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Steamboat Geyser continues to break historical yearly eruption record
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| 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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posted on
09/04/2019 3:51:43 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
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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.)
To: BenLurkin
Hard to tell if the cause is global warming or GMO foods.
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posted on
09/04/2019 3:58:40 PM PDT
by
sphinx
To: BenLurkin
If it keeps spewing at this rate we’re gonna have to rename it the “AOC Geyser”
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:01:49 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: BenLurkin
There goes my end-of-summer vacation plans...
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:12:16 PM PDT
by
amorphous
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.
To: BenLurkin
“Remember, you heard it here first from Charlie!
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:38:48 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: BenLurkin
I knew my ex-wife would eventually find SOME kind of work.
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:44:50 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(As always IMHO)
To: BenLurkin
The record before that was 29 eruptions in 1964.
Same year as the Alaska Good Friday earthquake. Hmmm.
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:59:29 PM PDT
by
pa_dweller
(No, I'm not tired of winning - stop asking!)
To: pa_dweller
Now you got me paranoid. Thanks.
To: BenLurkin
Does this mean that “Globull Warming” comes from the center of the Earth and not from surface manmade
items???
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posted on
09/04/2019 5:17:53 PM PDT
by
Nuocmam
(Loose lips sink ships.)
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.
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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/)
To: BenLurkin
Lots of we are all gonna die BS in the news cycle or more like the toilet bowl.
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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)
To: HighSierra5
Now you got me paranoid. Thanks.
I help where I can! :^)
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posted on
09/04/2019 5:40:54 PM PDT
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pa_dweller
(No, I'm not tired of winning - stop asking!)
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!
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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.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/04/2019 6:34:29 PM PDT
by
Nuc 1.1
(Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
To: shanover
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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.)
To: BenLurkin
An explosive eruption there would end any concerns about global warming, although climate change would still remain a worrier.
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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.")
To: BenLurkin
Millions of years and we have observed maybe 150 years and we know everything there is to know.
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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)
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. :^)
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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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