[blam]

I wonder what he thinks of Yellowstone? It could affect the whole world when/if it blows.

[cinnathepoet]

I knew Yellowstone had a geyser. I guess I never thought about there being a volcano there. Quite a few bison would be affected.

[meanie monster]

Yea, I saw a post awhile back about a bulge in the lake.

[witnesstothefall]

Geologists had been aware Ruiz was awakening. They'd even done some emergency planning and preparation. But noone, noone, was prepared for the violence that came. And of course, noone knew exactly when. Very sad.

[Nateman]

I wonder what he thinks of Yellowstone? It could affect the whole world when/if it blows.

Genetic detectives figure the human gene pool was very tiny 75000 thousand years ago. Something horrible nearly made mankind extinct. A supervolcano like the one at Yellowstone erupted at about that time period. Thanks to a handful of people, both private and government, that have special places set aside for nuclear war I don't think extinction will happen this time, but the next eruption event at Yellowstone is already due by noting it past history of eruptions. The last time it went off Kansas was covered by ash at least 10 feet thick.

[Treebeard]

Bernard Chouet is a god. He looked at a signal within a signal (called the B wave, I think) and found a signature of a volcano getting ready to blow.

His analogy of a magma tube being like a plugged pipe in a pipe organ was spot on. These long period events are the mountain pressuring up to blow. A lot of his colleagues at Galeras bet their lives on Stanley Williams' theory that low gas emissions meant low eruption probability. Six of them lost.

I'd love to see his long period event model plugged into a supervolcano system, not that it would matter a hell of a lot if Yellowstone lets go. There won't be anyone left to say "I TOLD YOU SO!" to.

[Ditter]

Yellowstone is going to blow? Wonderful, where is my hat? The tin-foil one?

[StriperSniper]

BTTT

[MissAmericanPie]

What about Mammoth?

[aruanan]

But US volcanologist Stanley Williams was sceptical about Chouet's approach. Apart from the long period events the volcano was completely quiet.

So on 14th January 1993 Williams led a group of scientists into the crater of Galeras to measure gas emissions.

It was a tragic misjudgement. As they were preparing to leave the crater the volcano erupted, killing six of his colleagues and three tourists. Williams himself was severely injured.

So I wonder if old Stan is now a believer.

[Kay Ludlow]

bump for later reading...

[blam]

Sunday bump.

[SunkenCiv]

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