Scientists closely monitoring Yellowstone. 200 degree ground temperatures reported.

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[Happy2BMe]

Scientists Closely
Monitoring Yellowstone
ProLiberty.com
12-23-3

 

Recent eruptions, 200 degree ground temperatures, bulging magma and 84 degree water temperatures prompt heightened srutiny of park's geothermal activity...

 

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Yellowstone National Park happens to be on top of one of the largest "super volcanoes" in the world. Geologists claim the Yellowstone Park area has been on a regular eruption cycle of 600,000 years. The last eruption was 640,000 years ago making the next one long overdue. This next eruption could be 2,500 times the size of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. Volcanologists have been tracking the movement of magma under the park and have calculated that, in parts of Yellowstone, the ground has risen over seventy centimeters this century.

 

In July, 2003, Yellowstone Park rangers closed the entire Norris Geyser Basin because of deformation of the land and excessive high ground temperatures. There is an area that is 28 miles long by 7 miles wide that has bulged upward over five inches since 1996, and this year the ground temperature on that bulge has reached over 200 degrees (measured one inch below ground level).

 

There was no choice but to close off the entire area. Everything in this area is dying: The trees, flowers, grass and shrubs. A dead zone is developing and spreading outward. The animals are literally migrating out of the park.

 

Then during the last part of July one of the Park geologists discovered a huge bulge at the bottom of Yellowstone Lake. The bulge has already risen over 100 feet from the bottom of the lake and the water temperature at the surface of the bulge has reached 88 degrees and is still rising.

 

Keep in mind that Yellowstone Lake is a high mountain lake with very cold water temperatures. The Lake is now closed to the public. It is filled with dead fish floating everywhere. The same is true of the Yellowstone river and most of the other streams in the Park. Dead and dying fish are filling the water everywhere.

 

Many of the picnic areas in the Park have been closed and people visiting the Park usually stay but a few hours before leaving since the stench of sulfur is so strong they literally can't stand the smell.

 

The irony of all this is the silence by the news media and our government. Very little information is available from Yellowstone personnel or publications. What mainstream newsstories do appear underscore the likelihood of a massive volcanic eruption. Though geologists publicly admit Yellowstone is "overdue," they have been quoted as stating another massive magma release may not occur for 100,000 or 2 million years. Others close to the story are convinced that a massive eruption is imminent. A source that has demonstrated first-hand knowledge of the park's history and recent geothermal events stated the following: "The American people are not being told that the explosion of this 'super volcano' could happen at any moment. When Yellowstone does blow, some geologists predict that every living thing within six hundred miles is likely to die. The movement of magma has been detected just three-tenths of a mile below the bulging surface of the ground in Yellowstone raising concerns that this super volcano may erupt soon."

 

 

This report was taken from a series of articles, emails and official information

http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20031219.htm

[MHGinTN]

The question arises, "Could a suitcase nuke, placed at a strategic location in Yellowstone, cause this supercanoe to pop?"

[Carry_Okie]

Some expert info, please? And happy new year, C_O. You're one of my Freeper heroes. :-)

Thanks, you are most kind, and the same for you.

Volcanology isn't one of my strong suits. I know that some mountains are more predictable than others, but in the case of the Yellowstone caldera, with a frequency of 600,000 years and with the enormous scale of each eruption, deriving a history with which to predict the timing, scale, and damage due to the next eruption with a useful degree of accuracy is nigh on impossible. The number of eruptions whose effects we can detect don't make for much of a baseline.

The deaths from falling ash from a supervolcano are only the beginning. Suffice it to say that blam's characterization of the resulting changes in weather and crop production are likely. Here's an interesting take from Revelation 8 for all the millennialists out there:

REV 8:5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

REV 8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

REV 8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

REV 8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

REV 8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

Then comes the asteroid hit. What's the Mayan calendar predict for the end of the world, blam? Was it 2008?

[little jeremiah]

Having visited the Volcano National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii many times (and during an eruption) I can testify to the incredible smell (stench, if you like) of sulfur. Burns your eyes, and if you have asthma, too bad. Sulfur and volcanoes seem to go hand in hand, so to speak.

[Elliott Jackalope]

The answer is "no way in a million years". It would be like trying to use a firecracker to bust a V-8 engine block. Ain't gonna happen. Relax, take a breath, it's going to be ok.

[Syncro]

Portable Volcano

[flashbunny]

okay, based on this map, with any luck, wisconsin will be safe???

[Lucy Lake]

I know you asked blam, but I found this on google:

"The Classic Mayan civilization was unique and left us a way to incorporate higher dimensional knowledge of time and creation by leaving us the Tzolkin calendar. The Mayans invented the calendars we use today. The present calendar ends in the year 2012."

[Fledermaus]

I can believe it. Especially with all the huge earthquakes lately in Calif, Iran and now Mexico City.

There's definately something going on under there with those plates.

[oceanperch]

Remember what Daleel claimed on Yahoo?

Think I will post this over on the thread thatis on going regarding......

[Carry_Okie]

Thanks for the looksee.

IIRC, there is some controversy about that date, in part due to errors in the Gregorian calendar.

[Carilisa]

I've had nightmares of a scenario like this, myself. This area is so much an unknown to current science. We haven't seen it go off in our lifetimes, and the geologists can easily go and spin the risks down.

[Billthedrill]

If you will look carefully you will notice that the magma is retreating rapidly from Twin Falls. I used to live near there. I can understand it.

[EUPHORIC]

Oh, please! What a crock of used food. This guy never heard of the inverse-square law.

Actually, 600 miles is a very conservative estimate. Blast effects would me minimal more then a few tens of miles away but at that point "inverse square" is as useful at protecting you as Spongebob Squarepants.

Imagine the local devastation caused by the ash fall from Mount St. Helens in the area of volcano. Now make the vent of the volcano 25 MILES IN DIAMETER instead of a few hundred feet and multiply the volume of magma HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of times over St. Helens...

Still feel warm and cozy with your "inverse square law"?

Don't unless you live on another planet or have the means to transport yourself there. This would affect every lifeform on the planet.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

The concept of nuclear demolition has been around for quite some time. Furthermore, nuclear cascade reactions can be very clean if done correctly. Finally, even the dirtiest nuclear explosion would be far safer than the apocalyptic scenario outlined in the article.

[WackyKat]

but an eruption of this magnitude has to build up for a long long time. I don't feel threatened by it. If it explodes, I will just die and go to see Jesus a little bit faster. Sounds good to me.

Probably doesn't sound good to the millions of other people who would be killed, though

[EUPHORIC]

It obviously hasn't. And seismicity and ground deformation at Long Valley has really slacked off.

How many places in Long Valley very near the surface that are not in someones oven 200 degrees plus? And how many other places on the face of the earth that are not associated with erupting volcanoes or ones that are about to erupt are there temperatures like that?

None.

That is a danger sign which is indicative of a local magma intrusive event.

[Finalapproach29er]

I have an "ASH WARNING" sign from Mt. St. Helens in 1980. Cool.

[rwfromkansas]

I am not a scientist, but sure would seem possible if you could dig down to the magma chamber and get it to explode in there.

But, who knows.

[Finalapproach29er]

Remember Harry Truman? Lived on the Mountain?

[rwfromkansas]

I think it was like Dec. 11, 2012 or so.