Scientists closely monitoring Yellowstone. 200 degree ground temperatures reported.

Idaho Observer ^

[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

[Robert A Cook PE]

And, roughly 10 million years ago, the Yellowstone volcano did blow - near Idaho.

Sounds like the right one.

[Robert A Cook PE]

But that much ash would damage crops --- not forver, but for several seasons certainly.

It's a problem, but not a crisis.

And besides, what can you prevent?

If you try to "vent" the thing....but it's already overpressurized, you end up blowing it prematurely but into a disaster anyway.

You blow it too early, and you've done no good - since it might have have blown 40-400-4000 years from now anyway, and not have caused damage then because they could handle a "minor volcano" at that time!

(What will the capability of the human rce in 40 years? In 400 yers? In 4000 years?)

[JimRed]

If this was a movie the hero would be working on a way to gradually relieve the pressure so she doesn't blow.

[Paul C. Jesup]

Is it 'don't read the messages before replying day' or what.

I was talking about eastern Ohio, do you know how far eastern Ohio is to Yellowstone Park.

[JimRed]

Oops, that's what happens when you reply to an early post on a 450+ thread. Good ol' repetition.

[BunnySlippers]

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[RightWhale]

If you try to "vent" the thing

Large pipes driven into the ground with multi-ton steam bobblers hissing on top. Still seems like a workable plan.

[Paul C. Jesup]

Ash can enrich the soil, so when all is said and done, the soil will be more fertial than it is right now.

[Kevin Curry]

Someone said earlier something to the effect of that being like trying to crack an engine block with a firecracker.

Which makes sense--particularly with respect to suitcase nukes (which have yields of about .5 kiloton, IIRC). But what about a big nuclear device of, say, 1 megaton or larger? The most powerful nuclear device ever detonated, the Tsar Bomba, was close to 50 megatons but was based on a design yield of 100 megatons.

Drop a megaton-range device with a hardened casing from altitude so that it burrows deep into a natural fissure in the park, and detonate it. Might it not "crack the engine block"?

This may seem like foolish conjecture, but it does point up the wisdom of keeping Muslim militants from ever gaining access to nuclear weapons and delivery systems. I do not believe such a scenario would be beyond them. As desperate as they are to usher in a worldwide Muslim apocalypse, they might well relish the opportunity.

[Paul C. Jesup]

The problem is that the Yellowstone magma chamber is like a rubber balloon with a weight on top of it (the top of the caldera). If you try to releave the pressure, the weight on top, pushing down, causes so much pressure that you have a high risk of losing control of the pressure valve and thus creating a full scale eruption of the caldera itself.

[winker]

A special type of Magma/Lava; Rhyolite shows all over the place where eroded from previous flows proves by the sheer mass of it that it certainly did break the surrounding surface area to leave plenty of evidence of last emergence!

[Calamari]

Good point on the ocean level dropping.

Never bought into the Y2K hype. Spam should be on the worry list! There is some tuna(low dolphin content?),anchovies,or sardines in the cupboard or left over New Years ham in the 'fridge. Choices, Choices...

[RightWhale]

There has to be an engineering solution. If pressure relief pipes would get blown out at considerable speed, then perhaps something that would bleed off heat and perhaps generate power at the same time would do it. The project could pay for itself by feeding the power grid.

[jetson]

600,000 year eruption cycle. The last blow was 640,000 years ago. I think we could be in deep doo doo. We are living on borrowed time.

[Paul C. Jesup]

I am sure there is an engineering solution, I am just not sure if we have building materials (steel (alloys), cement/concrete, titanium (alloys), and modern ceramics) that can do the job right now.

In ten years or so, sure, with nano-carbon fibers (with metal alloys and ceramics mixed in), harvested spider-silk and mass-produced diamonds.

But right now I am unsure.

[Paul C. Jesup]

nano-carbon fibers = carbon-nano-tubes.

[Paul C. Jesup]

600,000 year eruption cycle. The last blow was 640,000 years ago. I think we could be in deep doo doo. We are living on borrowed time.

No kidding Sherlock. ;D

[RightWhale]

It would be something we haven't attempted before. Really big, maybe bigger than any engineering project so far. A lot of new tech might have to be developed. A lot of new engineers would have to be graduated. Materials science would have to advance. Sooner or later, if we expect to be masters of this planet, we'll have to be able to deal with things like this.

[Happy2BMe]

"The last blow was 640,000 years ago."

What's a thousand years or so?

It really biffs me though that it's killing my trout (forget the people).

[Happy2BMe]

" A lot of new engineers would have to be graduated."

Why can't we just import them?