Its Time to Cast a Worried Eye Toward Yellowstone

YOWUSA ^ | 8/22/03 | Larry Park & Marshall Masters

[Dixielander]

While looking for other information I came upon this article. Though the article was written over a week ago, I think its worth reading for any of you living within 600 miles of Yellowstone.

[flying Elvis]

Looks like the publishers are cut from the same mold as Art Bell.

[lawdude]

I am 601 miles. Am I safe?

[markman46]

nope just a super volcano is all, discovery channel has a program just last week. the USGS has been studing Yellowstone for quite a while.

[Dixielander]

"Looks like the publishers are cut from the same mold as Art Bell."

or perhaps George Noorey. Yes, I first heard about Yowusa (Yow-zuh) on Coast to Coast A.M.

[Leroy S. Mort]

U.S. Geologic Survey Description: Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming

Duck and cover......

[Dixielander]

From the Yowsa article:

"Here comes the rub. From our point of view, the USGS is doing a good job, but it has to check, double check and be certain to the point of absolute certainty before it issues a real warning. This is because the mentality of American public at large is simple. If you promise a disaster and fail to deliver, they’ll not thank you for sharing your concerns. Rather, they’ll hang you from the nearest tree and slash your agency’s funding just for good measure."

[HamiltonJay]

The last known Caldera eruption happend approximately 74k years ago at Toba... its eruption released enough sulfer into the atmosphere, that it is believed to have caused a 5 degree C climate change on the earth, which equates to roughly a 15 degree fairenheight difference in summer in northern latitudes. It is believed to be the cause of the populations bottleneck that nearly brought the human race to extinction, believed to decline the worldwide population of humans to only a few thouasand to ten thousand individuals, that happened around the same period of time....



If the Caldera under Yellowstone blows, it will be a very very very bad day.

[cmsgop]

Im keeping an eye on this too,thanks

[Lucy Lake]

Ping.

[randog]

Looks like the publishers are cut from the same mold as Art Bell.

It wouldn't be statements like this that lead you to that conclusion, would it?:

Geologists have strong data indicating that the magma chambers at Yellowstone range very close to the surface (estimates from geologic reports range from 1 to 3 miles in some areas – this from earthquake P wave data, gravitometric data, and from lack of earthquake occurrence below these numbers, indicates ductile material consistent with magmatic entities, although temperature may not be fully fluidic state).

[Leroy S. Mort]

[Paul C. Jesup]

If the Caldera under Yellowstone blows, it will be a very very very bad day.

On the bright side, unlike back then, today we have a much better understanding of the Earth, food rationing, and we have better winter clothing.

[GladesGuru]

But Alston Chase isn't cut from Mr. Bells bolt. In Playing God In Yellowstone, he describes the same situation but with some rather dramatic bits of recent history.

All in all, just what one expects from a historian. For starters, look up the Lake Hebgen slide which was caused by an earthquake.

Why not go whole hog - buy Playing God In Yellowstone. It happens to be the definitive book of what went wrong in the enviro movement.

And you'll never see Yellowstone the same again.

[GladesGuru]

Got faith?

[Dixielander]

Thanks for the information about Toba. I just looked it up on the internet.

I agree with you that if the Yellowstone caldera blows it will be a very bad day!

[Bobby777]

it must be from that guy on the commercial pouring Metamucil into Old Faithful ... 8)

[RayChuang88]

I've read YOWUSA and it's not as far out as people think.

They were among the leading web sites to shoot down that insane idea of Planet X showing up back in May of this year. There's been much discussion on YOWUSA about potential volcanic activity at Yellowstone because volcanologists have noted that the gigantic volcanic caldera that is inside the park erupts every 600,000 years or so. And these eruptions aren't small--they could spew out amounts of volcanic ash measured in the hundreds of cubic miles, something that could be extremely devestating to higher mammal life forms because it could cause a major cooldown of the planet, seriously cutting the food supply and potentially causing starvation on a huge scale.

[DuncanWaring]

That's a heck of a lot bigger than 600 miles!

[Leroy S. Mort]

Makes you wonder if the French knew something when they sold us the Louisiana Purchase...hmmmm