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

[Quix]

I can understand that.

I can often get fiesty for similar reasons.

[punster]

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!

[IdahoGoesBush]

Barbara Manatee

[rmlew]

. I could possibly see that (600 miles) happening if it was a truly huge eruption (krakatoa sized at least).
Yellowstone and Krakatoa are both Calderas.

[Havoc]

Did somebody say somethin.. oh, just you lol

[Happy2BMe]

That's it . . take your medicine and get us those ground temp readings . . easy . . easy. .

[Havoc]

Is there some point that anyone can find that this echo is making. Just wondering, the echo thinks itself clever and funny and it's really quite pathetic to watch..

[SwankyC]

San Diego is barely 500 miles, I believe, from the future epicenter

[jennyp]

DIV class=b2>That date roughly corresponds to the next crisis in the book the Fourth Turning. Assuming that 9/11 wasn't the crisis.

Ah, the Fourth Turning - great theory! (I read their earlier Generations.) The turnings don't have anything to do with numerology or fixed physical cycles; rather more the average length of a human generation x 4.

I think our generational crisis was clearly 9/11. What makes it a generational crisis is that it's an event that triggers a sea change in generational attitudes, which had been gathering already. It's not the crisis itself, necessarily, that defines the generational turnings. It's how the dominant generation reacts to it. When a generation is primed to cause a turning, sooner or later some crisis comes along that the generation responds to in a fundamental way, as opposed to brushing it under the rug.

Presumably if 9/11 had happened at a different point in the cycle, it would have been treated as merely a huge criminal act, like some on the left wanted, instead of the opening shot of WWIII, which it really is.

[bd476]

Good point and noted.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Test

[farmfriend]

Yes, I agree with you totally. Although last fourth turning included both WWII and the Great Depression so I just wonder if 9/11 was it or if there is more. Let's hope that is all there is.

[potlatch]

Happy New Year from someone in your 'hometown'!!

[cspackler]

Hello, Potlatch. Good to hear you're still around. Thanks for the reminder to call my parents, it's been a week or so. Hope everyone is well on your side, pass along my New Year wishes...

[John W]

Mild Earthquakes Hit Northwest Wyoming
The Associated Press
Published: Jan 7, 2004

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - A series of mild earthquakes shook northwest Wyoming near Grand Teton National Park early Wednesday. There were no reports of damage.
The strongest quake, at 12:51 a.m., registered a magnitude of 4.7 and was centered about 19 miles east-northeast of Jackson, said John Minsch, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo.

It was followed by quakes of 3.7, 4.1 and 4.0, and a number of smaller temblors below 3.0. The last in the series was reported at 2:23 a.m.

"It woke a lot of people up from their sleep," said Kimberly Mullikin of the Teton County Sheriff's Department. "There's no damage that I have heard of from anybody."

Earthquakes are common in Yellowstone National Park, just north of the epicenter, but it was not clear whether Wednesday's quakes were related to the seismic activity there, Minsch said.

The quakes were not felt at Yellowstone headquarters, about 90 miles to the north, a dispatcher said.

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On the Net: http://www.usgs.gov

[Merdoug]

Yellowstone just had an earthquake. About 4.5 Not good!

[Happy2BMe]

"Yellowstone just had an earthquake. About 4.5 Not good!"

Hang tight, Merdoug.

Havoc should be coming in with some ground temperature readings form the Norris Geyser area any minute now . .

[potlatch]

Oh, I'm 'still around', about every night, LOL. I'll pass along your wishes. The kids were here this past weekend to celebrate a 'late Christmas' together. Hope all's well with you, Carol.

[John W]

2004/01/07 09:54:38 43.61N 110.36W 5.0 2.9 WYOMING
2004/01/07 09:34:03 43.58N 110.38W 5.0 3.2 WYOMING
2004/01/07 09:23:46 43.60N 110.35W 5.0 4.0 WYOMING
2004/01/07 08:44:21 43.61N 110.31W 5.0 4.1 WYOMING
2004/01/07 08:36:48 43.57N 110.43W 5.0 3.4 WYOMING
2004/01/07 08:27:01 43.57N 110.33W 5.0 3.7 WYOMING
2004/01/07 08:13:20 43.59N 110.42W 5.0 3.0 WYOMING
2004/01/07 07:51:37 43.58N 110.39W 5.0 5.0 WYOMING

[Lucy Lake]

Pinging to # 619.
Also:

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/latest/index.php?display=2004/01/07/build/wyoming/32-jacksonquakes.php

Earthquakes rattle Jackson area
By MIKE STARK
Of The Gazette Staff

Four earthquakes shook the Jackson, Wyo., area early Wednesday morning, including a magnitude 5.0 earthquake that was the largest ever recorded in Teton County.

The 5.0 quake struck at 12:51 a.m. and shook for about six seconds, according to Lance Cook with the Wyoming State Geological Survey.