Hundreds of Quakes Are Rattling Yellowstone

New York Times ^ | 1/31/10 | kirk johnson

[socialismislost]

DENVER — In the last two weeks, more than 100 mostly tiny earthquakes a day, on average, have rattled a remote area of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, putting scientists who monitor the park’s strange and volatile geology on alert.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Oh my.... I suppose it will not surprise you that I have never ever heard of a NINE earthquake, I had no idea that such a magnitude even existed.<<<<

http://www.google.com/search?q=9+earthquake&btnG=Search&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=05p&sa=2

FEMA: Solving the Mystery of the Magnitude 9 Earthquake
Jun 4, 2009 ... So how do we know that a magnitude 9 earthquake occurred in the Seattle area on January 26, 1700? Amazingly, the remains of dead, ...
www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/earthquake/sty_mag9.shtm

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Has several 9 power earthquakes showing:

http://www.google.com/search?q=9+on+the+Richter+Scale&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

[dragnet2]

Try reading what was stated here by me, instead of just burping out responses.

[dirtboy]

I did read what you stated, but, once again, the maps in question are ground truth of where the ash actually fell. Oh, and I have done field geology in the region as well (Absaroka Range east of Yellowstone), and seen some of the ashfall formations firsthand, they are truly stupendous.

[dragnet2]

It is rather odd to see someone take issue with a map of the geological reality on the ground - rather than raising the issue of wind to show that literal ground truth cannot be correct

You seem rather dense. Again reading back you'll find I took issue with the map, as the map appears to be depicting ash fall out from about 70,000 years ago? No?

Again, just for you dirtboy, I don't care what the prevailing winds or jet stream was doing 70k years ago. I said for *hundreds* of years now, our normal climatic conditions that affect the jet stream and prevailing winds, blow from west to east. No?

Here are some very vivid NASA images several massive wild fires in S. Cal. region, were talking tens of thousands of acres burning. Once the pressure changes and Santana's stop, the wind basically reverses, back to it's normal direction....Can you guess what direction that is?? ...lol

Several massive wildfires were raging across southern California over the weekend of October 25, 2003. Whipped by the hot, dry Santa Ana winds that blow toward the coast from interior deserts, at least one fire grew 10,000 acres in just 6 hours. Moving northwest to southeast along the coast, the first cluster of red dots is a combination of the Piru, Verdale, and the Simi Incident Fires; The next cluster-to the east of Los Angeles-is the Grand Prix (west) and Old (east) Fires; To their south is the Roblar 2 Fire; Next is the Paradise Fire; Then the massive Cedar Fire, whose thick smoke is completely overshadowing the coastal city of San Diego; Finally, at the California-Mexico border is the Otay Fire.

You and some others have actually made comments here that have suggested *today's* normal prevailing winds from west to east, would have little to do with the direction of ash/smoke fall out, from a possible Yellowstone eruption. (wow)

That's is certifiably absurd at very best...and quite funny...

I'm getting that monkey movie feeling again.

For the youngsters out here....

OK Kids...if the eruption happened today, and the prevailing winds were west to east, what direction would the ash blow?

Anyone, anyone....lol....

[MHGinTN]

I dunno, but there was about six inches deep of ash in places Est of Nebraska from the last big blow. On the other hand I ain't bovvered.

[MHGinTN]

You have a penchant for disturbing me. It’s either making me hungry when I’m dieting, or shaking my preconceived notions! ... How high does the Richter go, anyway, Granny?

[dragnet2]

Oh look, this stupid volcano don't know that wind direction does not affect which way the ash and smoke blow!

Stupid volcano!

[dragnet2]

I dunno, but there was about six inches deep of ash in places Est of Nebraska from the last big blow.

Hmmm, I'm not sure, but I think Nebraska is east of southern WA....

Say.... I wonder how that ash got to Nebraska??

[MHGinTN]

Which brings me to a question that will help clarify this ridiculous argument:
If a strong low pressure zone were over the volcano when it erupted, which way would the prevailing winds blow the ash? And corollary to that is, how much higher than the circulation of a strong low pressure zone is the jet stream (That's sort of a trick question, in deference to the evidence dirtboy has seen first-hand)

[MHGinTN]

I was referring to the last Yellowstone big burp, not to St. Helen’s

[dragnet2]

My question first. Thanks.

[dragnet2]

Is Nebraska not east of Yellowstone? lol....

[hennie pennie]

>>> "You just go there and look at it. Volcano looming over everything, lahars, rocks hither and yon, looks like it just happened." <<<

THAT sounds like a fascinating place to visit, where precisely is it.

Here's an interesting link that NWAG provided:

FEMA: Solving the Mystery of the Magnitude 9 Earthquake

...Lewis and Clark didn't reach the coast of Washington State until November 1805. So how do we know that a magnitude 9 earthquake occurred in the Seattle area on January 26, 1700?

Amazingly, the remains of dead, saltwater-flooded forests along coastal Washington and widespread deposits of sand high in coastal estuaries suggesting tsunami inundation, along with an analysis of records maintained by the Japanese on tsunamis, presented evidence to geologists that great subduction-zone earthquakes (magnitude 8 to 9) had repeatedly struck the Pacific Northwest in the past thousand years, the most recent earthquake occurring in 1700. Hard detective work by USGS scientists on the Cascadia subduction zone and other previously unstudied crustal faults has helped residents of western Oregon and Washington understand that they live in earthquake country. Particularly in Oregon, where few earthquakes are felt, USGS research helped convince public officials to significantly revise the building codes. Throughout the heavily urbanized Portland metropolitan region, new buildings are now designed to resist earthquake forces 50 percent larger than they were under the old code, reducing the risk to life and property in future earthquakes.

[dirtboy]

Once again, you are taking issue with the reality on the ground - a map of the ACTUAL ashfall. Which means you are basically dabbling with absurdities, and further debate with you on this subject is fruitless. You may have the last word.

[dragnet2]

Once again, you are taking issue with the reality on the ground - a map of the ACTUAL ashfall.

Let me cut to the chase with you dirtboy.

Was the map provided in #2 depicting ash fallout from 70,000 years ago? Yes or no?

[dirtboy]

What you cannot see in that photo is the lateral blast of ash that obliterated forests 20 miles to the north of the volcano. Wind not required.

And once again, St. Helens was a midget compared to Yellowstone. A supervolcano like Yellowstone can radically alter the very climate of the Earth. Pushing out ash at right angles to the wind is chump change compared to that.

[dirtboy]

Quite wasting my time with pointless idiocy. The map is geological ground truth. You have a gift of nitpicking which is antitethical towards such.

[dirtboy]

The point is, no scientist has ever observed a supervolcano eruption. We can only surmise just what goes down during one in regards to how the ash is propagated. But the geological record is clear that that ash WAS propogated great distances at right angles to the prevailing wind. One can look at the map and see that the wind does create a kind of bow shock, as the ash did not progress far into the wind direction. But the ash did go nearly a thousand miles at right angles to the wind direction, and that isn’t speculation, it is measured fact.

[dragnet2]

What you cannot see in that photo is the lateral blast of ash that obliterated forests 20 miles to the north of the volcano. Wind not required.

Good God man....I am not concerned with 20 miles...

The map depicting what occurred 70,000 years ago, in #2 shows ash fallout going west and south clear down to Houston Texas...Into Mexcio, and blowing west into California for Gods sake....LOL!

My simple question to you Mr. dirtboy, is for the past several hundred years, prevailing winds and jet streams blow west to east...

If this thing went off today, would the ash normally and likely head due east/southeast or would it travel west and due south into Mexico as shown in #2?

((wow))

[dragnet2]

What does antitethical mean?