To: SpoofChicken
I can see you have been following things pretty closely.
We will most likely never know how accurate some of these warnings are -- some may be, and some not, some attacks could have been foiled.
The previous warning is in his archives
http://www.stevequayle.com/News.alert/04_Terror/terror.archives.html I think something is definitely going on, in terms of AQ planning and trying to attack, we are foiling them, which frustrates them and so on. But I also agree that they do overstate their threat and power on purpose, after all, they intend to terrorize us.
It's hard to find that middle ground -- I don't think we can afford to underestimate them, but they are not ten feet tall either.
To: JohnathanRGalt; yonif; Destro; swarthyguy; F14 Pilot; Turk; a_Turk; Turk2; All
To: FairOpinion
Yeah. It is hard to find a middle ground with these people. They will do everything they can in their power to strike us as hard as they claim they will. It's all hard, but I'm sure we're equally confident counterstriking them. I see Yellowstone has been brought up. I saw this earlier in the post, connected to the warning from one of al-Qaeda about striking fault lines and volocanoes. That concerned me a bit, so I contacted the head scientist for Yellowstone at USGS. I asked him if a nuclear device on the surface, or in the ground could trigger an eruption there, and he said quote:
"Currently, volcanic eruptions can not be prevented nor caused by human events. Immense natural forces are involved with volcanic eruptions that humans have no way of causing or controlling. The only volcanic event that has been partially controlled, that I am aware of, are basaltic lava flows on Iceland. Some flows were partially diverted away from a town by pumping massive amounts of seawater on the lava. This cooled the lava into solid rock, forming a barrier and diverting the lava flow from the town. Also, the Yellowstone volcano shows no signs of an immanent eruption. The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory web site (http://volcanoes/usgs/gov/yvo/) discusses current geologic activity in the Yellowstone area.
I'm hoping this really is the case.
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