Posted on 04/01/2014 7:35:35 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
A number of bloggers are posting videos that show bison and other animals allegedly leaving Yellowstone National Park, prompting theories that as earthquakes ramp up the seismic activity will set off the Yellowstone supervolcano.
Two of the main bloggers behind the discussion stress that there’s no way to know when the supervolcano will go off but note that the 4.8 magnitude earthquake that hit on March 30 seemed to set off a reaction from the animals, who are moving for a reason.
“Whether I believe this, or whether I don’t believe the story or not, I don’t know. I can tell you this story I saw this morning about the buffaloes running the street … whether or not it’s because of any activity in Yellowstone or not, I don’t know,” said blogger Jay Lee, who posted a story on his site tatoott1009.com.
“But I’ll tell you this, whatever the case may be, that their running away from Yellowstone is an alert of some sort.”
“It also could be from this video, where poachers are killing them, chasing them, abusing them, running them around,” he said. “Could be hundreds of things for them to be running. I wanted you to listen [to the videos] and make up your own mind on what to think. “
A series of smaller quakes have hit the region over the past few weeks, and those quakes have been linked to the recent 5.1 magnitude quake (and aftershocks) that hit in the Los Angeles region.
Tom Lupshu, who describes himself as a “noted Ohio survivalist and search-and-rescue expert,” said on YouTube that nearly one quarter of the northern elk herd at Yellowstone National Park are missing, according to the annual winter count.
“Biologists aren’t sure if there’s been a stunning decline in the herd or if other factors have skewed the tally,” he said. “Current Helium releases at 1000 times above normal. Complete media blackout. Herds of bison running for their lives on the public roadways and they were not being chased or rounded up, the bison were running down the mountain slopes onto roadways running right past a filming crew. They detect something vast and deadly. The Yellowstone Supervolcano is the only thing there that would fit the bill.”
Lupshu said in a later video that scientists say they can’t predict when the Supervolcano will erupt.
“But one thing is for sure. The more the Earthquakes in the region, the more are the chances of the volcano being activated from its dormant state. Last time an earthquake struck in 1980. But the force of nature has acted up once again.”
The supervolcano refers to the huge magma chamber beneath the park, which is in Wyoming.
bison and other animals allegedly leaving Yellowstone National Park
It's spring time, Animals migrate.
Call me crazy but I believe.
I enjoy the show, but I have one question. If they are allowed one “tool” each, why do they bring a flint and steel and not one of those big BIC lighters?
I have no idea - ask the producers/script writers. I don't get the point - beyond the titillation factor - why those people are naked when the producers are just going to blur out the ‘interesting’ bits.
My point was in those days (74,000 years ago) everyone knew how to survive, not just self-proclaimed ‘wilderness survivalists’. Same situation today, not millions, but billions on billions would die.
Survivalists claim they are prepared for anything - anything known - the catastrophic effects of a super volcano eruption on modern civilization can only be posited from the historic geologic strata, and cannot be known or prepared form, beyond it will be bad, very bad for everyone - survivalist or not.
Many people equate volcanic ash with dust, but it is actually powdered rock. How does one prepare for one to three feet of rock per square foot suddenly deposited on one's roof? Breathing the rock dust will tear up lungs, and death will follow shortly - unless treated by the nearest existant medical facility, assuming it would even be possible to get to it.
Thanks.
This could be hugh and series.
Many moons have passed since I slept through Intro to Geology, but I retained some— enough to wonder if moving to
Wyoming is the smart thing to do.
Your point that we were a much more robust species 70,000 + years ago is sobering. Even the survivalist is a bit of a wuss in comparison. ;-)
BTTT!.................
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Are the skies cloudy all day?
There's been a lot of discouraging words on this thread...lol.
No $hit, Sherlock. Think I'll pass on this genius' videos.
You could be right. However, it begs the question...has this behavior happened before, in this way and at this location? Are there signs of other large animals common to the area behaving in this way or other unusual behaviors. Interesting video, the bison were moving at a pretty good clip, and they were using the road, not moving over open land.
I thought the EPA already had regulations against calderas.
Yes—likely to be explosive but possibly with quite a few minor vents over quite a few miles. Still, the damage of most concern would be to crops, water supplies and to people’s lungs.
Here’s the probable deal from what I’ve read over the years. Crops would be wiped out for decades for about 500 miles or so to the east of the eruption. Downwind surface water supplies for several hundred miles might be very toxic for a short time—very bad.
Further to the south, north, and well beyond 500 miles (2-inch or so ash cover, less of it further away), arable land (included ranchland) would need to be plowed and planted (tough to do in dry ranchland and not many willing to do that much work these days). Those areas with less ash cover would recover and do even better after about 2-4 years. The initially toxic ash, given time and buried further into the soil, helps to better fertilize plants.
For people, some windows would need to be covered with filters and fans (large, slow fans being best). Particle masks or other facial coverings would be needed outdoors. People have survived in recent years downwind from eruptions and close to them. Do people prepare in such ways for such a large eruption? Nearly no one does...maybe a few, who already do so with window filters in wildfire areas (smoke).
But yeah, within a few hundred miles, the cold ash would be a killer. The chances, though, of Yellowstone going off within any designated ten-year period are extremely slim. The chances of a tornado hitting a pre-designated, 100-year-old house in the Midwest are probably much greater.
There would also be the change in worldwide climate—much colder and drier for several years (probably about 3 or so before warming very noticeably). That would have a terrible influence on crops.
So yes. It would be quite catastrophic but not in ways most often described in articles and discussions. The chances of Yellowstone blowing anytime soon—virtually infinitesimally low.
Send your guilty money to Pope Gore to buy absolutions for your ecological sins.
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