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Steamboat Geyser continues to break historical yearly eruption record
KIFI,KIDK ^ | 09/04/2019

Posted on 09/04/2019 3:51:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Steamboat has erupted 34 times as of Tuesday, according to the US Geological Survey.

That breaks last year's record of 32 eruptions -- the largest number ever recorded in a year. The record before that was 29 eruptions in 1964.

June's outbursts smashed the record for the shortest interval between eruptions -- just over three days. Scientists aren't sure what's behind the recent increase in activity, but the short answer is that this is just how geysers work.

It's a popular misconception that geyser eruptions are related to earthquake activity, but Poland said visitors to the national park have nothing to worry about. Steamboat's frequent surges do not reflect any deeper changes in Yellowstone's volcanic system:

(Excerpt) Read more at localnews8.com ...


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; geyser; geysers; steamboatgeyser; yellowstone
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1 posted on 09/04/2019 3:51:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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2 posted on 09/04/2019 3:56:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Hard to tell if the cause is global warming or GMO foods.


3 posted on 09/04/2019 3:58:40 PM PDT by sphinx
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If it keeps spewing at this rate we’re gonna have to rename it the “AOC Geyser”


4 posted on 09/04/2019 4:01:49 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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There goes my end-of-summer vacation plans...


5 posted on 09/04/2019 4:12:16 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: BenLurkin

Last map I looked at I’m on the edge of the 100% dead zone if the Yellowstone caldera blows. Hey, I gotta chance.


6 posted on 09/04/2019 4:35:36 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: BenLurkin

“Remember, you heard it here first from Charlie!


7 posted on 09/04/2019 4:38:48 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: BenLurkin

I knew my ex-wife would eventually find SOME kind of work.


8 posted on 09/04/2019 4:44:50 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: BenLurkin

The record before that was 29 eruptions in 1964.


Same year as the Alaska Good Friday earthquake.  Hmmm.


9 posted on 09/04/2019 4:59:29 PM PDT by pa_dweller (No, I'm not tired of winning - stop asking!)
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Now you got me paranoid. Thanks.


10 posted on 09/04/2019 5:06:46 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: BenLurkin

Does this mean that “Globull Warming” comes from the center of the Earth and not from surface manmade
items???


11 posted on 09/04/2019 5:17:53 PM PDT by Nuocmam (Loose lips sink ships.)
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To: BenLurkin

We hoped Steamboat would erupt when we visited in April. Looks like we visited at the wrong time. Oh, well, we saw Old Faithful.


12 posted on 09/04/2019 5:28:48 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: BenLurkin

Lots of we are all gonna die BS in the news cycle or more like the toilet bowl.


13 posted on 09/04/2019 5:36:39 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: HighSierra5

Now you got me paranoid. Thanks.


I help where I can!  :^)


14 posted on 09/04/2019 5:40:54 PM PDT by pa_dweller (No, I'm not tired of winning - stop asking!)
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To: BenLurkin
"...Scientists aren't sure what's behind the recent increase in activity, but the short answer is..."


I know! I know! Global Warming!

15 posted on 09/04/2019 5:52:04 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: BenLurkin

Yep that’s about right.


16 posted on 09/04/2019 6:34:29 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: shanover

https://webmail.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/wacky.wav


17 posted on 09/04/2019 6:35:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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An explosive eruption there would end any concerns about global warming, although climate change would still remain a worrier.


18 posted on 09/04/2019 9:01:28 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: BenLurkin

Millions of years and we have observed maybe 150 years and we know everything there is to know.


19 posted on 09/04/2019 9:09:15 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
Thanks BenLurkin. Geysers are to catastrophism what a waterpick is to skyscraper high-pressure firehose. :^)

20 posted on 09/04/2019 11:54:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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