The Yellowstone Supervolcano: Just How Bad Would An Eruption Be?

[@dwwest8168]

As someone who lives in Wyoming, been to Yellowstone, and had people ask me, "Where do the animals sleep at night when the park closes?" I have zero confidence that tourist would have the good sense to stop taking pictures of a lava follow to get out of the way.

[@haloedge2829]

I get it! Way less deadlier, but I overheard some tourists trying to figure out if Wisconsin was an island in Lake Michigan.

[@stephenschroeder6567]

That was hilarious! Yellowstone won't kill us - Stupid will kill us.

[@dwwest8168]

@@haloedge2829 Yes, yes it is. Now please tourist go find it.

[@metallifreak100]

To be fair, those people are a small minority. Was in Yellowstone 10 years ago. An Elk was blocking part of the trail we were on. So, we waited at a distance with another couple until the elk moved along. One random hiker got super close to the elk taking pictures. I quietly said to my wife “does that guy not understand that elk could trample him?”. The guy next to me heard me and said to me “gotta thin out the gene pool somehow.” Lol

[@godfreypigott]

Given that 70% of Wyoming voted for the person who advised drinking bleach, you should have even less confidence that the locals would do the same.

[@tyharris9994]

Ah, those Yellowstone geezers. Well worth the trip to see them in their natural habitat.

[@skahtty]

Best time to go is after lunch. If you’re lucky, you’ll get a first-hand look at bingo in the wild

[@bettinagordon2348]

😂😂😂

[@stefanblumhoff2744]

They're ALMOST as mobile as the geological geezers

[@walterwilliams4803]

By the time I make it, I'm going to add to the numbers

[@stefanblumhoff2744]

@@walterwilliams4803 oh hell, that's 😊good

[@MatthewMarcum]

I may be biased, but when I see a new Simon Whistler channel, I subscribe to that new Simon Whistler channel. I’m a simple man.

[@nicholasbucicchia9599]

Me too. Without even looking to see what the videos are about first. Lol

[@nobbytime3819]

If there is a limit to how many youtube channels you can subscribe to then you may want a separate account for factboi channels

[@MatthewMarcum]

@@nobbytime3819 thankfully, the limit is quite high. So, I’m good… for now.

[@mizzshortie907]

Same

[@AshtarMichael]

Same, after watching Warographics, I have really come to trust and value Simon's insights.

[@04658IFH]

Loved the video and info on Yellowstone, but I couldn't stop laughing at "Geezers"!

[@michaelb1761]

Yes, I have personally witnessed that there are quite a few "geezers" at Yellowstone.

[@JonathanEmery-e9d]

At first I was wondering if he was making a joke about all the retired tourists there or the “Guy-zers”!😂

[@madb132]

@@michaelb1761 But they were \"Diamond Geezers"/ 😁

[@philhahn]

Very well preserved too

[@ruthrandall2451]

That's how we pronounce it in British English.

[@arianamaria_]

I love the confidence Simon has to just hard launch a new channel and continue on without even introducing it 😂 he knows we’re all sluts for the whistlerverse and will crawl through the depths of hell to find his newest channel. A true king tbh

[@0fficialdregs]

worse than the russian invasion lol

[@SusurrusBlue]

I was so surprised to see it pop up on my recommendations. But heyyy, it's Simon Whistler so of course I'm watching 😂 no intro even to the new channel. We all just jump in, apparently.

[@nucreationsports]

😂😂😂😂 bingo!

[@notme2day]

I can finally give my mom an answer 50+ years later... YES, if everyone else is jumping off the *whistler* cliff I'm gonna join them. 🤣

[@samsunglg6671]

Fancy poetry so true 🤣

[@aurtisanminer2827]

I’ll tell you one thing that will happen: a handful of people will buy ALL the goddamn toilet paper and never come close to using it all.

[@phionella7]

Oh my goodness you are absolutely correct.

[@JustSomeGuyLass]

And resell it on digital sites for exorbitant prices. On the plus side, at least the volcanic winter would solve our global warming issues for awhile👍

[@havcola6983]

@@JustSomeGuyLass Well, It'd give us a couple of years of lowered temperatures, but then the added gasses in the atmosphere would actually exacerbate the problem significantly since the ashes would go away long before the gas would.

[@JustSomeGuyLass]

@@havcola6983 We as humans only think about the short term. That's how we ended up in this situation to begin with

[@Shade0666-pf5hi]

Yep😂

[@antbereishit]

Yes! A new geography channel with Simon! I was very sad when he stopped appearing in the last one. I'm a proud Simon-addict.

[@isaachousley325]

To try to keep a long story short: simon wasnt the owner of geographics and was the simply the on screen personality. The original owner of the channel ended up passing away and his daughter ended up taking over management of the channels. The daughter ended up dropping the ball for a while in terms of management (self admitted by her) to the point simon got frustrated trying to work with her so he decided to move on and focus on the channels he owned out right. Apparently theres no hard feelings between them

[@DouglasHalvorson]

It needs to happen this world needs a reset And then just hope the next civilization wherever it will be does a better job than our civilization did probably not though

[@Wasteland88]

​@@isaachousley325I unsubbed from the biographics and geographics channels. Just isn't the same now that he's gone.

[@Genesh12]

I JUST LEARNED THAT THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH WAY OF PRONOUNCING "GEYSER" IS DIFFERENT.

[@preape]

I worked in Yellowstone this past summer, it was epic. I worked near West Thumb, and Upper Old Faithful, I could literally walk outside of my room, and watch it. Now over the winter I am just outside the park, working in Gardiner, MT. This place has been on My bucket list for years, and I had the chance to work, and live in it.

[@rapturesrevenge]

I might've met you a few times! Did you stop in at Albertsons or True Value in Livingston at all?

[@katjamusiek40]

May I ask in the recent time youve been their was the park ever closed for a revamp or anything similiar I am asking for a reason thank you very much

[@rapturesrevenge]

@@katjamusiek40 how do you revamp a WILDERNESS? Destroying it? Are you a Russian oligarch or Putin's sidepiece? "THERE" is the correct word, too.

[@preape]

@@katjamusiek40 No, they are re-paving the roads.

[@MichaelScheele]

Simon, I'd have the scriptwriter check the unit conversions between metric and US customary units. Early on, some text showed km^3 as larger than miles^3, then miles^3 as larger than km^3 (correct). Later on 100 mm was said to be equivalent to around 3 feet; centimeters would have been the correct metric unit to use rather than millimeters. The use of millimeters rather than centimeters continued a few more times after that.

[@gregallan2842]

Thanks Michael. I'll remove my later reference.

[@Zigz15]

Man this guy is cool. He really has potential if he ever wants to start 1 or 2 different youtube channels on different topics!

[@LBetsy326]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@beagleuk3233]

Jesus don't encourage him

[@jennlynn8173]

He does several 🥰

[@adrianwarner8686]

I've heard those top ten list videos do ok, he should try those.

[@mrrob7531]

Are you kidding?? Simon already has several KZbin channels.

[@iceguy9723]

Took my two youngest (then teen) kids to Yellowstone about 10 years ago. My daughter and I wondered how aware we would be that the eruption happened. One thing we learned is that hot spots are constantly shifting. I'd looked forward to seeing one hot mud springs that had left an indelible memory from my teen years. It was gone! A ranger said that two years before it vanished overnight and the hot spot moved a half mile away, which was why hundreds of trees "over there" he pointed, "are dying." I still highly recommend a visit!

[@chrilleh7626]

The hotspot is not moving, the North American plate is moving over a stationary hot spot, it’s been know a long time, no debate about it. Take the Hawaiian islands, the same hotspot created them, the plate is just moving over the stationary hot spot. Look at nick zentners lectures you learn tons of good information.

[@chrilleh7626]

Didn’t mean the the same hotspot that’s filing Yellowstone created Hawaii 😂 but the same function, stationary hotspot did.

[@iceguy9723]

@@chrilleh7626 Small hotspots do move. Using Hawaii, vents and eruptions on the big island change places unpredictably.

[@chrilleh7626]

@@iceguy9723 I guess it depends on how you define the term hotspot, the general rule is that hotspots are stationary, the hot spot itself is huge, so vents and eruptions on different places at different times are to expect.

[@nafjon1]

Another one? 🤘🏻 YES!!! The Whistlerverse is ever expanding!! Thank you to you Si and everyone who works with you on all your channels!

[@0fficialdregs]

i keep trying to run away lol

[@andrewcrowder4958]

“Geezers.” 🤣 Unintentional humor.

[@realld50]

I live a couple hours from Yellowstone. Been there at least 15 times. It's beautiful. Also, if it goes off, I don't have to worry about anything anymore.

[@TheIndianaGeoff]

I live a state or two away. If it goes off, my plan is to drive closer as quickly as possible. Faster is better in this case.

[@JABoyle3875]

@@TheIndianaGeoffif you have to drive north through Denver on I25, you might be racing me up there. I want to end it quick as well.

[@rcattz5755]

With Biden and his war mongers wanting war with Russia Yellowstone is the least of your worries.

[@allenra530]

Same here. about 2 hours away in IF. I was up there 2 days ago.

[@k8tina]

When my triplets were 8 yrs old, we did a cross-country road trip to visit each of the places they chose. One of those places was Yellowstone National Park (the other two were The Grand Canyon National Park and White Sands National Park). They have a "Junior Ranger" program where the kids fill out a packet about different parts of the park they visit and when they are done, a park ranger can 'quiz' them on their visit, rewarding the kids with a patch for their particular age-appropriate knowledge. My three were able to answer questions on the 14 yr old level and got the Bison Patch they had so desperately wanted. (They're 19 now and still have their patch from Yellowstone lol). There are so many educational things for kids of all ages at the park. Something for your viewers to consider if they have children/teens. BTW, if you are military (or a military family) you used to be able to get into every national park for FREE. This was back in summer 2012, so not sure if this still applies. But it was a great incentive to visit MANY national parks during our 4,000 mile road-trip adventure!!

[@ellaeadig263]

So glad to see this new channel Simon. Nothing against Karl, I like his work but I have missed you over on Geographics so it's great you're doing a channel of your own with the same theme.

[@oldgrunt5806]

Visited Yellowstone as kid. Later in life as an OTR truck driver, passed through it into Idaho, visited Craters of the Moon. drove through eastern Oregon and Washington. Easy to see the how the earlier eruptions shaped the landscape back then. If you have not experienced that country I highly recommend you take the trip.

[@harrietharlow9929]

For anyone interested, Nick Zentner's channel is fabulous. His Eocene A-z is a wonderful series!

[@Shade0666-pf5hi]

The snake river plain is proof you don't have to drive it

[@setaside2]

I've spent a great deal of time in Yellowstone. The earth is constantly talking out there. Tremors happen all the time and rumbles comprised of ultra low frequency occur, well, frequently. It can be unnerving if you're out on your own after dark. My favorite part is when the geothermal heat finds a spot to escape, just underneath the asphalt surface of the road. That section melts, turns to tar, and will find itself blocked unceremoniously by orange cones in a resigned admission that there's nothing man can do to stop even the smallest sign of planet Earth's hidden strength. Amusing and humbling, simultaneously.

[@terryhaircastle5702]

Really enjoyed reading this

[@chrisrenemans5026]

Or, perhaps they don’t try to move or alter the geothermal locations because it’s, you know, a national park.

[@SpaceCattttt]

And yet, Earth is but an atom of a grain of sand on a universal scale...

[@kima.6611]

Personally, I like all the different themed channels. I get to enjoy Simon and the team and listen to/watch what I'm interested in at the moment. I go to one channel and get my fill of that subject without having to filter through videos of stuff I'm not interested at the time. Keep up the good work Team Whistle Boy. And, I don't care what the background looks like, I work from home and mainly listen.

[@SusurrusBlue]

I also have an eclectic range of interests that means I fund most of his channels very interesting. The big thing for me is that I can trust the factual accuracy and sensitivity of all of Simon's videos. His writers are usually people with degrees in the relevant fields or at least a lot of experience. He is also quick to fact check anything that seems unlikely. I've found that some other so-called informative channels has factual errors that even just a quick Google scholar search can disprove. He also attempts to understand the perspectives of people other than his own culture and doesn't make wildly inappropriate jokes. (I know some people will disagree with me, but his jokes are mild incomparision with some of the things that made me stop watching certain other creators)

[@beagleuk3233]

New channel for the Whistler-verse? That Blazement must be getting pretty crowded with all those writers and radiators #freedanny

[@mizzshortie907]

#Dannystays

[@fett713akamandodragon5]

#BlazementMushrooms

[@TheWhiteTrashPanda]

Hi. Logic, here. If one of the metrics for determining a supervolcano is the amount of material it spews out when it erupts, then Yellowstone cannot be considered a supervolcano because it's last eruption is estimated to have been around 600,000 years ago, which was long before there is any record of humanity existing. Therefore it's impossible to determine how much material Yellowstone spewed during it's last eruption. Calling Yellowstone a supervolcano is pure speculation based on it's size.

[@drbobiwsky]

*Pats pillow, puts on headphones, falls into relaxation listening to factboi's gentle voice talking about destruction.*

[@whiskeyinthejar24]

The calm app isn't cheap, but has really good sleep stories about all sorts of natural things, including Yellowstone. Highly recommend.

[@jacob4920]

Never before in human history has dire forecasts of impending doom been so RELAXING to listen to! lol

[@godfreypigott]

When you wear out your pillow, please don't go to Mike Lindell for a replacement.

[@ripn929707]

Until he pronounces geyser and geezer.😂

[@drbobiwsky]

Yeah that is distracting lol @@ripn929707

[@BloodyKnives66]

Started looking at vacation ideas after this video 😂 Amtrak has a vacation package that starts in Chicago and takes you to Yellowstone first, then the Grand Canyon on the way back.

[@Willis92]

Simon is without a doubt the hardest working guy on youtube

[@jaxmarshall291]

Factboi is the hardest workin mfer in the Czech Republic maybe even all of Europe

[@danielJae94]

It reminds me of that bald guy, sometimes a doctor , a plumber , pizza delivery guy, police, firefighter, school teacher and astronaut. Damn simmon sins !

[@toytastictime]

Are there other youtubers??

[@M3PH11]

this channel exists coz he sold geographics to some dude. Never forget, simon thinks that if he can sell a channel to buy a new house or a car, no matter how popular it is he should do it. He also thinks if he is bored of doing a channel he should also sell it.

[@Willis92]

@M3PH11 he didn't sell Geographics, he was just the host. Same with Biographics.and toptenz. Even if what you said was true, so what? He's on youtube to make money.........

[@danielmarcus420]

I'm so happy to have stumbled upon another Simon Whistler KZbin channel!

[@sifrost6869]

I was ten when Mnt St Helen's erupted, and have been fascinated by volcanoes ever since. Yes these type of volcanos are epic, and if they go boom life on earth would have a very bad day! But I find it interesting to watch the new information coming out about the volcanos like yellowstone, as we learn more about it. Keep up the great Work from one SI to another best wishes SI

[@stevesmith3556]

I live about 350 miles from there😮😮😮😮 Mt St Helen's dumped ash as for as Kansas. I remember. I was there. Crazy If this thing blows, we're doomed. Period.

[@robertfarrimond3369]

There are a lot of geologic features and formations in Oregon Washington and Idaho that have been linked to the Continents passage over the Yellowstone hotspot. The Columbia River Basalt Group is 81,000 square miles and in some locations as much as 3 miles thick. Its tiny compared to the Deccan Traps or The Siberian Traps, but still impressive when driving through the upper and lower Grand Coulee

[@chadfanton9994]

Sorry Simon I’m late to the party! So glad to support such a legend! Thanks for the hard work to everyone involved!

[@alexspalding6377]

Lmao the whistler-verse is forever growing forever changing yet the core of factboi is eternal

[@eskandare1968]

From my brief studies in geology, the volcano in Yellowstone is a shield volcano over a hot spot under the crust. The other hot spot under the crust is Hawaii. Mount St Helens was a stratovolcanoo which tend to be much more volatile. At worst we'll have an eruption similar to Hawaii's eruptions.

[@easybreezy4559]

I love Simon and was like, wait I missed a Simon channel and then realized the low subscription number and was like… ahhhhhh it’s new😂😂😂

[@thedarkknight1971]

RE: Volcano 'Ground Swells'... Just watch old videos of Mount St Helens... Just before she 'Let rip', the side of the volcano puffed up BIG STYLE! 😏 😎🇬🇧

[@BattleshipOrion]

You can trace the Yellowstone hotspot the the Flood Basalt in Washington, and Oregon, aswell as the Snake River plain in Idaho,, and various caldera's in Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming. Also, you kept referring to the magma chamber as the caldera; caldera, is the resulting structure from the ground above collapsing down, a magma chamber is where the magma/lava is stored until eruption.

[@nolanvoide2783]

Wish you all luck .. I live in Idaho 😅 good luck with the winter... I how ever wouldn't even know what happened 🤣😅

[@AletuatheFallen]

Good way to open the new channel! Many thanks to Liam posting this on the Discord so it's easier to find! 😁

[@wyolaskan1868]

Wait Simon has a Discord?

[@AletuatheFallen]

@@wyolaskan1868 I found the link on one of his newer Business Blaze videos, I think?

[@wyolaskan1868]

@@AletuatheFallen Thanks for the scoop. I’ll be off on an adventure now!

[@Aemirys]

Praise be the Whistlerverse continues to expand!!

[@williamp2359]

I've watched quite a few geologists over the years, and Yellowstone is often discussed. The hot spot aka Yellowstone has been erupting for more than 55 million years. I appreciate the depth of research and lack of fear in Simon's presentation. In my opinion, the world should worry more about the Campi Flegrei super volcano. It has been more active than Yellowstone in recent years, although I still doubt that even it erupts in my lifetime.

[@Patrick-ge2zn]

Good point ,not a lot of people know about that volcano . Just the other more famous ones. 👍

[@harrietharlow9929]

@@Patrick-ge2zn Campi Flegrei is definitely a worry. The super-eruption of about 39,000 is credited as one of the causes of the extinction of the Neanderthals. An eruption of that magnitude could make for a very bad decade or two for Europe.

[@harrietharlow9929]

BTW, you may find the coverage of the current activity in both Iceland and at Campi Flegrei by On the Pulse with Silki quite interesting. She's been doing a great job of covering both.

[@kelly-do2ry]

What about a solar flare setting it off ? That seems to be a creepy possibility

[@williamp2359]

@@kelly-do2ry While nobody knows with certainty what causes vulcanism, I don't think it's much likely that a solar flare would set off a volcano. I would think that an alien attack with some form of high energy weapon would rank slightly higher on the probability scale.

[@MartinFrancisEcclesiact]

I think the units assigned to the volume of ejected mass at 3:10 must be reversed - a mile is 1.6KM so the 1000 must be miles, and 2040 must be KM

[@VictorDombrowski]

1000 km³ is equal to 240 mi³. That's probably what they meant. Otherwise 1000 mi³ is equal to 4168 km³

[@renaissanceredneck73]

Ok Simon and team, we've got a "places" channel. Are we going to get a "people" channel as well?

[@smooshiebear80]

Isn’t that Biographics?

[@renaissanceredneck73]

@@smooshiebear80 Yes, and that is no longer hosted by Simon. Daven and Karl Smallwood have taken over that channel now.

[@isaacwhelan1723]

Woop woop. A new fact boy channel 🎉 Loving the new camera angles and the VFX.

[@joelmacha1454]

You failed to mention that in one of it's previous eruptions, it ejected so much material that a noticeable portion of one of the adjacent mountain ranges simply disappeared when it collapsed into the emptied out magma chamber.

[@brianj.841]

Half-dome?

[@b3yourself91]

@@brianj.841half dome is in yosemite, in California

[@brianj.841]

TY @@b3yourself91

[@toucheturtle3840]

Yellowstone is a caldera…

[@brianj.841]

Actually, it's several. @@toucheturtle3840

[@rachelbarrie5359]

That was a gross analogy Simon, but I got it. Living close to Lake Taupo, I know some stuff about geology. New Zealand is ground zero for geologists with all of our volcanoes and earthquakes.

[@Turbo495]

Another channel within a few days of finding astrographics. Love ya simon, slowly taking over youtube lmao

[@johndavis9432]

Simon,it's good to see you back brother! Keep turning out the great videos!

[@D34671]

im convinced this man has cloned himself several times

[@TheMcmunro]

This introduction to this video has taken on a whole new meaning, hasn't it, Mr Brosnan?

[@FreyasArts]

I am a simple man- I see Simon, I subscribe

[@Shipfixer]

Another excellent channel! Instant LIKE & SUBSCRIBED! There's almost enough of these for me to unsubscribe all others and just watch all these. Greetings from Alaska.

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

I have a sneaking suspicion that Simon enjoyed doing Geographics so decided to make his own, similar channel (which I hope becomes more successful than the previous one as I haven’t watched bio or geographics since he left!)

[@ripn929707]

I think he had a dispute over money with the other channel, so he said screw it, and started his own. And I'm here for it!! Mike Rowe did the same thing. He quit doing Dirty jobs, and now has the same show on youtube called "Somebodys gotta do it".

[@cleverusername9369]

​@@ripn929707 I believe "Somebody's Gotta Do It" ran from 2014-2020. Great show though, love Mike Rowe

[@danielredding9205]

It’s a shame that there was the split after the owner of that family of channels died. As far as I understand it from the videos and whatnot that talked about it, there didn’t seem to be bad blood. But really, it seems like it would’ve been best for everyone if they’d sold the channels to Simon. The other guy legitimately appears to be a good dude, but I’m here for the Whistlerverse.

[@LadyBeyondTheWall]

@@danielredding9205 Yeah, it doesn't seem like one of those "we have to pick one side or the other!" things, but that seems to be what's happening - like some misguided attempt to show Simon they care, when they could very easily just watch all of these channels. Doesn't have to be one or the other, lol. I never stopped watching the other channels because while there was a dispute, it really isn't one of those "these people are the devil" situations that people are making it out to be. Which sucks, cause the other channels are still doing good and the new guy isn't bad. There's no reason people can't just.. watch all of them. Doesn't have to be either Simon or no one at all..

[@michaelb1761]

I still watch those channels. The stories are still the same and the presentation is less serious, somewhere between serious Simon and Business (Brain) Blaze Simon. I don't see any reason to stop watching the interesting stories.

[@temnost2]

Simon, you should do a video on the wah wah springs supervolcano caldera in Utah. It was the second largest explosive event in earths history. Second only to the meteor that killed off the dinosaurs

[@somekidwithanm4]

Glad to be second viewer! Glad you're back with another geographic style channel

[@kenporusty]

Simon thank you for not falling into the fear mongering trap

[@yghhhhrffv]

I think Simon is an AI dude as there is no way for him to pump out that much content over so many channels otherwise

[@simonzinc-trumpetharris852]

He works 24hrs a day.

[@Maven0666]

@@simonzinc-trumpetharris852 on a two week on two week off basis.

[@STOREpappa]

Guys he's literally reading scripts. I'm sure he handles a lot of things behind the scenes but imagine how many of these he can record in a day. Big fan of Simon and I'm subscribed to most of his channels but these kinds of comments kinda demean the work everyone does on these channels

[@maximilianodelrio]

He just narrates

[@Fat__Tony]

Soup Emporium made a great video on why we dont have to worry about yellowstone. I love simon's videos but there is a few factual inaccuracies in this one. As well as some omissions about yellowstone that makes it way less of a thing to worry about

[@kristiankamph4334]

3:02 The screen annotation is wrong, saying 2040 instead of 240 10:43 100mm is a tenth of a meter. 3 feet is almost a meter.

[@jadedrivers6794]

I was about to comment that, good catch!

[@sifridbassoon]

Simon! Please! The Yellowstone water feature is a "guy-zer" (rhymes with "miser"). A "gee-zer" is a crochety old man. 😁😁

[@Sn0trocket]

No, "guy-zer" is the *American* pronunciation. The British have been pronouncing it "gee-zer" (which is closer to the original Icelandic pronunciation) since before the US was even a thing. Americans need to realise that the British *invented* *the* *language* *they* *speak* .

[@catherinesmith791]

Yellowstone is the most famous, but it's not the only super volcano in the US. Yellowstone has had super eruptions, but Wah Wah Springs in Utah had a much bigger super eruption. I'd love to see you do a video on it and Long Valley, the fields in Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. I love Volcanoes. Thank You for covering Yellowstone!!

[@jacksonstarky8288]

Yes. The Long Valley Caldera in particular is definitely underappreciated... but I'd never heard of the one in Utah until seeing this comment. There you go, Simon... at least two more videos for the channel.

[@jssomewhere6740]

There is a guy that has done video's on the other super volcanos in North America. He's a university professor. May have been a Ted talk. Can't remember. I have seen the video's so they do exist. I promise.

[@350zcoug]

⁠@@jssomewhere6740 If it’s about the geology of the Pacific Northwest or a lot of that area I think it’s Nick Zentner from Central Washington University.

[@jssomewhere6740]

@@350zcoug yep that's the guy. He's not the best speaker but the info he gives is interesting. Yet sounds like you've watched those videos. Sorry that's all I've got. Since I couldn't come up with a name I'll take the B- for effort it's passing at least🤣😂😅 maybe a C+ Go have a good tomorrow, and Be safe

[@Zeppathy]

1:38 One small correction. If you want to see America's Geezers, visit congress. It's America's oldest living fossil museum.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Or visit Yellowstone. Simon's pronunciation is closer to correct than your cretinous American one.

[@July41776DedicatedtoTheProposi]

Simon, the writer Evan, did a fantastic job. I have been working on the Idaho Small Modular Nuclear Reactor site at INL on the volcanic threat. Your team is far and away much more knowledgeable and better writers than most the PhD professors I have worked with in Idaho. None of them even cited the reference that you did. Sorry but true, as these professors have said that the North American plate is moving to the Northeast, rather than the southwest. And now because of cost overruns, the project was cancelled this summer and most people laid off.

[@tornater5403]

The plate is moving sw by about an inch a year. That makes Yellowstone move north east

[@allenra530]

I am sorry to hear that the Modular Reactor project has been cancelled. The idiots at the Sierra Club and Snake River Alliance were no doubt doing ersatz war dances in celebration while their civilization slides slowly back toward the 4th Century..

[@chapmanturbo4082]

The BBC did a really good docu-drama “Supervolcano” which dealt with a potential Yellowstone eruption, with the bi-line “This is a true story, it just has not happened yet”. Properly scary stuff.

[@jamesfrank3213]

Not only would the long term effects be devastating...we probably wouldn't even be able to tell when it stops as you'd be unable to get close enough for observation for possibly months or years.

[@LadyBeyondTheWall]

The caldera would probably fill back up with millions of dead drones people tried flying out to see what's happening. If the people with drones aren't starving to death at that point, that is.

[@christhepawriter3595]

A reminder to us all that despite all the progress and advancement made, humanity will *always* be at the mercy of the planet.

[@ronaldlebeck9577]

I'm still glad that I've moved to Alaska, even though we have volcanoes of different types up here. Many are extinct, leftover mounds from millions of years of wear-n-tear from plate tectonics, ice, and so forth. Denali (formerly known as Mt. McKinley), the tallest mountain in North America, is a volcano and only about 159 miles from where I live (I can see it from the road that goes by my cabin on a clear day). Anyway, we basically don't have tornadoes here, any earthquakes that happen are usually way down near Anchorage or in the Aleutians, I'm not near any coast line so no worries of tsunamis or hurricanes/typhoons. About the only thing to worry about here are mosquitoes, forest fires, and the occasional moose in the yard. :)

[@justinreed6716]

Ummm go back to earth science class because there are volcanos in Alaska😂😂😂

[@ronaldlebeck9577]

@@justinreed6716 I said there were in my comment.

[@SounduSleep]

And gun welding fake Christian Republicans

[@justinreed6716]

I’ve been able to go to Alaska once and loved it

[@NeCoruption]

Alaska is not safe if Yellowstone goes

[@stephaniehurley2392]

He said “geezers”. 😂. Couldn’t resist poking at your big brained self for the mispronunciation. Much love Simon… keep the vids coming please!

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Your American "GUY-ser" is wrong, and uniquely American. Simon's pronunciation is closer to the original Icelandic than your arrogsnt American pronunciation.

[@garygrant91]

Simon comes from a place that invented the language. You may have heard of it. It is called England. I strongly suggest that we Americans stop poking fun at the way people from England pronounce English words. I would really hate to upset them and find myself in International court on a copyright infringement charge and be forced to pay royalties whenever I speak (although, the people of England would probably get a giggle out of that).

[@Sn0trocket]

Yeah, definitely *not* mispronounced. It has *always* been 'gee-zer' in British English.

[@benzomanic2972]

Simon, you should have a cat wondering around your office.

[@SinnerChrono]

Almost certainly the next eruption would be a phreatomagmatic eruption in the area of yellowstone lake. However the magma chamber is only about 28% melt at most. A minimum of 35-50% melt is required for a volcano to erupt. Odds are yellowstone wont erupt for hundreds of thousands of years. Its gone 1.58 million years between eruptions as well. Its barely past 600,000 years. Campi flegri is much more likely to erupt as its melt pool is closer to 35%.

[@xxMelaniexx]

I was thinking the same. It's interesting to think about what would happen but yellowstone isn't overdue and most likely won't erupt ever. Humans have also survived these and super volcano isn't a scientific term.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

exactly. unfortunately hundreds of fear mongering religious crazies post every bloody day its going up....... we won't see it though.

[@stephanhuebner4931]

Some years ago I watched a video by an (probably) actual expert, who claimed that Yellowstone is in fact cooling down and not likely to erupt in the near future, if ever again. The Campi Flegri in Italy on the other hand seems to be a lot more likely to go boom.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

@@stephanhuebner4931 the magmachamber is indeed on the decrease. that's not stopping the religious nutcases of course, seems rhey Want it to blow.....

[@ReseRain-xq9uo]

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[@Spaps0]

Ooo! A new Simon channel! How exciting, even more variety!

[@dannypope1860]

If you call “geysers”, “geezers”… what do you call actual “geezers”… (like an old man, geezer)? lol

[@lanebieber7611]

A GaySir

[@macewenart]

You're confusing Simon with a person who has good pronunciation, he doesn't. Simon's gift is his tone, his accent, and his confident rhythm.

[@KrisKomar]

That's the same thing I was wondering!

[@ETHRON1]

Nise..

[@allenra530]

Most of the British say geezers instead of the American pronunciation of guy ser. I have heard Brits visiting the Park, say geezer when asking me when Old Faithful is going to erupt. (90 minutes after the last eruption, plus or minus 10 minutes.) BTW, a woman in her 60s got tossed by a bison a little over a week ago, so she is the first one this year. I think she is out of the hospital now. No one has been killed by a grizzly bear yet this year, but the bears got 5 people last year. You are much more likely to be killed by the animals in Yellowstone than you are to get blown up by the volcano. Unless you sit on the opening of a geyser. Or geezer.

[@thelyrebird1310]

3:27 I've been to Lake Toba in North Sumatra and the island in the middle. It's quite an awesome experience.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Danau Toba with Samosir Island. Lovely place. Technically it isn't an island, there is a land-bridge linking it to the mainland.

[@thelyrebird1310]

@owenshebbeare2999 we had to go via a boat, and their houses were amazing. I was told some of them are well over 400yo

[@threeminuteshate]

Who’s here after today’s (July 23, 2024) hydothermic explosion?

[@thetimelapsesketchbook.9088]

Me LOL. (Actually it appeared in my reccomended feed.)

[@treehuggermc]

Ty for doing this particular volcano. I have been a fan for a while. Love the angles and research you do to get it right.

[@brymckay893]

As regular subscriber to a few of your channels, I have to say that this one left me dumbfounded at the level inaccuracy of the statements you have communicated as fact. I am a volcanologist currently research the dynamics and magma storage conditions of the last caldera forming eruption Yellowstone produced! As a scientist who has to spend half their time correcting the misinformation being spread on KZbin just for “likes” it is incredibly frustrating when that time could be better spent actually conducting research so we have even better answers to many of the questions we are trying to answer with volcanic systems. Final note: “Super volcano” is not correct and a term that is no longer used in the scientific community. These are volcanic systems that produce super eruptions. Please feel free to reach out if you would like to learn more about the subsurface structure and potential future hazards of Yellowstone. Loved every video you have made until this one.

[@pamsharpe60]

I’m glad you said all that, it saved me doing it!

[@CoDWolves343]

Can you make a video on this topic? Curious to learn more about volcanoes

[@gennystout8952]

Yay! Another Simon channel in the Whistler-verse!!!! Immediately subscribed. 😅😅😅😅

[@thumpyloudfoot864]

The thing with Yellowstone is, it has many many many vents, geysers and mud-volcanos that release pent-up pressure on a regular basis... It basically has natural pressure release valves that work automatically....

[@Roguescienceguy]

Yeah and the caldera is mostly cut of the main source nowadays

[@251omega]

That's a FACT, JACK! Anyone that hypes up the fear of a massively huge, and explosive eruption of the YELLOWSTONE SUPER VOLCANO, that wipes out our country or worse, is LYING to get a boost in view counts. It's unscrupulous and greedy to hype up the issue, to use as CLICKBAIT, just to raise the video's view count. Rest assured that it can't build up sufficient pressure to explode! EYES OPEN. NO FEAR.

[@alexdrockhound9497]

those arent releasing pressure from the magma actually. Those are just groundwater being heated by the much much deeper magma. Theres so much magma below the surface that that cooling effect is negligible. the pressure is caused by the dissolved gasses and water inside the magma, and when it cools down the water and gas cant stay dissolved in the rock and actually builds up pressure. . The actual good news is that yellowstone would show signs of erupting for hundreds or thousands of years in advance of an eruption. so theres zero risk that it will happen in any of our lifetimes or even those of our great great grandchildren.

[@thumpyloudfoot864]

@@alexdrockhound9497 true, but if there was nowhere for that water to go, no geysers and no mud-volcanos. That would cause an eruption, water is incompressible, and that water being so close to the surface, the entire valley bulges often because of the steam....

[@alexdrockhound9497]

@@thumpyloudfoot864 yes, thats how porphyry deposits form. but again, you're missing the scale issue. the amount of cooling happening is inconsequential, its so small compared to even the very small magma chamber that it doesnt affect the magma temps even a fraction of a degree.

[@melissaharrison9458]

Yes!! Another factboi channel. I subscribed so fast. Watching this video while at Taupo New Zealand. Pretty scary thinking about what would happen if it goes boom again.

[@eriolduterion8855]

Problem is, it isn't an IF, it's a WHEN!

[@altheacraig2904]

Yellowstone Volcano is over a "Hot Spot " just like the one that created the Hawaiian Islands and is now under the Big Island's Killawaya. The last time Yellowstone "Blew UP" was sixty-four thousand years ago when it was in Idaho. It is now in Wyoming because of Plate Tectonics. I learned this from Nick Zentner a Geology professor at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. Nick has taught me about "plate Tectonics", the Cascadia subduction Zone that is about 55 miles off our coast from Vancouver Island, Canada 700 miles down to Cape Mendocino, California. The Cascade Mountains are where they are because of the Subduction Zone and so much more. Check Nick out ! He is a great teacher!

[@rosstrainssportscarracinga8024]

the last caldera forming eruption at Yellowstone was approximately 640,000 years ago and was within the current park, about 74,000 years ago there was moderate eruption that mostly filled the current caldera with lava

[@playgroundchooser]

Nick is the best!

[@rapturesrevenge]

Kilauea? How do you fuck up spelling that badly?

[@ThaBeatConductor]

It's "Kīlauea", not "Killawaya".

[@madb132]

I would ask for your money back. Got a few facts and number out of wack.😆

[@dizzybadger8988]

Hey Simon if you ever find yourself coming to Yellowstone I would be more than happy to give you a guided tour of the park. I have spent many years working in and around the park.

[@coreyh233]

It is worth noting that right now the Yellowstone magma chamber is under an exceptionally thick granite shelf in the Earth's crust. Geologists believe that although the magma chamber is still there it is going to be more difficult for an eruption to occur. As to Simon's final point, the magma chamber is continuing to move towards an even thicker portion of the crust that will make it even more difficult than it already is to erupt.

[@KingKing-cz6xh]

Or is it making the pressure rise making it easier to erupt(I know nothing about this)

[@mycallingb621]

No, there are chambers the flow in and out which relieve the pressure.so essentially the crust, as long as it’s thick enough, will hold it. (I know nothing about this either)

[@Bitterman5868]

media created a scare fest over this, the fuji and the canary islands volcanos, this latest erupted, and it turns out the scares were fabricated by the media, the volcano and its structure has zero chance, and waves caused by landslides are small as seen in the past, and not as dangerous as ones created by powerful earthquakes. surprisingly they still keep themselves quiet over the san andreas fault becoming more itchy of late.

[@romansailer8052]

Could be wrong, but I think the magma chamber is relatively stationary, it’s the crust that is moving over/across that chamber. Highly recommend Nick Zenter’s channel and Central Washington university geology series.

[@paulwoodford1984]

It will erupt in 2036

[@MrBoognet]

Best cinematography of a zit popping.

[@ChrisOler]

1000 km = 621 miles, not 240, and the graphic said 2,040, btw. It's an interesting topic, just seems like you need to slow production down a bit to qc the script, because you also changed the numbers on Mt. Saint Helens from 540 million tons of ejecta to 240 million tons (US Geological Survey says 520 million). Excellent presentation, just tighten it up.

[@DrFluffy]

It’s cubic km and miles, so it is 240 cubic miles. Agree with your other points!

[@Cyndy-b9v]

You are right, Dr. Fluffy, it's 240 cubic miles. But the graphic says 2040.

[@ArKritz84]

Also 100 mm is 4 inches, not 3 ft.

[@NonContentMakerZ3]

The rule is: The more the channel (Simon) feels like BB, the better the channel is. That said: CC is the next best, then DTU and this channel is surprisingly good :-)

[@thelonederanger8521]

What if Yellowstone is considered a nuclear target? Just curious.

[@atypicalmotorcycle752]

Great video! One nit to pick (but not eat) The graphic for the eruption size that qualifies for supervolcano status shows 2,400 cubic miles rather than the correct value spoken by Simon, 240 cubic miles.

[@scottmeredith3359]

As someone who lives near Yellowstone, I have to say how much I loved you pronouncing geyser (guy-sir) like your talking about an ancient old person, a geezer (gee-zer) 😂

[@godfreypigott]

And both are technically incorrect.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

​@@godfreypigott Actually Simon's pronunciation is closer to the original Icelandic, certainly more so than the quaint American "GUY-ser".

[@godfreypigott]

@@owenshebbeare2999 Heads up ... we're not speaking Icelandic.

[@josekentucky86]

Wooo! Just stumbled across another whistler Gem of a channel. Stoked! They're all excellent

[@festerbolee]

100 centimetres is just over 3 feet. 100 millimetres is 4 inches. You would think a pom would actually know how small 100 mm is or at least 3 feet.

[@mccannfamily28]

There was a lake/pond in Yellowstone that one day started having water pour out one side because the ground had swollen up on one side.... worrying. But then the ground sunk back down...

[@michaelshaw8528]

I'm guessing it was a script error, but it wouldn't be 100mm or 3 feet of ash, 100CM is 3 feet. 1000mm

[@ahumanyoudontknow5777]

Oh my gosh, you're kidding me- not another one!

[@tigersharkzh]

3:09 1000 Km^3 equals 239.913 mi^3, not 2040 mi^3. A caldera isn't underground, it's the depression left behind after a collapse of the magma chamber roof after an eruption. There are so many such mistakes in this video. Simon's videos are losing their quality. The number of mistakes made is getting embarrassing.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

You expecting people to care is embarrassing.

[@tigersharkzh]

@@samuelgarrod8327 Your false assumptions are embarrassing.

[@lukechinn6560]

the ash cloud isn't the biggest problem.. that would be the tremendous amount of sulphur dioxide that will be pumped up into the atmosphere

[@wildwally2801]

Man I love his videos and passion. Great you tube presence.

[@MountainFisher]

Considering the magma is less than 20% molten it won't erupt in a super eruption for thousands of years. The most likely Caldera to erupt in the US is the Long Valley Caldera in California. Mammoth Mtn. on the West and Glass Mtn on the East some 26 miles. Mammoth is itself a rhyolite lava dome complex. Yellowstone ash would not be blown to California considering the prevailing winds blow to the East.

[@KaiserZERO]

Glad to see someone mentioning Lake Taupō. I haven't visited it though, and probably never will

[@Rizzbulla]

Makes you wonder if it could set the atmosphere on fire.

[@julianaylor4351]

Several great Yellowstone documentaries worth seeking out.

[@hefeydd_]

I watched a documentary on National Geographic a few years ago and If this super volcano erupted, the fallout would reach Washington now that just made my brain hurt just thinking of the magnitude of power in that volcano would be immense. They also said in this documentary that an eruption is long overdue.

[@TheProdigalGoob]

you can tell this is him because the production is still top notch. Hats off Simon you have broken KZbin's algorithm