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…
(Excerpt) Read more at freedomoutpost.com ...
Anyone not viewing it from space yet close enough to see and/or photograph it won’t survive the experience. The like has not been seen in recorded human history. Krakatoa, Santorini, Taupo, Mt. St, Helens, all were firecrackers in comparison with a super volcanic eruption.
I believe they’ve found a pattern with the Yellowstone Eruptions, doing so every half million years. Given it last blew at around six hundred thousand years ago, considering the pattern, one could reasonably assume it’s ‘overdue’.
That's what the 'mute' button is for...
*ouch*
Or it may never erupt again.
This is very true.
Sure, and that is why there isn’t anything like this under China and other places where they have been for worse for generations?
OK
Too bad we can’t move Yellowstone closer to D.C. or California :- )
“...as Russia, China, Iran and Saudi Arabia rise to dominate world politics...”
They will not escape either, nor will those south of the Equator. There will be no ‘world politics’, just a handful of people in isolated pockets struggling to find something to eat, mostly dying miserable deaths as they inhale the rock dust, ripping their lungs to shreds, shivering in temperatures as much as 38 deg F cooler, coughing to death in the years long dark.
It is difficult to contemplate just how much rock dust 240-600 cubic miles (Yellowstone historic range) creates ... and then there are all the millions of tons of aerosols - like sulfur dioxide, etc. - all shoved over 21 miles into the stratosphere.
If Mt. St. Helens was a one (with 0.048 cubic miles of ash), and Toba was a 2800 (191 cubic miles of ash), this one could be bigger still.
Thank you! The borders of NC in that map roughly approximate what the real colony of North Carolina’s borders were in about 1776 when that area was annexed into NC.
Dang it... Those shaded areas are all places I’ve looked at for moving to.
With a Volcano of that size, you’d think we would have obvious warning signs of an imminent eruption in the way of seismic activity.The only thing the specialists can do is say whether a volcano is active, dormant, or extinct, and they're usually right about it. When a volcano starts throwing out gas, building a dome, or belching molten material, they know, but of course, everyone else does too.
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When I go, I want it to be quick. I don’t want to linger.
I for one vote for a Mesa Falls eruption in 100,000 years.
That was my first thought...
I think that’s pretty much everyone’s dream. I wouldn’t want to go the way each of my parents went. But, as you know, we get what we get. :’(
I still think we’re gonna get wyrmwood on this side of the earth.
>>> Sure, and that is why there isn’t anything like this under China and other places where they have been for worse for generations?
Who knows what China faces... Who cares? I would be more concerned about where we live first.
Who knows when this supervolcano will erupt? Will it be before or during the tribulation? I don’t know.
I do know this... during the tribulation, the entire WORLD comes under God’s wrath... not just the US.
How much do you want to bet that this volcano does NOT erupt during that time?
‘Think David Crocket was born in the then State of Franklin.
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