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

[#3Fan]

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...

100 feet! This is major if true, methinks.

[Lazamataz]

Yellowstone super volcano eruption could truly be an extinction level event.

Is this why I always see Al Qaeda there with pickaxes and shovels?

[Triple Word Score]

I retract my former humor post. My son is doing laundry without being told. It IS the end of the world.

[Happy2BMe]

Look - in the sky - it's LAVA MAGMA!

[KarlInOhio]

I didn't notice the 2500x until I had already typed my comments. 3600x is pretty close considering the precision of my 10 mile radius was from a quick glance at a Mt. St. Helens web site. Change that to a 12 mile kill radius and you have (600/12)^2 = 2500.

[CoolGuyVic]

See my #43.

[punster]

Would the monitoring station be a lava-tory?

[Izzy Dunne]

Geologists claim the Yellowstone Park area has been on a regular eruption cycle of 600,000 years.

My BS meter is getting warm...

[Happy2BMe]

"If somehow the government did have some warning signs of something like this happening,what do you think the government would do?"

Great - just great.

One national warning system for terrorist attacks and now another one for volcano eruptions.

[Izzy Dunne]

The last eruption was 640,000 years ago making the next one long overdue.

My B.S meter is getting hot....

[Triple Word Score]

This is the park of OLD FAITHFUL. You can practically set your eon by it.

I just hope Hillary rushes in to be the first for a photo-op. Oh, the sackcloth and ashes!

[templar]

What's the inverse-square law,

Any point source that spreads out equally form the origin point obeys the physics of inverse square -- The intensity of the influence at any given radius r is the source strength divided by the area of the sphere.

This is evidenced in things like the blast damage at the OKC bombing being greater at distances farther away from the blast than directly in front of it ... OOOOOPS ... well maybe the inverse square law has some flaws or exceptions.

[Izzy Dunne]

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.

My BS meter is starting to shake...

[null and void]

*groan*

[Izzy Dunne]

When Yellowstone does blow, some geologists predict that every living thing within six hundred miles is likely to die.

My BS meter just exploded in flames...

[Rebelbase]

Check out the link at #30. Good graphic of the Inverse Square Law.

[diamond6]

ping

[null and void]

I only groaned because I'm feeling MAGMAnimous...

[HiTech RedNeck]

Sulfur cooks out of the geysers, so if things are getting overall hotter, that would be expected. Is Old Faithful getting a bit faster now?