The Yellowstone Conundrum (Is this it?)

By John D. Randall

The explosion of the Yellowstone caldera, a 55-mile by 35-mile section of northwestern Wyoming, starts with a series of 11.2 earthquakes which in turn triggers additional earthquakes in the Puget Sound. While ash spews high into the air in Wyoming, a tsunami strikes Seattle.The earthquakes cause failures of hydroelectric facilities on the Snake and Missouri Rivers. The power grid in the Western United States cascades into darkness, even reaching the East Coast.The Columbia Generating Plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation goes offline and into a meltdown.The City of Seattle suffers catastrophic damage as do other cities; Portland, Boise, Salt Lake City and Denver.While in a apocalyptic setting, The Yellowstone Conundrum follows the plight of average citizens caught in extraordinary situations.Army vet Ray Spaulding and a handful of office workers fight gangs intent on burning down the new Seattle Public Library.UW professor Denny Cain and graduate student Karen Bagley try to escape from the destruction of Seattle only to find themselves in heroic situations at the Mt. Baker Tunnel.Olympic skier Penny Armstrong, on vacation in Wyoming, races to escape the ever-growing Death Cloud as volcanic ash spews high into the atmosphere.Power couple Dr. Nancy O'Brien (National Hazards Center, Golden CO) and husband Robert (Bureau of Reclamation) are separated by multiple disasters as the Fort Peck dam collapses in Montana and volcanic ash begins to smother Denver. The Yellowstone explosion forces long distance truck driver Cameron Hedges to leave I-25 and head east where he finds the community of Wright, Wyoming and convinces the town to pick up and move.The President of the United States, his cabinet and various governmental departments are frustrated at their inability to help. Power is out. Land lines and cell phones are out.The Yellowstone Conundrum is a "people" book set in a plausible what-if disaster setting. It is the first of a multiple-book series; followed by Scorched Earth and The Lose-Lose Scenario.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500280429
• ISBN13: 9781500280420
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 626 Pages
• Weight: 2.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.4" x 6.0"