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Yellowstone Lake Hints at Buildup to Hugh Blast.
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| August. 10th, 2003
| Diedtra Henderson, Science writer
Posted on 08/10/2003 7:35:20 PM PDT by Orlando
Yellowstone National Park,Wyo.-
The mystery of the deep at picturesque Yellowstone Lake is a BULGE that rises 100 feet from the lake floor, stretches the length of seven football fields, and has the potential to explode at any time.
TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: bigbulge; hotlavalove; hugh; internetbubbleburst; lookoutmonica; supervolcano; theresheblows; volcano; whitehousesink; yellowstone
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To: ClearCase_guy
>>Danger at Yellowstone: Women, minorities are likeliest victims.
You're forgetting the CHILLruns!
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:03:19 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
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To: Bobibutu
The Yellostone Basin was created by a massive blast thousands of years ago ... if memory serves me - That's a great memory! :)
I saw the story about that geologist on the Discovery Channel. I'm thinking he's from the U of Nebraska. Anyway, it's a fascinating story.
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:04:09 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: StatesEnemy; Consort
At what temperature would the water boil at a depth of 65 feet? Either way, it wouldn't be the first boiling lake in Yellowstone.
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:05:10 PM PDT
by
SC Swamp Fox
(Aim small, miss small.)
To: Bobibutu
A report by the BBC Two programme Horizon on one supervolcano, at Yellowstone national park in the US, says it is overdue for an eruption.Yellowstone has gone off roughly once every 600,000 years. Its last eruption was 640,000 years ago. The mass media is pretty much guaranteed to botch or mischaracterize every single science story they do, since journalists now go to college and study journalism, therby guaranteeing they know absolutely nothing about anything.
Yellowstone ALSO has gone over a million years between caldera-forming blasts, hence the term "overdue" is really not correct.
It could theoretically go next year but given the long time between them and the wide variance in how often they happen the chance it happening in the lifetime of anyone reading this thread is vanishingly small.
Of course, this bulge in the lake could explode at any time, or not for 200 years, and like I said it has NOTHING to do with a caldera blast or anything; it would be thousands of times smaller.
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:10:02 PM PDT
by
John H K
To: Consort
At that depth, the pressure is about triple what it is at the surface. That would mean the boiling point would be about 275F.
That's not exact, because I've not taken into account Yellowstone's hieght above sea level, for example, and there are other factors. But it's good enough for the girls I go out with.
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:11:02 PM PDT
by
biggerten
(Love you, Mom.)
To: Gritty
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:12:43 PM PDT
by
jdege
To: freebilly; series
It can only be "series" if it turns into a chain reaction of explosion after explosion. Any such explosion would be "serious", but a "series" of explosions would be extremely "serious".
Sorry folks but seeing "series" used in lieu of "serious" is driving me mad.
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:12:59 PM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Our enemies within are very slick, but slime is always treacherously slick, isn't it?)
To: Orlando
I heard one of the guests on the Coast to Coast AM radio show say that if Yellowstone blows it could trigger a chain reaction causing all the volcanos in the United States to erupt. He said that there are about 30 volcanos in the lower 48 states.
To: redheadtoo
You would think that if it blew, it would actually relieve the pressure from other volcanoes.
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:20:54 PM PDT
by
Husker24
To: ClearCase_guy
but are the moose in danger?
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:22:20 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
To: redheadtoo
I listened to that Coast to Coast AM radio show, untill one time they started talking about "shadow people", then I realised what a load of crap it was.
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:22:24 PM PDT
by
Husker24
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To: Orlando
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:25:49 PM PDT
by
microgood
(They will all die......most of them.)
To: F.J. Mitchell
Sorry folks but seeing "series" used in lieu of "serious" is driving me mad. You can't be series.
To: King Prout
What about Boris and Natasha?
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:28:03 PM PDT
by
stboz
To: The Old Hoosier
LOL! Series as a heart attack.
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:28:46 PM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Our enemies within are very slick, but slime is always treacherously slick, isn't it?)
To: stboz
I don't know if I care about them - they keep stealing my cheese
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:29:02 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
To: Husker24
I realised what a load of crap it was.
I agree that most of it is crap and the more idiotic the guest is the more impressive his academic credentials are.
It is, however, entertaining and occasionally they have a guest on who I can respect.
To: Consort
If the temperature increases another 25°, the lake will start to boil.ONLY if that 'heated water' reaches the surface (you see, the water 'at depth' under pressure boils at a *higher* temperture than it would at the surface where it sees only atmosphereic temperature ...).
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:29:30 PM PDT
by
_Jim
(First INDICT the ham sandwhich ... the next step is to CONVICT it ...)
To: King Prout
Hooboy! All your moose and squirrel belong to us!
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posted on
08/10/2003 8:30:23 PM PDT
by
stboz
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