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What Would An Eruption Of The Yellowstone Supervolcano Look Like?
Freedom Outpost ^ | April 1, 2014 | Michael Snyder

Posted on 04/02/2014 5:50:02 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

On Sunday, the worst earthquake in about 30 years rattled the Yellowstone supervolcano. Overall, there have been at least 25 significant earthquakes at Yellowstone National Park since Thursday, but it is the 4.8 earthquake that has many observers extremely worried. Could such a large earthquake be a sign that the Yellowstone supervolcano is starting to roar to life after all this time? And if it does erupt, what would that mean for the rest of the country? As you will see below, a full-blown eruption at Yellowstone would be absolutely catastrophic. It is estimated that such an eruption could dump a 10 foot deep layer of volcanic ash up to 1,000 miles away and render much of the nation uninhabitable for years to come. In essence, it would instantly bring the United States to its knees.

It is true that it is normal for Yellowstone to experience up to 3,000 earthquakes a year. But most of those earthquakes are extremely small and nothing to worry about.

But the 4.8 earthquake that struck on Sunday is definitely raising eyebrows – especially considering what else has been going on at Yellowstone lately.

For example, the scientists that monitor Yellowstone are telling us that the area where the earthquake was centered has been experiencing “ground uplift” in recent months…

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Government; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: booboo; boring; catastrophe; catastrophism; disaster; earthquake; earthquakes; jellystone; supervolcano; volcano; yellowstone; yellowstonecaldera; yogibear
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1 posted on 04/02/2014 5:50:02 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ALlRightAllTheTime; ...

PING!


2 posted on 04/02/2014 5:51:11 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The PASSING LANE is for PASSING, not DAWDLING)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I don’t even wat to contemplate this and will not read it. I will say that there are a lot of experets who say there is nothing to wory about. Then again they might say this if there was something to worry about. We would all be so screwed.


3 posted on 04/02/2014 5:52:01 AM PDT by amnestynone (Lindsey Graham is a feckless, duplicitous, treacherous, double dealing backstabbing corksucker.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

it would look bad.

VERY very bad.

Think Krakatoa times 1000

People who lived 20 miles away from Krakatoa went deaf from the initial blast shock wave.


4 posted on 04/02/2014 5:53:04 AM PDT by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period. PALIN/CRUZ 2016)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The ash from Mt. Vesuvius is what makes the vineyards and wine from Pompeii so famous.

There is the small problem of surviving the eruption though....

/johnny

5 posted on 04/02/2014 5:53:07 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Behold the instrument of God’s judgment against America.


6 posted on 04/02/2014 5:55:02 AM PDT by Safrguns (PM me if you like to play Minecraft!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Global warming would look like a walk in the park next to this...


7 posted on 04/02/2014 5:55:34 AM PDT by ToxicMich ((If you are reading this, you are wasting your time. There is nothing here...))
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To: JRandomFreeper

What’s the risk of continental extinction vs. better wine? Let’s get our priorities straight, folks!


8 posted on 04/02/2014 5:55:42 AM PDT by Doctor 2Brains
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To: amnestynone

The one bright spot is that it would end global warming.


9 posted on 04/02/2014 5:57:03 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
It would suck for anyone in this immediate area, not to mention downwind to the eastern drift of ash:


10 posted on 04/02/2014 5:57:34 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I think I saw a documentary that said that the midwest (Kansas here) would be covered in 9 inches of ash.


11 posted on 04/02/2014 5:57:39 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: CaptainK

Well, it would end global warming, global cooling, and climate change. Also, it’d help CNN immensely recover from the ratings issues....with live-updates from the Volcano.


12 posted on 04/02/2014 5:59:12 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Well, look at the bright side. It would put so much ash into the atmosphere that we wouldn’t have to worry about Global Warming for a long, long time . . . .


13 posted on 04/02/2014 5:59:58 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Safrguns

“Behold the instrument of God’s judgment against America.”

That’s what he is doing up there? Waiting for the “right” time to obliterate millions of people from the face of the earth? Bored much he must be...


14 posted on 04/02/2014 6:00:20 AM PDT by ToxicMich ((If you are reading this, you are wasting your time. There is nothing here...))
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To: ToxicMich

. . . .not to mention it would trigger another Continental Glaciation period. . .


15 posted on 04/02/2014 6:01:29 AM PDT by Salgak (http://catalogoftehburningstoopid.blogspot.com 100% all-natural snark !)
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To: ToxicMich

>>> Bored much he must be...

Make no mistake about the times we live in.

It’s not a matter of “waiting”, but rather a matter of completion.


16 posted on 04/02/2014 6:03:58 AM PDT by Safrguns (PM me if you like to play Minecraft!)
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To: Safrguns

Fred Phelps, is that you?


17 posted on 04/02/2014 6:04:30 AM PDT by Levy78
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tambora
AND This:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa

COMBINED
It would make ALL Nuke Blasts since 1945 look SMALL!
In other words Ya’ll had BETTER GET BACK TO CHURCH AND REPENT!!!!


18 posted on 04/02/2014 6:07:36 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: Mr. K

It would be lights out for the US and most of western Canada. There has been a flurry of blogs & articles about the bison and antelope moving out of the park.


19 posted on 04/02/2014 6:11:11 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Levy78

Ruth Graham said it actually...


20 posted on 04/02/2014 6:11:11 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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