[cogitator]

Thar she blows!

[stylin_geek]

I did a double take when I saw the name of the author...Brooke Shi...ley. I did find the article to be rather interesting. Thanks for the post.

[Mike Darancette]

produced its three most recent caldera eruptions at or near the present site of Yellowstone National Park 2 million, 1.3 million and 642,000 years ago.

Looks like it's due.

...extending from the Oregon-Idaho- Nevada border northeast to Yellowstone.

I read someplace that this hotspot was created by a large object striking the Earth about 17mya.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

The Discovery channel has a very interesting program on this specific issue. For example they've found Yellowstone has risen several centimeters from a 1920's survey.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Boy if this thing erupts the same year as the asteroid hits in 2019 I suspect the global warming folks will go into hibernation.BWHAHAHAHAHA!

[Lyndal]

Good article. Local folklore in Cody, WY just east of Yellowstone says that Heart Mtn just north of Cody along highway 120 was blown out of the caldera in yellowston and landed ther upside down. Or so I've been told.

[Old Professer]

The Yellowstone hotspot -- which many scientists believe is a plume-like zone of hot and molten rising from at least 125 miles beneath Earth's surface -- produced its three most recent caldera eruptions at or near the present site of Yellowstone National Park 2 million, 1.3 million and 642,000 years ago.

Given this time procession, we are due for another such event anytime now, give or take a few thousand years.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Remember folks it ends in fire and brimstone