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[wierd]

Wasting resources and time on an issue that is fundamentally beyond human control, also does you no good.

[misko27]

Wasting resources and time on an issue that is fundamentally beyond human control, also does you no good.

 

No, it allows me to asses whether I can or will survive, if so what to be prepared for after, and how to survive and thrive on the off-chance the world as we know it ends in fire and ash. Increasing the chances of surviving if a unlikely event occurs does me some small measure of good, which could make me alive.

[Baffler]

This is just a sign that the plump helmet genetic engineering program will need to be accelerated a bit.

On a more serious note, I live on the [REDACTED] shore of the Great Lakes, so I'd probably be in trouble if I stuck around, but not as much as some others here. It is pretty windy where I live, and my roof is pretty steeply sloped (it snows a lot here, too) so my roof MIGHT not collapse. My main concern is supplies afterward. Most of North America's plant life will be basically dead for the next few years, on account of all that ash and lack of sunlight according to this source.

I wonder if lake water could be distilled in decent quantities? And do people think foreign governments/NGO's will send significant aid for cleanup or humanitarian relief?

On a side note: Humanity living as a whole does me absolutely no good if I'm dead.

This. It wouldn't matter much to me that our food and population problems are solved if I brought it about by dying. War though, war never changes. I don't think a calamity like this will do much to reduce competition. Especially with essential resources as scarce as they'll end up. The US and Canada are both net food exporters after all...

[Bauglir]

On the plus side, this would probably provide a pretty decent motivation to get the government back up and running.

[Helgoland]

PTW, it shall be glorious.

[kaian-a-coel]

On the plus side, this would probably provide a pretty decent motivation to get the government back up and running.

let's go this way, if only for teh lulz. Let's debate the positive effects of a Yellowstone megasplosion.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

On the plus side, this would probably provide a pretty decent motivation to get the government back up and running.

let's go this way, if only for teh lulz. Let's debate the positive effects of a Yellowstone megasplosion.

Like the spike in fertility from the volcanic ash?

[10ebbor10]

On the plus side, this would probably provide a pretty decent motivation to get the government back up and running.

let's go this way, if only for teh lulz. Let's debate the positive effects of a Yellowstone megasplosion.

Like the spike in fertility from the volcanic ash?

Followed by the drop in fertility from reduced sunlight, as well as everything being covered in ash. ((Fertilizer is good, but not when the plant doesn't reach the surface anymore))

[MrWillsauce]

If the eruption happens, maybe I would finally make a snowman in my front lawn. Also, American society will be perfectly preserved for historians thousands of years from now.

[Bauglir]

On the plus side, this would probably provide a pretty decent motivation to get the government back up and running.

let's go this way, if only for teh lulz. Let's debate the positive effects of a Yellowstone megasplosion.

Like the spike in fertility from the volcanic ash?

Followed by the drop in fertility from reduced sunlight, as well as everything being covered in ash. ((Fertilizer is good, but not when the plant doesn't reach the surface anymore))

Hmmm... so, basically, enough humans will need to survive that they can start manually dropping seeds on the top. I'll have to make sure my warband has a farmer or five, and we can finally live out my dream of raiding Monsanto.

[Loud Whispers]

Volcano monitoring things are still operating with a skeleton crew in spite of the government collapse; they'll be fine for a while until equipment starts degrading due to lack of maintenance.

[acetech09]

... and we can finally live out my dream of raiding Monsanto.

Oh good. I'm not the only one. I'm in.

[misko27]

The wording of the title implies either a skeleton crew of bay12ers or a crew of bay12ian skeletons is currently watching over Yellowstone.

[wierd]

How is either of those things a bad thing?

The latter especially is heartwarming. Undead don't need air, water, food, or money.

[Darvi]

It ain't heartwarming if you literally have no heart.