Basil Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 Seems the magma chamber under Yellowstone Park is filling up. Could be a big nothing, could be a BIG explosion---though no-one can guess when. How big? Well, as in a few hundred to over a thousand times the explosive power of Krakatoa. A little thought, a little research, and a GM could have one heck of a scenario. A bit of background: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0301_060301_yellowstone.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherSkip Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 Re: World's biggest natural disaster? I saw a telly on this very subject, however my thought was "ultimate dungeon!" not "How can heroes fix this?" we would prolly go the way of the dinos though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmurie Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 Re: World's biggest natural disaster? The other is a tsunami that could set off a big enough tidal wave to wipe out the east coast. http://www.rense.com/general56/tsu.htm And of course lets not forget asteroid impacts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 Re: World's biggest natural disaster? The other is a tsunami that could set off a big enough tidal wave to wipe out the east coast. http://www.rense.com/general56/tsu.htm And of course lets not forget asteroid impacts... Counter point to Canary Tsunami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Archeville Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 Re: World's biggest natural disaster? Wikipedia's List of Natural Disasters by Death Toll Fun Factoid: the eruption of Mt. Tambora in 1815 -- the deadliest volcanic explosion on record, killing 92,000 people -- lead to the "Year Without a Summer." The lack of oats with which to feed horses lead to the development of the velocipede (the ancestor of the bicycle), and to a contest among friends holed up in a Swiss cabin to see who could write the scariest story, leading one contestant to write Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus and another to write The Vampyre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psybolt Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Re: World's biggest natural disaster? Wikipedia's List of Natural Disasters by Death Toll Fun Factoid: the eruption of Mt. Tambora in 1815 -- the deadliest volcanic explosion on record, killing 92,000 people -- lead to the "Year Without a Summer." The lack of oats with which to feed horses lead to the development of the velocipede (the ancestor of the bicycle), and to a contest among friends holed up in a Swiss cabin to see who could write the scariest story, leading one contestant to write Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus and another to write The Vampyre. FUN? factoid? Not quite. The explosion of Yellowstone could lead to Post-Apocalyptic Hero campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Re: World's biggest natural disaster? FUN? factoid? Not quite. The explosion of Yellowstone could lead to Post-Apocalyptic Hero campaign. If I'm not mistaken, that's how Steve ended civilization in the Tobacco Road campaign seed in PAH... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Re: World's biggest natural disaster? Fun Factoid: the eruption of Mt. Tambora in 1815 -- the deadliest volcanic explosion on record' date=' killing 92,000 people -- lead to the "Year Without a Summer." The lack of oats with which to feed horses lead to the development of the velocipede (the ancestor of the bicycle), [/i']. I'd be a bit sceptical about this part: the velocipede was invented in 1860, long after the year without a summer. The writer is probably confusing it with the Draisienne, the first steerable semi-bicycle: but it's a bit of a stretch to suggest that it had anything to do with horses or oats. It was a toy, as far as we can tell, designed for amusement by a German Nobleman and based on the much older Celerifere semi-bicycles used for the same purpose (they were steered with the feet and by leaning, like a sled) and precede the eruption by a generation. The article cited by the wiki suggests the Draisienne was controversial because people didn't know how to balance before 1817 despite the existence of two wheeled vehicles prior to the Draisienne and the existence before the wheeled Draisienne of the ice Draisienne - basically an upright sled used on frozen rivers and canals similar to the ski-sleds used today. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmurie Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Re: World's biggest natural disaster? Counter point to Canary Tsunami Yeah, but Dr. Destroyer or Mechanon could probably muster the power to make a properly sized chunk drop into the ocean. Or for that matter use an earthquake generator to create the wave anywhere they like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilkmanDan Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Re: World's biggest natural disaster? Don't forget the classic "massive quake in the San Andreas Fault threatens to drop Southern California into the Pacific". Always a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted November 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Re: World's biggest natural disaster? Don't forget the classic "massive quake in the San Andreas Fault threatens to drop Southern California into the Pacific". Always a good one. More like "...threatens to make San Francisco and Petaluma neighbors." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Re: World's biggest natural disaster? Don't forget the classic "massive quake in the San Andreas Fault threatens to drop Southern California into the Pacific". Always a good one. OTISBURG!?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronosnight Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Re: World's biggest natural disaster? A short history of nearly everything does a small part on what would happen if Yellowstone blew, scary stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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