[Indie]

Volcanic gasses collecting in low areas...

FROM USGS:
Gases are also released from magma that either remains below ground (for example, as an intrusion) or is rising toward the surface. In such cases, gases may escape continuously into the atmosphere from the soil, volcanic vents, fumaroles, and hydrothermal systems.

At high pressures deep beneath the earth's surface, volcanic gases are dissolved in molten rock. But as magma rises toward the surface where the pressure is lower, gases held in the melt begin to form tiny bubbles.

The increasing volume taken up by gas bubbles makes the magma less dense than the surrounding rock, which may allow the magma to continue its upward journey. Closer to the surface, the bubbles increase in number and size so that the gas volume may exceed the melt volume in the magma, creating a magma foam.

The rapidly expanding gas bubbles of the foam can lead to explosive eruptions in which the melt is fragmented into pieces of volcanic rock, known as tephra. If the molten rock is not fragmented by explosive activity, a lava flow will be generated.

The two main gases are carbon dioxide and sulfer dioxide. Now to just see if one causes paralysis.

And this is what is happening in Yellowstone with magma chambers VERY close to the surface and rising.

[knak]

what did I miss? I haven't been able to read much the last few days, why all the yellowstone/earthquake talk? Can someone give me a clue?

[Domestic Church]

Holy Moly!!!!!! Magma Foam!!!! in Jellostone....and the gas disaster drill must both be a real drill and an attempt to vent/channel the foam.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Excellent description of how a volcano works.

Now, can you see that I think it could be encouraged with a good blast, some place nearby and in the ground as deep as possible??

[FairOpinion]

"The two main gases are carbon dioxide and sulfer dioxide. "

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The volcanic gases are a plausible theory.

But obviously CO2 doesn't cause paralyis, all everyone on earth would be paralyzed, since the air we breathe has 0.03% CO2

Doesn't sound like sulphur dioxide causes it either.

The major health concerns associated with exposure to high concentrations of sulphur dioxide include effects on breathing, respiratory illness, alterations in pulmonary defenses, and aggravation of existing cardiovascular disease. In the atmosphere, sulphur dioxide mixes with water vapour producing sulphuric acid. This acidic pollution can be transported by wind over many hundreds of miles, and deposited as acid rain.

http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/eae/Acid_Rain/Older/Sulphur_Dioxide.html

BUT there could be some small amount of other toxic gas, which could attack the nervous system, causing paralysis -- I think the track you are on should be explored, and I hope the investigators are looking into it.

[FairOpinion]

"The two main gases are carbon dioxide and sulfer dioxide. "

==

The volcanic gases are a plausible theory.

But obviously CO2 doesn't cause paralyis, all everyone on earth would be paralyzed, since the air we breathe has 0.03% CO2

Doesn't sound like sulphur dioxide causes it either.

The major health concerns associated with exposure to high concentrations of sulphur dioxide include effects on breathing, respiratory illness, alterations in pulmonary defenses, and aggravation of existing cardiovascular disease. In the atmosphere, sulphur dioxide mixes with water vapour producing sulphuric acid. This acidic pollution can be transported by wind over many hundreds of miles, and deposited as acid rain.

http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/eae/Acid_Rain/Older/Sulphur_Dioxide.html

BUT there could be some small amount of other toxic gas, which could attack the nervous system, causing paralysis -- I think the track you are on should be explored, and I hope the investigators are looking into it.

[FairOpinion]

Re. the paralyzed elk:

I was doing a bit of Google search and found that pesticides, specifically organophosphates, can cause paralysis.

"In some cases organophosphates can be stored in fat cells for prolonged periods. Neurotoxicity in this case can cause weakness, paralysis, paraesthesia of the extremities predominantly of the legs -- persisting for weeks to years."

PHYSICIAN'S GUIDE TO PESTICIDE POISONING. Section III