What area of the country do you live in?
If you don't live within 300 miles of Yellowstone, you will be one of the people who will have to deal with the snowing ash.
Is Yellowstone going to blow?
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If you don't live within 300 miles of Yellowstone, you will be one of the people who will have to deal with the snowing ash.
I disagree. That thread doesn't reference the article in the OP.
I bet Yogi Bear is getting worried.
With any luck the next big asteroid hit will be right on top of it, that way it'll give us two less things to worry about
SUPER VOLCANO
Which we can do as much about as the sun swallowing the earth.
Which we can do as much about as the sun swallowing the earth.
While we might not be able to stop it, if we could get a sense of when it's going to blow then we might in theory minimize the damage.
There seems to be a lot of panic mongering following this article around, so i'm going to copy and paste a post I made on this very topic on another forum.
Magma Movement = Harmonic Termors.
Nowhere in the articles are Harmonic Tremors mentioned.
Yellowstone is in a tectonically active area, and experiences something like 1000-2000 earthquakes per year. Earthquake swarms like this are not unheard of in this area. There was an event in 1985 where over 3000 over a period of several months. There have also been 70 earthquake swarms in the period 1983-2008.
Further, there was no eruption from Yellowstone 70,000 years ago. The eruption that occurred 70,000 years ago was from Lake Toba in Indonesia (Sumatra). The Lake Toba eruption was nearly 3 times bigger than the last Yellowstone eruption which occured 640,000 years ago, and in terms of volume ejected only barely qualifies as VEI 8.
There have been several larger eruptions than the most recent magmatic eruption at Yellowstone, 640,000 years ago.
Magma Movement = Harmonic Termors.
Nowhere in the articles are Harmonic Tremors mentioned.
Yellowstone is in a tectonically active area, and experiences something like 1000-2000 earthquakes per year. Earthquake swarms like this are not unheard of in this area. There was an event in 1985 where over 3000 over a period of several months. There have also been 70 earthquake swarms in the period 1983-2008.
Further, there was no eruption from Yellowstone 70,000 years ago. The eruption that occurred 70,000 years ago was from Lake Toba in Indonesia (Sumatra). The Lake Toba eruption was nearly 3 times bigger than the last Yellowstone eruption which occured 640,000 years ago, and in terms of volume ejected only barely qualifies as VEI 8.
There have been several larger eruptions than the most recent magmatic eruption at Yellowstone, 640,000 years ago.
It's probaby a good thing just to be on the safe side to put up a sign in the middle of Yellowstone Lake stating: 'Watch Out For Broiled Fish Floating On The Surface'. That should tell you that something's up.
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http://ashfall.unl.edu/ashfallstory.html
this isn't far from where I grew up. It was also from a volcanic explosion and most of the animals died. They said some died from starvation, but it seems to me they would have died from dehydration first.
Doe sash float on the water or sink?
this isn't far from where I grew up. It was also from a volcanic explosion and most of the animals died. They said some died from starvation, but it seems to me they would have died from dehydration first.
Doe sash float on the water or sink?
i am gonna say BOTH. the majority will slowly sink with some residual floating on the surface. i was watching the science guy - there is my imitation.
Good post.
No.
It's not a good thing.
Encouraging people to panic is never a good thing.
As far as the USGS is concerned, it's situation normal, they haven't seen fit to increase Yellowstone's watch status.
The USGS aren't worried.
The distribution and location of the earthquakes is completely consistent with known or suspected faultlines.
They're located in an area where they suspect one of the former caldera rims lies (a giant fault) they also lie in an approximate location that's onsistent with a northward extension of another known fault.
There's also been regular earthquakes in that area since 1973.
There really is no need (at this time) for any of this fear mongering.
http://www.seis.utah.edu/req2webdir/recenteqs/Maps/Yellowstone.html
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Yellowstone_Caldera_map2.jpg
Ophiolite
Valued Senior Member
1. People don't need encouragement to panic.
2. Panic sells newspapers and so is good for newspaper proprietors.
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w1z4rd
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Is the Yellowstone Supervolcano About To Blow?
"Apparently, Yellowstone National Park has been having a very unusual number of earthquakes. Many of the most recent tremors have been deeper underground, an ominous sign. Combine that with a rapid rise in elevation over the past three years, and the possibility that earthquake activity from surrounding areas could trigger such an eruption on its own, and you've got the possible warning signs of a supervolcano eruption that would wipe out half to 2/3 of the continental US, plunge global temperatures, and wipe out a very significant chunk of world food sources. Here's a little more info to make your New Year brighter!"
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/31/2248210
Seems a lot of people are talking about this.
On a side note.. wanna keep a backup of the site in Africa if it does go?
"Apparently, Yellowstone National Park has been having a very unusual number of earthquakes. Many of the most recent tremors have been deeper underground, an ominous sign. Combine that with a rapid rise in elevation over the past three years, and the possibility that earthquake activity from surrounding areas could trigger such an eruption on its own, and you've got the possible warning signs of a supervolcano eruption that would wipe out half to 2/3 of the continental US, plunge global temperatures, and wipe out a very significant chunk of world food sources. Here's a little more info to make your New Year brighter!"
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/31/2248210
Seems a lot of people are talking about this.
On a side note.. wanna keep a backup of the site in Africa if it does go?
There is going to come a time when you just don't want to hang around the U.S. anymore, especially if the amount of earthquakes and ground rising in Yellowstone continues to increase 'Bigtime'. When should you be ready to move? Get your airline reservation early. You just know the airports are going to be extremely crowded when it does decide to blow this next time. Happy New Year everyone.
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Ophiolite
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Of course. People like doom and gloom. And we mustn't forget that the military/industrial/political/scientific complex is deliberately hiding the severity of the problem. Indeed the current world economic crisis was doubtless precipitated in order to distract attention away from Yellowstone.
Don't you just love humans.
Don't you just love humans.
No. :\