIO ..." he tries for an upbeat note.

:-D

[Ranja86]

Hey, I'm impressed.. he explained the ash rain.. but WHY do they nevertheless run around when it rains ash in movies? I don't get it.. O.o You cannot run outside, you have 3 breaths, then it's over!

And well.. in the end, we ALL would be affected, be it directly or through the climatic change. Remember the Tambora, when there were years of failed crops and hunger deaths after the eruption over whole Europe..

But Yellowstone won't erupt, the Rockies prevent that well enough.^^ At least I guess

[oregoncoastman]

Yellowstone will erupt, regardless of how much land is sitting over the top of the magma chamber. Only a question of when, not if. Heres hoping its not in our lifetime.

[puncheex]

@Ranja86: The ash isn't quite as bad as they depict. Look at some of the stock footage they use, people scraping ash off of roofs. That's real; that was shot in the Philippines, during the Mt Pinatubo eruption. All you need is a cloth filter; they are insane later to start walking in the ash fall without sleeves or something tied around the mouth/nose.

Failed crops are the worst of it, from ash and cold.

The Rockies prevent nothing; they are more a result.

[goodluckpeace44]

ha ha the woman had married a smart man

[puncheex]

Our geologist here mentions "the first eruption, 2.1 million years ago". In reality, it is the third eruption before today. The Y hotspot has had about 130-145 caldera eruptions in the last 17 million years. One, about 12 million years ago, dropped feet thicknesses ash on a herd of rhinoceri in the NE corner of Nebraska; there's a museum there today. The caders start near the corners of NV, ID and CA and progress NW to where Y is today. Open Google maps and look at the topology.

[LordGoatAlmighty]

Why do computers in fiction always make so many bleepy bloopy noises?

[nightrider2032]

The question is, why do computers in real life not?

[oregoncoastman]

Why do people watching youtube videos feel compelled to make irrelevant and pointless comments?

[fiLThiLiciOus]

Yes they do.. I post the same thing before and somebody said something bad to me.

[DaBossk]

nothin else better to do. bitch

[GiGiBuff0on]

relimes...

Detroit would not be destroyed, maybe not.

but the problem is the ash and the gas in the air...you would have a huge problem with breathing over there in america.

ash in lungs+the water there=concrete...nice way to die.

and the rest of the world...you can compare it to the next ice age.

volcanic "clouds" all over the sky=worldwide temperature declines.

[puncheex]

@GiGiBuff0on: The ash in the lungs is easy. Use a cloth filter over nose and mouth. The people who had to clean the villages buried by Mt Pinatubo lived on after shovelling away the excess (there are stock pics of that in this movie).

[relimes]

If this happened would Detroit, MI be destroyed as well?

[Zoomer30]

It would not "destroy" cities in the sense that it would take them out. The big issue would be all the ash fall over the Midwest that would wipe out the food supply, not to mention amount of SO2 that would get pumped into the upper atmosphere.

This movie hits the spot just right, if a Big One happens at Yellowstone.

[relimes]

Well if anything good this disaster would do is knock out the obesity problem the US has :)

[oregoncoastman]

LOL! Yeah, I guess in every cloud there can be found a silver lining, no matter how slim. (pun intended)

[jediforce64]

its a good thing i live on the west coast

[malooteren]

NC is west right?

[jediforce64]

sorry its east

[MartinWukits]

I live in europe and i am scared as hell.

[LisaMarie216]

It's good to be I think. If Yellowstone erupts it would be even worse then Krakatoa. It was a VEI 6 [the way they rate a Volcano]. They say Yellowstone will be a VEI 8 [Super Volcano].

[goodluckpeace44]

imagine you get stucked in a volacano with a beautiful girl, knowing she will be in ashes soon

[maxridemad]

I LOVE THIS!

we were doing tectonic plates and natural disasters and stuff in geography and they're showing us this in class :D

[CarlosMunez88]

8:25 My God... an event like this... the US will be (for the most part) no more. No food, no shelter. Only hope seems Canada and Mexico (if the ash doesn't reach them). This documentary is AWESOMELY informative. I love how the guy said volcanic ash isn't like the ash in our BBQs. So right!!

[passycot]

kingofbbq this thing wil probably happen in the next few hundred years and i doubt we will be ready to deal with the tremendous forces we are talking about here.

[sentry777]

maybe the brains that think this can't happen should google the site and see how many earthquakes in the last couple of months have happened.  Ya, don't worry abut a thing.

[KingOfBBQ]

By the time it erupts we'll probably be able to make food out of our own shit and make cola out of our piss. Our buildings will probably be strong enough to hold however much ash gets piled up on top of it, and blah blah blah suffice it to say we'll probably be ready when it happens.

[MovieMaker013]

honestly no where is safe

if you're in the states you better move somewhere else

anywhere else is okay i guess it would get really cold

but i dont think we have to worry the nxt eruption would be thousand years after

im not certain but its a possiblity

[Zoomer30]

Every few months this comes back into the forefront. Everytime there is a "swarm" of quakes at Yellowstone.

I was in Yellowstone in June 1984 and back then it was JUST starting to come out that YS was more than just a pretty place to go on a camping trip.

Look at a map that shows topogroahy: There is a reason there is a large gash from Yellowstone to the SW. The hot spot has been blowing for many millions of years.

[limiteddan]

wow if this happens i willl die when im 16

[coachbrp]

We should use it for the power of the future

[zelda2ownage156]

I thought the US was a safe place. Screw this, Im going to Japan.

[Eagle0videos]

no go to the UK,japans screwed to

[zelda2ownage156]

London it is then xD

[moogleye]

wat japan aint safe either because there is a vulcaneo to and if the yellow stone national park blows the world will be covered with ash!

i seen that movie 3 times now

[zelda2ownage156]

Yeah, eagle0videos told me that.

So Im going to london lol

[moogleye]

wen im older im gonnamove to germany again nice country

[Hobbelknup]

go to netherlands, you can smoke, weed and we have the red light district ;)

but you need to work :D

[Shadow1Runner]

Thanks for the comment to germany ;D Im german..

[moogleye]

lol cool germany is fun cuz its not so big as canada and you dont have to drive so far to get were you want to go. GERMANY RULES but other countries rule more than germany!

[arizona0j0]

lol

[TheUngiver]

Japan is close to the western states. Safest place would be Africa. Although, nowhere is safe.

[moogleye]

i belive it is but its lil bit to warm there for me cuz im u sed to cold temparatetures and im i kid guys if you want to know ok im 13 yrs old

[moogleye]

i forgot that the safest place is under ground cuz no ash will get under ground and it gives there fresh water or in caves and im jst having an idea lol!

[birchofacookie]

wind blows east

[UCSPanther20]

I wonder what the aftermath of a massive flood basalt eruption would look like?

Parts of the Northwestern 'States were formed by a massive eruption of basalt in the ancient times.

[helljumpr5150]

Damn. Moonscape across north america=/