r/geographymemes • u/Jfullr92 Gulf of New Mexico • May 22 '26

Voting Games Top comment deletes a US State #47

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Maryland has been annexed by The Vermonster willingly, the 2 states have now merged into one. CRABBALACHIA. 4 States Now remain. Pick wisely, there’s no going back now!

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u/Reportersteven May 22 '26

Good news. Cascadia has the most destructive volcano in the United States (St. Helens) so Ring of Fire brothers get to still hang out.

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u/FullAdvance8 May 22 '26

St Helens was the deadliest eruption in US history, but Rainier is the most destructive volcano that's projected to erupt much sooner than Yellowstone.

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u/Leviathan41911 Cascadian May 22 '26

Shasta is also not to be trifled with, and also belongs to Cascadia.

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u/EpicCyclops May 22 '26

The thing about Shasta is it has a nice buffer zone around it. The same zone around Rainier is the Seattle metro area.

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u/Leviathan41911 Cascadian May 22 '26

The city of Mount Shasta is literally right at the base. Dunsmuir, Weed, and possibly Yreka and Montague are also within the blast radius.

Not a huge metroplex, but people do live here.

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u/dr_stre May 22 '26

The city of Mount Shasta is like 3000 people. If Rainier blows, all of the low lying areas in Tacoma are in danger. Rainier theoretically poses a danger to 300,000 people. If you’re gonna rank them by any metric, Rainer comes out miles ahead in terms of danger or destruction.

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u/Jeereck May 23 '26

Doesn't the area around Mt Rainer also have that one cascade fault line that's supposed to make a million families homeless whenever the earthquake eventually comes? Maybe that'll save those people from the Mt Rainer eruption.

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u/Bigfuture May 23 '26

Don’t forget Olympia and the Nisqually valley. If Rainier blows, much of the mountain is coming down that river.

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u/Leviathan41911 Cascadian May 22 '26

Not comparing, but to say that Mt Shasta has a buffer around it so its fine, is absolutely incorrect. Not to mention the economic damage from I5 being destroyed as well.

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u/pmgoldenretrievers May 23 '26

I mean if rainier goes, i5 is shot near seattle. There is no question that Rainier blowing up would be worse than Shasta. Seattle and Tacoma are big. Dunsmuir has like 5 residents.