[flying Elvis]

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

[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......

[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).

[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.

[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.

[Centurion2000]

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

As bad as this eruption could be I'll take all the advanced warning I can get. A series of earthquakes in the caldera is a volcano is a BAD SIGN.

[DJtex]

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

No offense, but this is not BS at all. Admittedly, just because the Yellowstone caldera has gone off every 600,000 years for the last 2.5 million years, and just because it last erupted 600,000 years ago--that does not guarantee that it's going to erupt in our lifetimes. But the ground throughout the park has risen over 40 inches in the last 50-60 years, and there are disturbing, very current signs that activity is "heating up" (pardon the pun).

The Discovery Channel has shown a program called "Supervolcanos" a few times. If you'd seen it, you'd not call this "Art Bell" propaganda.

[cyborg]

Don't hate. I said don't hate on Art Bell who is coming back to radio (XM broadband) :adjusting my tinfoil cap:

[Travis McGee]

Fear Not.

"The Coming Superstorm" will put out any fires ignited by the volcano.