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#160510 - 12/30/08 02:19 PM Yellowstone
MartinFocazio Offline

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The number and frequency of earthquakes in the Yellowstone Park area is increasing every day:

link.

"CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park was jostled by a host of small earthquakes for a third straight day Monday, and scientists watched closely to see whether the more than 250 tremors were a sign of something bigger to come. Swarms of small earthquakes happen frequently in Yellowstone, but it's very unusual for so many earthquakes to happen over several days, said Robert Smith, a professor of geophysics at the University of Utah."

Related Video:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/supervolcano/index.shtml

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=supervolcano

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF-RKzqNtz0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdCECslNL78


Might be a good time to check your dust mask collection.

If you live on the East Coast. smirk


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#160514 - 12/30/08 02:25 PM Re: Yellowstone [Re: MartinFocazio]
benjammin Offline
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What kills me is this changes nothing about whether they can say something more will happen or not.

One big tell is that most of the activity is at the Northwest end of the Caldera. That is the leading edge of the suspected hot spot, and would seem to indicate more than anything that something bad may be coming. The tec plate moves west to east, so the east side of the caldera used to be over the hotspot. Had the storm been on the east side, it would've been more indicative of subsidence, but on the Northwest portion, it likely means the hotspot may be agitating.

Yeah, I can use conditionals just like the pros.
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#160526 - 12/30/08 02:56 PM Re: Yellowstone [Re: benjammin]
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Originally Posted By: benjammin
Yeah, I can use conditionals just like the pros.


So what you are saying is it just might be a definite maybe?
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#160547 - 12/30/08 04:03 PM Re: Yellowstone [Re: GarlyDog]
benjammin Offline
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Umm, could be. Then again it might not.
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#160591 - 12/30/08 10:35 PM Re: Yellowstone [Re: MartinFocazio]
ironraven Offline
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My question is, statistically how much of a variation from the norm over the past.. 20-30 years is this?

My other question is, other than don't breath the portland cement if you can avoid it, what do people expect to do during the ashfall?

Oh well, if it does pop, it should help take care of global warming for a while.
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#160595 - 12/30/08 10:56 PM Re: Yellowstone [Re: ironraven]
Russ Offline
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Originally Posted By: ironraven
My question is, statistically how much of a variation from the norm over the past.. 20-30 years is this?

My other question is, other than don't breath the portland cement if you can avoid it, what do people expect to do during the ashfall?

Oh well, if it does pop, it should help take care of global warming for a while.
There is a silver lining. . . have you seen the cartoon movie "Ice Age"?
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Okay, what’s your point??

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#160597 - 12/30/08 11:13 PM Re: Yellowstone [Re: ironraven]
Lono Offline
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Registered: 10/19/06
Posts: 1013
Loc: Pacific NW, USA
Originally Posted By: ironraven

My other question is, other than don't breath the portland cement if you can avoid it, what do people expect to do during the ashfall?


I'll be up on top, shovelling off my roof like a demon.

- Always hopeful.

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#160949 - 01/02/09 10:45 PM Re: Yellowstone [Re: MartinFocazio]
JCWohlschlag Offline
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Just as a follow-up…

http://wcbstv.com/national/yellowstone.earthquakes.volcano.2.898775.html

Quote:
Imminent Yellowstone ‘Supervolcano’ Now ‘Unlikely’

NEW YORK (CBS) ― The recent “swarm” of small earthquake tremors happening in Yellowstone National Park are not likely to be a sign of a pending “supervolcano” eruption as some fear, according to a top scientist at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.



Click the URL for the full article.
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#160957 - 01/03/09 12:10 AM Re: Yellowstone [Re: JCWohlschlag]
Yuccahead Offline
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Registered: 07/24/08
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Loc: W. Texas
There is also this brief article in Scientific American that comes to similar conclusions (though it also points out that nobody can be absolutely certain):

http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-scie...e-ye-2008-12-30

Also, if your are interested, and perhaps only someone in Chris Kavanaugh's field would be, there is also an article on Scientific American's website -- that reports on research that has appeared in the journal Science -- about a North American meteor or comet strike. This strike could be an explanation for the die-off of the Clovis people as well as North American Mega-fauna. Most importantly for me, after reading this article, I can now say "nanodiamonds".

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=did-a-comet-hit-earth-12900-years-ago
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#160959 - 01/03/09 12:21 AM Re: Yellowstone [Re: Yuccahead]
Desperado Offline
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Registered: 11/01/08
Posts: 1530
Loc: DFW, Texas
Originally Posted By: Yuccahead


Nanodiamonds.... I think that was what was on my wife's first wedding ring...
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