Magma Surge Causes Record Rise At Yellowstone

New Scientist ^ | 11-8-2007 | Catherine Brahic

[JSteff]

” it wouldn’t matter much whether you were in the park or 350 miles away.”

IIRC the las one was what made our plains states so fertile. The heavy ash fallout went nearly to the Mississippi and that is farther away than 350 miles.

It would be spectacular and would make half the US super fertile.. after it was rained on for a half a century or so. Yeah it would probably kill all the fish in the rivers to the east of it, but eventually it would be better.

The earth and nature are fantastic when viewed on time scales we can only imagine.

[blam]

"[singing] Hey, hey magma, said the way you move, gonna make it sweat, gonna make it boom..."

You must have seen my post #25 on this thread.

[TASMANIANRED]

Guess we don’t have to worry about Global Warming any more.

[blam]

"IIRC the las one was what made our plains states so fertile. The heavy ash fallout went nearly to the Mississippi and that is farther away than 350 miles."

The ash was six feet deep in Nebraska.

[TASMANIANRED]

Do what the Islanders do...Use all that volcanic activity for winter heat and turning turbines..

[JSteff]

“The ash plume from a large explosion at Yellowstone would screw up agriculture half way across the United States...the world’s bread basket.”

Only temporarily.. like a 1000 years or so. Remember the Yellowstone caldera helped create our bread basket. After the ash has landed and nature and weather work on it it is terrific farming soil.

But only like a 200 or more generations after the event.

[Thinkin' Gal]

They speculate this rise is caused by a mass of molten rock the size of Los Angeles being forced from the Earth’s mantle into the magma chamber beneath the ancient volcano.

[JSteff]

LOL. Yeah and after it that happened they would not need ice roads to get to the diamond mines up north.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Hmm. Looks just like one of those squares with the red X.

[Judith Anne]

You just never know what’s right around the corner...

[JSteff]

“BTW, I’m not a seismologist or volcanologist, nor do I have any connection to the USGS or Yellowstone. :-)”

Yeah but did you stay at a Holiday Inn?

[JSteff]

“The ash was six feet deep in Nebraska”

That would be really heavy when it rains.

[dfwgator]

Did somebody say, "Liquid, Hot, Magma?"

[Myrddin]

For those living when the event occurs, it will be a major league catastrophe. Perhaps another near extinction event like the Toba eruption.

[Vaquero]

the ultimate eruption of this caldera, on a scale that happened 600,000years ago would END any real, perceived , natural or man made global warming and give us a huge ice age. At least for those who survive the conflagration.

[stayathomemom]

"The six year long volcanic winter and 1000-year-long instant Ice Age that followed Mount Toba's eruption may have decimated Modern Man's entire population. Genetic evidence suggests that Human population size fell to about 10,000 adults between 50 and 100 thousand years ago. "

That should help balance out our global warming.

[Calvin Locke]

One would think geothermal could be aesthetically implemented, but they probably figured that "Old Faithful" would be thrown off.

I've been to Rotorua, NZ. They dump soap into a geyser to set it off for the tourists. (Of course, they said it was first found by convict labor washing clothes in a hot spring, the soap breaking the surface tension holding the water back, "...tossing the clothes into the trees for automatic wash and dry.")

The envirowackos don't even like humans being in, other than them, naturally, National Parks.

So any use other than just existing, is a non-starter.

[Dead Corpse]

I'm in MN. I'm not even sure that a loop in the jet stream would keep us from being buried under tons of ash.

Didn't I read somewhere that one of the Yellowstone super-eruptions had ash ten's of feet deep all the way to Texas? Lemme see if I can find a source for that...

[SonnyBubba]

I don’t know
I don’t know
I dunno where I’m gonna go when the volcano blows

Ground she’s moving under me
Tidal waves out on the sea
Sluphur smoke up in the sky
Parrotheads know how to fly

I don’t know
I don’t know
I dunno where I’m gonna go when the volcano blows

Now my girl quickly said to me
Man you better watch your feet
Lava come down soft and hot
You better love-a me or love-a me not

I don’t know
I don’t know
I dunno where I’m gonna go when the volcano blows

No time to count what I’m worth
Cause I just left the planet earth
Where I go I hope there’s rum
Not to worry man soon come

I don’t know
I don’t know
I dunno where I’m gonna go when the volcano blows

But I don’t want to land in New York City
I don’t want to land in Mexico
I don’t want want to land on no 3 mile island
don’t want to see my skin aglow
I don’t want to land in commanchiesky park
or Nashville, Tn.
I don’t want to land in no San Juan airport
or Yukon Territory
I don’t want to land in no San Diego
I don’t want to land in Buzzard’s Bay
I don’t want to land on no Iatolah
I got nothing more to say

I don’t know
I don’t know
I dunno where I’m gonna go when the volcano blows

Jimmy Buffett

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The ash was six feet deep in Nebraska.

Fortunately, I live on the second floor, so I'll be ok.