Posted on 07/17/2018 8:16:06 PM PDT by LibWhacker
A 100-foot fissure has opened up in the Grand Teton National Park – not far from the potentially catastrophic Yellowstone volcano.
The giant crack in the Wyoming–based national park has prompted officials to shut down areas from tourists in case of landslides.
The Grand Teton National Park said in a statement: “The Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point areas are currently closed due to elevated potential for rockfall.
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If it was seismic activity beneath Grand Teton which caused the fissure, it could be a sign that Yellowstone is reawakening.
If the Wyoming volcano were to erupt an estimated 87,000 people would be killed immediately and two-thirds of the USA would immediately be made uninhabitable.
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We’d probably hear it in Florida. Lava isn’t an issue with this volcano. The ejecta estimates range from 10^11 to 10^12 CM. Given the location; significant earthquakes and possibly other eruptions could be triggered throughout the country. It’s explosive index is 7-8:
https://sizes.com/units/volcanic_explosivity_index.htm
Krakatoa was a six; it ejected over 11 cubic miles of ejecta, was heard 3000 miles away and caused a 1.3C drop in global temperature:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/67852/10-facts-about-krakatoas-1883-eruption
I tell ya..we are screwed. Bend over and kiss yer ass goodbye.
Here is how Yellowstone will go. First a vent will open, how big? They dont know, but they guess the size of a VEI 4 or 5. Then, another opens, and another, and another. At that time the caldera wont be able to support the mass on top of it since enough material will have been blown out and the caldera collapses. At that time, it is a super eruption and we had all better have jelly in our pockets because we are all toast.
Will it happen? Yup, no doubt. When? Nobody knows. Yellowstone has had MANY smaller eruptions in the past as well-they dont even have a clue how large the next one will be.
Like most, I am sick and friggan tired of these freaks, like on youtube, saying its gonna blown soon. They had better hope like hell it doesnt blow because they will most likely die like he rest of us and what will all that harping got them.
The winter will last a decade if not more. Tambora was a vei 6 or 7 and that one really caused havoc across the globe.
Fun, but the fast talker was better.
Can you fit him into this topic?
1,000 years? You really want this to annihilate your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren?
You are one heartless meanie.
Not this crap Again!
Yikes! I’d get one to three feet of ash. I better go check on the snowblower.
These brits....
Tell you Brits what. That thing goes super and your little Island turns into a ice berg within one year.
Hey, plenty of conservatives ski, too.
The characteristics of the eruption have to do with the composition of the lava. Composition relates to viscosity.
The lower viscosity is Basalt like you see in Hawaii and generally just blurps out and runs off in rivers.
The high viscosity Andesite/Rhyolite explodes. Pompeii is one of the better known examples.
St Helens is middle of the scale and ‘80 was a tiny burp geologically speaking.
“Fasten your seatbelt, Dorothy, ‘cause Kansas is going Bye-Bye.”
Now wait a minute..I see an angle here for Trump.
All he has to say is...
Wanna bet they’d forget about everything else?
The volume of the entire earth is 260*109 CM. It would be quite a feat to eject the entire earth's volume and then some. Guess it would be like a balloon deflating.
and why is there not ONE peep in the media in THIS country - is it real and the media is just so obsessed with getting rid of POTUS they can’t be bothered to know what’s actually happening?
Falls Area Emergency Closure
Closure updated July 10, 2018. Temporary closure remains in effect until rescinded. It is unknown how long the closure at Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point areas will be in place.
Closure and Public Use Limit
The following area is temporarily closed to public entry: The area around Hidden Falls, including the viewing area and trails in the immediate vicinity. The Inspiration Point area is also closed. Visitors are able to hike around Jenny Lake, up into Cascade Canyon, and along the cascade below Hidden Falls. The Jenny Lake Shuttle Boat is operational.
Authority
The Superintendent is closing the portion of the park to all public use. This closure is necessary for one or more of the following reasons:
Maintenance of public health and safety
Determination
The National Park Service has determined that the closure is necessary due to the recent expansion of cracks and fissures in a large rock buttress above the Hidden Falls viewing area.
Public Notice
Signs are posted at conspicuous locations in the affected area. The signed compendium amendment is available for review in the office of the superintendent. This notice will be removed from this webpage when the closure is no longer necessary and has been rescinded.
https://www.nps.gov/grte/learn/management/temporary-closures-and-compendium-amendments.htm
Not to worry. Over the last 2.1 million years, the Yellowstone super volcano has only erupted every 630,000 years or so.
Anyone know how long it’s been since the last one? About 630,000 years.
Sleep well.
There’s an outhouse at the east entrance of yellowstone so foul, its destruction by a volcano would be a fitting end.
I bet your email address shows some VERY interesting cracks!:>)
And they say Vesuvius erupts every 2000 years, the last one....79 AD.
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