It did not Happen! / myLot

United States

May 24, 2016 9:25am CST

Last night, I talked to my son on the phone. He had you tube on. Suddenly the emergency broadcast system sounded. They said that Yellowstone volcano was about to have a major eruption after a massive earthquake. Anyone within 300 miles of the park had to evacuate.The president was being flown to a safe location and would address the nation later that night. This did not happen. It was some sort of hoax. We could not find anything about it on any news channel. I don't know why someone did this. What could they gain from it? What do you think? Could the Yellowstone caldera be ready to blow up? Do you think it will ever happen? I don't know but I hope not.

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shruti rawat

@BlissfullySilent (476)

• India

24 May 16

i dont really have any idea about the location but it is definitely not something to joke about! what is with people....there seems a trend now a days

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Anna

@LadyDuck (460454)

• Switzerland

24 May 16

Where there is a volcano there is always the risk that one day it will erupt. I do not know when this will happen in the Yellowstone park, but one day it will happen.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111434)

• El Paso, Texas

24 May 16

It probably will happen one day but hopefully we'll all be long gone when it does.

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Marlina

@marlina (154165)

• Canada

24 May 16

I don't know anything about Yellowstone caldera.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (308693)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

25 May 16

I have no idea why anyone would want to do something like that. I don't see it erupting anytime soon.

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Jo Ann

@akalinus (40797)

• United States

25 May 16

I hope you are right. It would be quite a mess if it ever did.

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Jo Ann

@akalinus (40797)

• United States

26 May 16

@just4him A furniture factory burned down near us one year. There was ash a foot deep in everyone's yards. If that happens with a factory, I can imagine a volcano would be thousands of times worse.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (308693)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

26 May 16

@akalinus Yes it would.

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@acelawrites

@acelawrites (19273)

• Philippines

27 May 16

Your volcanologists can tell or at least warn residents living near the area if they need to evacuate. Who is that "psycho" who made that prank announcement? Didn't he know it can cause panic? Authorities should track and punish him.

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Jo Ann

@akalinus (40797)

• United States

27 May 16

I don't know who did it. It just suddenly came on. I heard it over the phone. I was thinking, oh that's just great. We are going into the next national emergency. But, it was only a hoax.

ElicBxn

@ElicBxn (63252)

• United States

11 Jul 16

yes, the Yellowstone caldera will erupt, some day - probably sooner than later since we are actually over due for an eruption - having said that - well, sooner may not be in our lifetime... what's a few thousand years in geological time?

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (49284)

• United States

26 May 16

I pray that it doesn't.

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Deborah-Diane

@DeborahDiane (40096)

• Laguna Woods, California

25 May 16

Scientists have said that the Yellowstone caldera could be ready to blow ... sometime in the next 50 years ... and the results could be massively destructive. However, geologists are not always right and we can't live our lives in fear of something like that.

Jo Ann

@akalinus (40797)

• United States

25 May 16

Yes, we should live our life as best we can and not worry about something that might happen. If it does, we will be dealing with a new reality and it will be different than anyone predicts now.