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Scientists closely monitoring Yellowstone. 200 degree ground temperatures reported.
Idaho Observer ^
Posted on 01/01/2004 8:33:27 PM PST by Happy2BMe
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O.K.
This explains why the trout aren't biting this year at Yellowstone.
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:33:27 PM PST
by
Happy2BMe
To: Happy2BMe
From what I've read about this "supercaldera" already, if it blows, cancel Christmas.
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:36:15 PM PST
by
Johnny_Cipher
(Dimension Zero)
To: Happy2BMe
When Yellowstone does blow, some geologists predict that every living thing within six hundred miles is likely to die. Oh, please! What a crock of used food. This guy never heard of the inverse-square law.
-ccm
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:36:36 PM PST
by
ccmay
To: Happy2BMe
How 'bout we move the detention camp from Gitmo to Yellowstone?
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:36:40 PM PST
by
fhayek
To: Happy2BMe
She's gonna BLOW!!
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:37:24 PM PST
by
dc-zoo
To: Happy2BMe
God forbid this thing is on its way to a super eruption. China may just get its wish to become the dominant superpower.
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:39:34 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(If I stay on topic for more than 2 posts something is wrong. Alert the authorities.)
To: Happy2BMe
may erupt soon
Soon being such a generic term, is that tomorrow, or sometime in the next 200,000 years? What a load of BS. Even used the word "imminent"...
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:40:00 PM PST
by
cspackler
(There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
To: ccmay
I'll bite...what is the inverse-square law? Be nice, I'm just a housewife.
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:40:01 PM PST
by
Ann Archy
To: ccmay
Not the blast or the heat, but covering the countryside with volcanic ash. I could believe it has that much in it.
To: Happy2BMe
Well, I assume this means we're all doomed. Damn.
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:40:14 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(France delenda est)
To: Happy2BMe
I'm sure the PC Patrol is already busy crafting the Yellowstone Post-Volcano Snowmobile Law.
To: ccmay
How about enlighting us with your wisdom?
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:40:39 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(If I stay on topic for more than 2 posts something is wrong. Alert the authorities.)
To: Happy2BMe
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:41:46 PM PST
by
chance33_98
(I'm a little tagline short and stout, chance is my handle and the above is my spout)
To: cspackler
"What a load of BS." All I wanted was a good day of fishing at the park.
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:42:06 PM PST
by
Happy2BMe
(2004 - Who WILL the TERRORISTS vote for? - - Not George W. Bush, THAT'S for sure!)
To: Happy2BMe
Quick! Somebody get Joe up to Yellowstone to talk the volcano out of blowing its top!
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:42:54 PM PST
by
nhoward14
(Don't *MISS* out on *ROOTING* for *THE* Cowboys! Go *QUINCY*)
To: Happy2BMe
Oh, the Hugh Manatee!
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:43:09 PM PST
by
Rockitz
(After all these years, it's still rocket science.)
Comment #17 Removed by Moderator
To: Rebelbase
God forbid this thing is on its way to a super eruption. China may just get its wish to become the dominant superpower.And the islamofascist would see it as a sign from allah...
To: Happy2BMe
What would be the effect of an eruption?
Immediately before the eruption, there would be large earthquakes in the Yellowstone region. The ground would swell further with most of Yellowstone being uplifted. One earthquake would finally break the layer of rock that holds the magma in - and all the pressure the Earth can build up in 640,000 years would be unleashed in a cataclysmic event.
Magma would be flung 50 kilometres into the atmosphere. Within a thousand kilometres virtually all life would be killed by falling ash, lava flows and the sheer explosive force of the eruption. Volcanic ash would coat places as far away as Iowa and the Gulf of Mexico. One thousand cubic kilometres of lava would pour out of the volcano, enough to coat the whole of the USA with a layer 5 inches thick. The explosion would have a force 2,500 times that of Mount St. Helens. It would be the loudest noise heard by man for 75,000 years, the time of the last super volcano eruption. Within minutes of the eruption tens of thousands would be dead.
The long-term effects would be even more devastating. The thousands of cubic kilometres of ash that would shoot into the atmosphere could block out light from the sun, making global temperatures plummet. This is called a nuclear winter. As during the Sumatra eruption a large percentage of the world's plant life would be killed by the ash and drop in temperature. Also, virtually the entire of the grain harvest of the Great Plains would disappear in hours, as it would be coated in ash. Similar effects around the world would cause massive food shortages. If the temperatures plummet by the 21 degrees they did after the Sumatra eruption the Yellowstone super volcano eruption could truly be an extinction level event.
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posted on
01/01/2004 8:43:45 PM PST
by
Kevin Curry
("When I was growing, we didn't even treat the servants like servants." Andree Dean, Howie's mom)
To: Happy2BMe
How's our moon base coming along?
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