When Yellowstone Erupts, what is your plan?

[Mr.Mattress]

So yes, for everyone who doesn't know, there is a Massive Volcano system, known as a Super Volcano, underneath Yellowstone Park. When it erupts, it will cover a majority of the world in ash and it will block out the sun causing a new Ice Age. So fellow Escapists, what do you plan on doing when it erupts, or how do you plan on surviving?

Since I live on the East Coast of America, Ash is gonna be a problem. I'd have to towel up all the creeks and crevices in the house so that it couldn't get in. Also, Water is a priority since most of it will become ash polluted. So I'd be storing water bottles and hope it can last long enough for the ash to stop. I'll also have non-gas generators, millions of batteries, and a ton of movies I would want to ride out the initial fallout, then when the worst is over, I will go out and scavenge. Plus, I will stock up on Diabetic Supplies because I am a diabetic.

EDIT: I was Misinformed about a Yellowstone Eruption. This website explains why:

http://www.nps.gov/yell/naturescience/volcanoqa.htm

So Now this thread has become a Hypothetical instead of a "When it happens, what will you do?". Please, continue to act as if this thread isn't wrong. (Or do and call me an idiot)

 

[senordesol]

I live in California, so if and when it goes there won't be much to do but kick back and welcome the sweet release of death.

 

[Ordinaryundone]

Be happy I'm not living anywhere near Yellowstone! I think North Carolina is far enough away that we'll escape the worst of it. If it gets too bad, I could get on a boat and head East, or south to the Caribbean.

 

[Promethax]

Depends on where the wind blows the ash.

If it goes south east, I'll just sit back.

If it goes north east, I'll try to get as far away from its path as possible.

 

[Lionsfan]

Is it really in danger of blowing anytime soon? Cause if not then I'll just continue with my regularly scheduled programming

 

[McMullen]

Move to New Zealand. The whole north hemisphere will be various shades of fucked.

 

[RamirezDoEverything]

I live in Ohio, by looking at the map of the show you probably just watched, I am fucked.

If there is not advanced warning: Wait for ash
If there is: Buy barrels of water and beans, a rifle, 500 rounds, chemical toilet, candles and as many books as I could get my hands on.

Hopefully the power will stay on and I can play my xbox, if not, books.

Buy some sort of air-recycler, airtight my house as best as possible and hunker down.

Oh, and cat food, a fuck ton of catfood.

Gotta keep Sugar and Sassy fed.

EDIT: 1000 posts!

 

[Monkeyman O'Brien]

I dont know. Probably die.
Im from NZ, we don't like the cold.

 

[Mr.Mattress]

Is it really in danger of blowing anytime soon? Cause if not then I'll just continue with my regularly scheduled programming

The Regular Schedule for the Yellowstone Volcano is: We're way past due for an explosion... So yeah, it can happen at any time, and probably soon...

 

[Tanis]

If it happens, it happens.
No used being a worrywart about it.

 

[Blue Hero]

I'll just hibernate for a few hundred years until it fixes itself.

 

[farscythe]

being in the uk i think ill take the brittish response
keep calm n carry on.... n ***** about the weather

 

[JochemHippie]

I'd put on CNN and enjoy the great display of natural pyrotechnics.

 

[Daniel_Rosamilia]

Well, considering I love on the other side of the world, I'm not particularly sure that this will affect me at all, and if it manages to make it way over to one of the most southern parts of Australia, then I'm very much fucked.

 

[Thaluikhain]

I'll watch the Republican potential candidates blame each other for it, and promise if they are elected, to remove all volcanic activity from the US.

 

[Lost In The Void]

Be Canadian and withstand the cold with our +20% Resist Cold attribute

 

[BlackStar42]

Yellowstone erupts every 600,000 years or so. The last one was 630,000 years ago. If it does go off, there isn't gong to be much you can do about it. It could very easily cover the whole of North America in ash.

 

[fix-the-spade]

It'll be fine.

The thick ash will land in a couple of weeks, the fine ash will not do a great deal once it's been spread about on the jetstream. You're a first world country, you can absorb the death of a few thousand in Wyoming without too many problems.

With any luck, the fine layer of ash around the upper atmosphere will help counteract global warming.

I'll watch the Republican potential candidates blame each other for it, and promise if they are elected, to remove all volcanic activity from the US.

But surely they would be too busy blaming it on Obama, the democrats and a lack of corporate development in Yellowstone to get as far as each other?
Assuming they accept that it has happened at all...

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

Hmmm...I live in the Scotland. I take it I'm still high up on the "You are fucked-o-meter"?
I guess I'll call my girlfriend, tell her I love her and then wait for death, not much you can do when a volcano erupts and unfortunately it's a natural disaster so my normal procedure for fixing problems (swearing at it and threatening it's family with a nail-bat) just wouldn't work here.

 

[Esotera]

Stock up on salt, proceed to kill about 1000 sheep in the field next to me, and build a harem & arms dealership and watch the money flow in.

In reality, I don't know whether it'd really affect me much. The government would probably step in with emergency provisions.