For those in the UK: 'Supervolcano' docu-drama at 9pm

[Gandalf]

For those in the UK, tonight at 9pm on BBC1 is the second part of a 2 part docu-drama about what might happen if the Supervolcano underneath Yellowstone national park erupts. Nothing much actually happended last night on part 1, the action is all tonight.. check it out if you have time. The docu-drama is a joint production between the BBC and the Discovery Channel so US viewers may get to see it themselves in due course.

Ok so it might not blow for another 100,000 years (if at all), but on the otherhand it could happen tomorrow!

Doug

[patapouf]

I saw a documentary on the phenomena some times ago. Since pressure is slowly accumulating in this thing like air into a balloon, I wonder if there is the possibility to control it is something that can be possibly done; basically, to find a way to ''evacuate'' all this pressure that will make it blow up like a presto machine if nothing is done. If we are able to dig thousands of miles of tunnels (subways, etc.) everywhere around the world, I believe we can deal with this problem if we really want to.