Posted on 04/01/2014 7:35:35 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
I would agree with you except most voters choose not to be tasty. I'm a poll watcher.
“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,”
Buffaloes?!? Really!?!..Bwahahhahaha!! I agree with buzzard, it is the wolves. The wolves are killing off the elk, chasing buffalo. Wolves are the activity in Yellowstone. Here in Wyoming we believe in shoot, shovel, shut up.
Animals sense what real Global Warming is.
Experiencing an earthquake is on my bucket list. I’ve been through floods, hurricanes, forest fires, tornados, but havent crossed off earthquake yet. The closest thing was a plant explosion in Texas in the early 90s that shook the house and made the windows bow.
Nothing like the forces of nature to put you in your place and remind you how tiny you are.
Thar she blows!
Hi JimSea.
I read the article familyop linked. The graphic shows a core of basaltic magma--the kind that you find in Hawaii and, as I understand it, flows rather than explodes as Mt. St. Helens. But that basaltic magma has what they call a granitic cap-- and I wonder if that's cause for concern.
Of course there are different kinds of granite--mafic and felsic (sp?), but I don't know if we have a scenario like Mt St Helens, where the lighter and stiffer granitic cap blew and spewed so much ash into the air. Could that happen at Yellowstone?
Thanks.
I need hip waders for this thread.
The BS is strong!
I’m sure it’s completely unrelated, but the caldera is also showing significantly higher emissions of helium.
Granted the whole thing may just be hysteria, and there are plenty of scientists who are saying there’s no sign of a pending eruption. However, just how many “supervolcanos” like this one are they monitoring, and how many have erupted so the scientists will know what the warning signs are?
Increased outgassing
Animals on the move
Recent uptick in seismic events over the entire caldera
Magma chamber recently determined to be significantly larger than thought
What could possibly go wrong?
No, a caldera this large would never erupt explosively. However, even if it’s just “Kilauea”-type eruptions, they would be on a far more massive scale. When this kind of thing erupts, it goes on for thousands of years, and spews all kinds of horrific crap into the atmosphere. A somewhat larger feature like this erupted in India around the extinction of the dinosaurs; the Deccan traps buried a major chunk of the Indian subcontinent under a mile of lava, likely contributing significantly to the damage the asteroid strike caused, and probably would have kicked off a new glaciation period all on its own.
Forgot to add: the Deccan Traps eruptions lasted for ~30,000 years. If the Yellowstone caldera stays active for even 10% of that length of time, it would still be a worldwide disaster.
I can’t answer your question but I know that when the active magma area that is now Yellowstone was under the eastern Washington crust, the lava outflow was all non-explosive.
First, they will be singing the praises of how many people were helped by having O-care to pay for their volcano related injuries.
Second, they will bloviate about how airborne ash is curtailing most search efforts; and when flights are possible, how floating ash, and flotsam from derelict boats due to the eruption, are masking real debris from the plane.
Presstitutes do not easily give up on stories; they just look for new angles.
WHICH DIRECTION are they moving?
Are you on another planet?
I think we are safe from a super volcano for the time being. But if it did blow, there is no safe distance as it would put a Texas sized amount of ash into the air.
——I’m far enough away that, for me, it will be a good show.——
That far enough away place doesn’t exist....
Think 10,000 x kracatoa...(spelling?)
Everybody on the planet will be affected...
Later
The last super volcano that erupted during our tenure on this Earth was about 74,000 years ago (Mt. Toba). The few hundred who survived went on to form the human race as we know it ... and those were the days when people knew how to survive ‘naked and afraid’.
The “show” will come to you, sit tight ...
“Womyn and minorities will be hardest hit.”
In this case, Wyoming and Montana...
Bloggers. lol
Yes, I believe you are correct. There is a lot of rhyolitic magma on the surface and that would indicate a rather explosive history and potential for Yellowstone. We know that past eruptions in Yellowstone have been catastrophic certainly. My point was only that different possibilities exist for future eruptions.
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