>>Places like St Louis, Nashville, Memphis, Louisville, etc, would be devastated, especially along the Mississippi River.<<
That river never did like two-legs and is actively pissed with them now. It's going to jump its bed -- in some places that's long overdue from human tampering -- so a big shakeup would likely trigger that. Also it's the most likely rip line at present if Yellowstone goes off.
>>I remember, though, when Mt St Helens went. We got ash fall all the way over in Michigan. So yeah, if Yellowstone goes, it'd likely set off St Helens, Hood, et al too, all the way down.<<
Yeah, we got ash in Illinois too.
Look at a map and you can see that the Rockies in the west and Appalachians in the east anchor the edges of the continent. But the middle is much lower. It has a tendency to rip out and be water. Here is a previous example. While it's unlikely to be that extreme this time, if the edges jump up and the middle drops, there going to be some degree of "lots more water there than now."
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Date: 2023-04-27 09:42 pm (UTC)That river never did like two-legs and is actively pissed with them now. It's going to jump its bed -- in some places that's long overdue from human tampering -- so a big shakeup would likely trigger that. Also it's the most likely rip line at present if Yellowstone goes off.
>>I remember, though, when Mt St Helens went. We got ash fall all the way over in Michigan. So yeah, if Yellowstone goes, it'd likely set off St Helens, Hood, et al too, all the way down.<<
Yeah, we got ash in Illinois too.
Look at a map and you can see that the Rockies in the west and Appalachians in the east anchor the edges of the continent. But the middle is much lower. It has a tendency to rip out and be water. Here is a previous example. While it's unlikely to be that extreme this time, if the edges jump up and the middle drops, there going to be some degree of "lots more water there than now."