I wonder if all the Bison, Grizzly Bears and Wolves can sense it and maybe take off.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2003/11/animals-sense-earthquakes/IN 373 B.C., historians recorded that animals, including rats, snakes and weasels, deserted the Greek city of Helice in droves just days before a quake devastated the place.
Accounts of similar animal anticipation of earthquakes have surfaced across the centuries since. Catfish moving violently, chickens that stop laying eggs and bees leaving their hive in a panic have been reported. Countless pet owners claimed to have witnessed their cats and dogs acting strangely before the ground shook—barking or whining for no apparent reason, or showing signs of nervousness and restlessness.
But precisely what animals sense, if they feel anything at all, is a mystery. One theory is that wild and domestic creatures feel the Earth vibrate before humans. Other ideas suggest they detect electrical changes in the air or gas released from the Earth.
It may not even be as bad as most people expect; that is if it blows in our lifetime. It Could be tragic, or not as tragic.
Out of blast area? It's all good then!
I live bordering Detroit. Am I safe or dead?
Detroit? Stay safe, Sherbro, even if Yellowstone remains silent. Joking aside, as far as I remember from watching those videos, you're out of the "kill zone".
If it blows, those not killed in the blast will starve.
The problem with volcanic ash is that when you breath it into your lungs, the moisture from your body basically turns the ash into concrete and it kills you. A full eruption would drop FEET of ash all over the country and many people would die that weren't anywhere near the eruption. It would drop so much ash that it begins to build up on your roof like snow. If you don't get out and clean it off the roof your house will collapse from the weight of it. I would recommend wrapping a wet towel around your head and sweeping the roof off daily and duct taping all your windows and doors to try to keep the ash out.
Guess it's time for me to move to Australia and hope the eruption is small enough to only kill you filthy American swine.