[Momaw Nadon]

FYI and discussion

[So Cal Rocket]

It's Bush's fault.

[Momaw Nadon]

Old Faithful Geyser erupts in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. (Photo: AP)

[IYAS9YAS]

And here I thought they meant beans and campfires.

[null and void]

I'm glad they are finally giving this mainstream coverage.

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[Don Corleone]

BOO!

[SuziQ]

This is not a new story, though it may have taken CBS this long to get to it. We took our family out to Yellowstone last summer, and there were concerns about this bulge back then! The temperature of the water in parts of Yellowstone Lake were much higher than normal. Frankly I was nervous the whole time we were there!

A HUGH part of the park sits on top of a caldera, and when that thing blows, it will be BAD NEWS for the western part of the US, and not so good news for us in the East either. The map of the park has the caldera boundaries clearly marked, and you can see the differences in vegetation from inside and outside the lines. The stuff on top of the caldera is sparse and scrubby, while outside the lines it is green and lush.

It is really a gorgeous place, and we had a great time.

[JmyBryan]

Couldn't this be used for geothermal power generation. Seems to me like we have the makings of energy independency right in a national park. ??

[Siegfried]

Hey the real news right now is the sudden burst of small earthquake activity around North Sister mountain in central Oregon. About 50 small quakes less than 2.0 on Tuesday and lots more today.

To recap, in 1997, scientists using satellite photo mapping and interference imaging with earlier satellite photos detected a bulge on the north face of North Sister (near Bend, OR) Over the following years the bulge has been growing.

So far, scientists have cautioned that they can't see any reason to expect anything unusual, just a bulge, that's all.

I'm waiting to hear if the scientists are beginning to change their minds given that the place is becoming seismically active.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Is EVERYONE at CBS a twit?

How did this article get written without the word 'caldera' appearing once?

[CommandoFrank]

Roughly 35 years ago come college kids smuggled a 3 or 4 foot piece of 12" pipe with a round wheel valve attached to one end. When Old Faithful started to erupt, they stood the pipe on the end, uncovered it and started spinning the wheel. It looked like they were turning on the water to the geyser. The Park Ranger's did not see the humor... The rest of the country laughed their butt's off...

[Pagey]

Great, this could be this years October surprise,right? I can hear Hillary blaming George W. Bush already.

[BobS]

Well, don't just sit there, do something!

[nightdriver]

Does anyone know how deep the water is at the highest point of the dome on Yellowstone Lake's bottom? Just wondering.

[NorseWood]

Bump

[satchmodog9]

Clarke warned Bush about this.

[Cold Heart]

I love this stuff. FR has some of the best updates on natural science.

I remember going up the Columbia River and seeing the bulge on St Helens before she blew. After she blew Govt. told people not to go out in the falling ash. TV crews interviewed some teens driving by on I-5 asking what they were doing driving out there. There response was that this was a once in a lifetime experience and they were going to enjoy it. From some safe place, this grandpa wants to enjoy as much of that stuff as I can too.

[doug9732]

Yellowstone is a giant volcano, and the most beautiful place on the continent. If it ever blows up again there's no place on earth that will be unaffected.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Y(ellowstone)2K, eh?