Scientists closely monitoring Yellowstone. 200 degree ground temperatures reported.

Idaho Observer ^

[Happy2BMe]

Scientists Closely
Monitoring Yellowstone
ProLiberty.com
12-23-3

 

Recent eruptions, 200 degree ground temperatures, bulging magma and 84 degree water temperatures prompt heightened srutiny of park's geothermal activity...

 

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Yellowstone National Park happens to be on top of one of the largest "super volcanoes" in the world. Geologists claim the Yellowstone Park area has been on a regular eruption cycle of 600,000 years. The last eruption was 640,000 years ago making the next one long overdue. This next eruption could be 2,500 times the size of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. Volcanologists have been tracking the movement of magma under the park and have calculated that, in parts of Yellowstone, the ground has risen over seventy centimeters this century.

 

In July, 2003, Yellowstone Park rangers closed the entire Norris Geyser Basin because of deformation of the land and excessive high ground temperatures. There is an area that is 28 miles long by 7 miles wide that has bulged upward over five inches since 1996, and this year the ground temperature on that bulge has reached over 200 degrees (measured one inch below ground level).

 

There was no choice but to close off the entire area. Everything in this area is dying: The trees, flowers, grass and shrubs. A dead zone is developing and spreading outward. The animals are literally migrating out of the park.

 

Then during the last part of July one of the Park geologists discovered a huge bulge at the bottom of Yellowstone Lake. The bulge has already risen over 100 feet from the bottom of the lake and the water temperature at the surface of the bulge has reached 88 degrees and is still rising.

 

Keep in mind that Yellowstone Lake is a high mountain lake with very cold water temperatures. The Lake is now closed to the public. It is filled with dead fish floating everywhere. The same is true of the Yellowstone river and most of the other streams in the Park. Dead and dying fish are filling the water everywhere.

 

Many of the picnic areas in the Park have been closed and people visiting the Park usually stay but a few hours before leaving since the stench of sulfur is so strong they literally can't stand the smell.

 

The irony of all this is the silence by the news media and our government. Very little information is available from Yellowstone personnel or publications. What mainstream newsstories do appear underscore the likelihood of a massive volcanic eruption. Though geologists publicly admit Yellowstone is "overdue," they have been quoted as stating another massive magma release may not occur for 100,000 or 2 million years. Others close to the story are convinced that a massive eruption is imminent. A source that has demonstrated first-hand knowledge of the park's history and recent geothermal events stated the following: "The American people are not being told that the explosion of this 'super volcano' could happen at any moment. When Yellowstone does blow, some geologists predict that every living thing within six hundred miles is likely to die. The movement of magma has been detected just three-tenths of a mile below the bulging surface of the ground in Yellowstone raising concerns that this super volcano may erupt soon."

 

 

This report was taken from a series of articles, emails and official information

http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20031219.htm

[Happy2BMe]

The West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake

[#3Fan]

My BS meter is getting warm...

As the continent slides over the Yellowstone hotspot, the former caldera cavities can be seen in a line going into Idaho. Judging by the distance between them and knowing the rate of continental drift, the eruption cycle has been estimated at 600,000 years.

[blam]

When Toba blew 75,000 years ago, only 2-5,000 people worldwide survived. The death from the 'nuclear winter' effect from Toba can still be seen in the human genes.

BTW, even the Mormons with their one year 'stash' of food will not survive.

[RichInOC]

Yeah, I know. That was after the Park Service had a fit about it. I don't think anybody actually did do that, but they were afraid somebody might, because they'd already had other incidents.

[Happy2BMe]

"But if it does happen, I'm blaming you, disturbing the magma flow with your dang lures and hooks smacking the water all the time."

I'm innocent dam you! All I wanted was a couple of fresh trout.

(I get the blame for EVERYTHING.)

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Cool site. Here's a quote from one of the links there:

There is no evidence that magma beneath the enormous Yellowstone caldera is directly involved in the recent changes at Norris or Nymph Lake. Though magma as shallow as 3-6 miles beneath Norris does provide the heat for the geothermal system, the current activity is very unlikely to reflect magma ascent or increased likelihood of volcanism at Yellowstone Park. If magma were to rise to shallow levels beneath the ground it would be accompanied by intense swarms of local earthquakes and extensive displacement (deformation) of the ground surface around Norris. Thus far, caldera-wide seismicity and ground deformation have remained at typical background levels beneath Yellowstone and Norris.

[Centurion2000]

Oh, please! What a crock of used food. This guy never heard of the inverse-square law

Yes inverse quare applies ... but they will still die. IF this thing blows .. cancel the US.

[#3Fan]

Must be a lot of hits right now on Yellowstone's web site. It's not responding. .

Maybe it's halfway to the moon and the noise hasn't reached us yet. :^)

[blam]

"There's a site in I believe Iowa or Kansas in which hundreds of large animals such as camels, rhinoceros, etc were found buried in many feet of ash."

It was six feet deep in Nebraska the last time it blew.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Hell getting too full?

LOL

[Happy2BMe]

What is a supervolcano?

The term supervolcano has no specifically defined scientific meaning. It was used by the producers of a British TV program in 2000 to refer to volcanoes that have generated Earth's largest volcanic eruptions. As such, a supervolcano would be one that has produced an exceedingly large, catastrophic explosive eruption and a giant caldera. Because Yellowstone has produced three such very large caldera-forming explosive eruptions in the past 2.1 million years, the producers considered it to be a supervolcano.

 

How many supervolcanoes are on Earth and what are some examples of supervolcanoes?

Because there is no well-defined minimum size for a "supervolcano," there is no exact number of such volcanoes. Examples of volcanoes that produced exceedingly voluminous pyroclastic eruptions and formed large calderas in the past 2 million years would include Yellowstone, Long Valley in eastern California, Toba in Indonesia, and Taupo in New Zealand. Other "supervolcanoes" would likely include the large caldera volcanoes of Japan, Indonesia, Alaska (e.g. Aniakchak, Emmons, Fisher), and other areas.

[hobson]

I guess we should hope the park service people are better informed than the CIA and FBI.

[#3Fan]

Excellent picture!

[PAR35]

I'm not saying that the area is not geologically interesting, I am saying there will be a buildup of quakes above background levels before the thing blows.

Frankly, if you wanted to worry about a gelogic event which could occur without warning and kill millions, start sweating about another major quake (also 'overdue') in southern Missouri.

[Happy2BMe]

"If magma were to rise to shallow levels beneath the ground it would be accompanied by intense swarms of local earthquakes and extensive displacement (deformation) of the ground surface around Norris. Thus far, caldera-wide seismicity and ground deformation have remained at typical background levels beneath Yellowstone and Norris."

O.K., I'll buy that.

But why has the park service closed Norris?

And what about my trout?

[aruanan]

Oh, please! What a crock of used food. This guy never heard of the inverse-square law.

Or you're just unfamiliar with what has happened the previous times Yellowstone has blown. Such an eruption now would have a major worldwide effect. It would dwarf the volcanic explosion in the Mediterranean in the 2nd millennium BC and that affected the entire planet.

[Husker24]

There's a site in I believe Iowa or Kansas in which hundreds of large animals such as camels, rhinoceros, etc were found buried in many feet of ash.

Its in Eastern Nebraska, I cant recall the name of the town though.

[#3Fan]

When Toba blew 75,000 years ago, only 2-5,000 people worldwide survived. The death from the 'nuclear winter' effect from Toba can still be seen in the human genes. BTW, even the Mormons with their one year 'stash' of food will not survive.

Yeah, the Yellowstone ash grinds the lungs. I think that's how a lot of the animals in Texas died the last time Yellowstone blew, from lung desease.

[BillF]

I'm not sure, but wouldn't it be something like inverse-cube law here?

Energy can spread out vertically as well as horizontally. Thus, the energy density or pressure wave at 20 miles would be 1/(2 to the 3rd power) or 1/9 of the values at 10 miles from blast source.

(There might be some edge effects away from the blast due to the massive earth. That might might make the blast effects slightly higher than predicted by inverse-cube, but still way below inverse-square.)

[Axenolith]

You know what's really disturbing? The fact that an eruption of that magnitude would probably neutralize our land and most of our air based nuclear deterrent...