Yellowstone might go on first stage alert soon.

USGS ^ | 2/10/2010 | Myself

[Quix]

THX THX.

[winoneforthegipper]

That 6.5 in Brazil shows no secondary s/wave signatures in any of the webicorders I looked at through the usa.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010wrbc.php

Weird and something to watch.

[Ditter]

My sister in law is getting ready to head to Montana for the summer. I mentioned the Yellowstone activity to her a while back and she put her fingers in her ears and began to sing lalalalalalala! I hope you guys will all be OK. Are you worried?

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

Nope

[Ditter]

How can you NOT be just a tiny tiny bit worried? I have lived always on the Gulf Coast of Texas, never gave a thought to volcanoes and earthquakes. I would be a little concerned if I lived 90 miles from one.

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

Spent a few years around Corpus Christi and Kingsville, so have about the same attitude about Yellowstone blowing her top as we both probably have about hurricanes: Outside of being as prepared as I can get, worrying about the stuff won’t do much but give me more grey hair.

And being prepared for a volcano mostly means we watch for swarms that get over 3.0 to 3.5, then think about a boogie.

[Ditter]

I considered the hurricane angle, I live 50 miles from the coast and 50 ft above sea level so a tree through my roof or a tornado is what I expect from a hurricane. You are correct those possibilities do not worry me. I have cousins in Missoula and they aren't worried about Yellowstone either. But I must tell you, the ramifications of an eruption of Yellowstone is scary, much more so than a hurricane.

[Quix]

THX THX.

[winoneforthegipper]

6.0 on the atlantic ridge....

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010wsa6.php#details

Also the 6.5 in brazil shows no aftershocks listed.

[Quix]

The no aftershocks is a bit rare and wierd, isn’t it?

HARP caused???

[winoneforthegipper]

I would think it signals that it was a fore-runner quake...we shall see.

[Quix]

There’s a prefab lightweight concrete dome manufacturer in Florida, or was . . . worth building with, imho.

[Quix]

AHHHH. HMMMM

[Ditter]

I have seen dome houses....... UGLY.......... We have friends in Galveston, during Carla, the big one back in the late 50’s or early 60’s, the roof of their 2 story house was lifted off of the house. No one was hurt inside.

[Quix]

WOW.

Yeah, some can be really ugly.

Not all of them. Some are beautiful, imho.

They still enclose the most space per square foot of exterior surface area.

And far stronger.