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MoonSong · Mar 9, 2026

trappedslider said:
today i learned about this Zone of Death (Yellowstone) - Wikipedia

My first thought was of the Silent Zone, but that is a very different kind of zone.

Zardnaar · Mar 9, 2026

MoonSong said:
My first thought was of the Silent Zone, but that is a very different kind of zone.

My first thought was like those volcanic gas areas in Kamchatka.

Dannyalcatraz · Mar 10, 2026

trappedslider said:
today i learned about this Zone of Death (Yellowstone) - Wikipedia

The law of unintended consequences meets the consequences of unintended law.

Aeson · Mar 10, 2026

Sovereign citizens must love this loophole.

DrunkonDuty · Mar 10, 2026

They could all gather there and shoot one another.

Aeson · Mar 10, 2026

DrunkonDuty said:
They could all gather there and shoot one another.

They call it "The Redoubt"
American Redoubt - Wikipedia American Redoubt - Wikipedia

DrunkonDuty · Mar 10, 2026

TIL about the American Redoubt. Kinda sorry I clicked on that link.

Bohandas · Mar 11, 2026

Aeson said:
They call it "The Redoubt"
American Redoubt - Wikipedia American Redoubt - Wikipedia

Cults like that are going to be one of the biggest impediments to restoring service if there's ever a large scale disaster

edit: unless the disaster is Yellowstone erupting

Dannyalcatraz · Mar 11, 2026

DrunkonDuty said:
TIL about the American Redoubt. Kinda sorry I clicked on that link.

Forewarned is forearmed.

DrunkonDuty · Mar 11, 2026

I'd like to say that it's not info I need, on account of living a very long way away. But <redacted> is reaching nasty tendrils even here in relatively secular Australia.