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hlthe2b

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2. I used to wonder about dying in a first wave nuke attack, given the CO front range direct targeting from NORAD,

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Mon Nov 24, 2025, 06:35 PM

Nov 24

north to the missile silos culminating in WY, the Dakotas, and Montana.

Now, I'm wondering if Yellowstone won't do us all a "favor," and that Supervolcano take out the majority of all of us west of the Mississippi (directly) and far more from the sulfurous effects, direct and indirect. I mean it has only been 2.08 million years since it last erupted, so, who knows? As with the nuke attack, it would likely be fast for most of us.