There is a super-volcano in Yellowstone , and if it erupts it could cause mass panic across North America. There is just one problem with that, it is highly unlikely that the Yellowstone Super-volcano will erupt. Most experts predict that if it does ever erupt it won't be after the twenty-first century, so right now we don't have much to worry about out. But already science has away to tell when this possibly destroyer of North America will erupt. Scientist have different ways to signs that they can detect, that could tell us when it will begin to wake up ( see second source for what these ways are). Now for a moment let's just say that the stars have aligned and all signs point to eruption, what would happen and could we survive it. Now the amount of fatalities is going to depend on how much of a warning we will have. So just because due to the signs we will hopefully have a ten year warning period before an eruption. But humans are a lazy bunch and thus imagining ten years from now is very difficult, we are also unwilling to change, so let's say we have a three year prep period. But the damage that this would cause to us ( regardless of prep time) would be massive. 2/3 of the continental US would be buried in volcanic ash and would be deemed uninhabitable. This ash cloud will reach from Wyoming to Louisiana. Of course everyone in between probably California to Louisiana would be dead. And for the people on the east coast like me, we would have what is called a volcanic winter ( a winter worse then the one in the kitten game). Other than evacuation, I don't see many ways that we could stop this natural Disaster. But hopefully this will happen in so distant future where we will have the tools to survive or maybe even stop this event.
Sources
http://www.ryot.org/supervolcano-yellowstone-volcano-will-it-erupt/765673
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/when-will-yellowstone-supervolcano-erupt-again-scientists-might-have-worked-it-out-1508997
http://news.discovery.com/earth/if-yellowstone-supervolcano-ever-erupts-ash-may-reach-new-york-city-14082.htm
Notes
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ujYtSmPwlObrYdcKhA_ZKEZS8ddUAYKY8iSuyzf_9Rg/edit?usp=sharing
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