[Happy2BMe]

O.K.

This explains why the trout aren't biting this year at Yellowstone.

[Ethyl]

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


Ok, how much of kalifornia does that take out???

[A CA Guy]

Isn't that where the Democrat Party is having their convention and headquarters placed for 2004 elections?

[Pharmboy]

Boy, if this happens again, the dinosaurs are through...

[Amelia]

Interesting.

[RightWhale]

The American people are not being told that the explosion of this 'super volcano' could happen at any moment

No, they're not. Wonder why.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

So let's use some nuclear demolition and vent the pressure gradually. "Lance the boil" as it were.

[rwfromkansas]

I am a bit tired of "anonymous sources" acting like there is some sort of coverup.

Granted....something as big as this might warrant one to avert panic, but I don't buy some anonymous allegation. Actually say your name please.

I would bet this will not erupt soon, at least not for another 100 years. It is probably prepping for an eruption, 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.

[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......

[SevenDaysInMay]

The estimated maximal blast (blown flat) zone is ~50-100 mile radius, including out of our atmosphere to rain down over the entire planet - perhaps more than a fortnight of night in nuclear Winterville. This is a monumental issue to ponder and for which to prepare meekly one's family pantry.

Picture dead, gray Moon-scapes, utterly dead zones of hundreds of square miles if not nearly a 1,000,000 square miles, a ~550 mile radius.

100 mile radius is I-15, I-94, and the NW corner of Wyoming.

200 mile radius is half of Idaho I-15, Montana, and I-25, I-80 in Wyoming.

300 mile radius is nearly all of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and to Salt Lake City.

400 mile radius is to Canadian 1 in Saskatchewan and Alberta, Spokane, Battle Mt., NV, I-70 with most of Utah, through Denver, and western Nebraska and both Dakotas.

500 mile radius is to Calgary, half of Washington, Oregon, Nebraska and both Dakotas, nearly all of Colorado to Pueblo, Utah, and nearly to Reno and Las Vegas.

600 mile radius, also with a potential building crushing, animal choking kill zone from ashfall, is the area within I-35, I-40, to California's Central Valley, to the Pacific including all of Oregon and Washington, Vancouver, Edmonton, and southeast to Manitoba.

The jet streams push ash more east than blast blown west, south more than north so these radii are for illustration.

Earth's "ash" is very fine, consider cement dust and much finer - re: asphyxiation without masks, many masks each. If mixed with water as ash often is as it falls, picture your house/apt. or office holding up under a rain of wet cement, inches or several feet of it - 6 feet or more. Picture your house's roof completely covered with 90# bags of dry cement, just add water. Will your roof's slope shed the sticky goo? Unlikely. Very unlikely. Roof and/or wall structural failure is nearly certain given the size of the eruption.

A common snow & wind loading design of 50#/sq.ft. would fail with only a few inches of wet ash.

Geologic records show us that more than 6 feet of ash has fallen a long way from Old Faithful in previous eruptions. I don't have those data here tonight.

Forget being saved by neighbors or outsiders, because with such rural country and a few cities of millions, victims from an eruption only a few minutes in duration, you are on your own. Ash destroys internal combustion engines, especially aircraft. There will be total darkness for days on end - globally. There can be no resupply, except in rare instances.

This event will be global, weather and some regional climate changes certain, at least for years if not decades. The Northern Hemisphere's food and fiber production will suffer greatly if not stop for a season. Famine of Biblical scale is certain.

All rivers and watersheds will change. Ash mud/slides will make terra firma not.

This eruption horror would also invite islamists, China , South america, and EU celebrate the end of the USA as we knew it.

Be aware and prepare with life-or-death survivalist know-how. Survivors can always use luck, but significant caches of food, water, tools, temporary shelter, and Faith help. The Bible teaches 7 years.

We are a bit overdue.

Whenever this eruption happens, the civilization of North America will never be the same. The western United States to the Mississippi River will be a solemn burial ground.

[EUPHORIC]

Here are a few interesting and related links. Last two may be the best:

http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Thumblinks/yellowstone_page.html

http://www.mines.utah.edu/~rbsmith/RESEARCH/YellowstoneHotspot.html

http://www.seis.utah.edu/yvo/index.shtml

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/

http://www.solcomhouse.com/yellowstone.htm

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html

Enjoy!

[Squantos]

Write faster........:o)

[Busywhiskers]

Any day now we will see the headlines---

"YELLOWSTONE SET FOR SUPER ERUPTION--DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES BLAME BUSH ADMINISTRATION DURING DEBATE"

[reg45]

If it blows in the next ten months, Howard Dean will be asking if George W. Bush had any advanced notice of the event. "What did he know and when did he know it?" Also killing off all the people in the 600 mile circle could tilt the election in favor of the Democrats.

[TroutStalker]

This article is really over the top, trying to frighten people. I was in Yellowstone for ten days in September, both fishing and sightseeing. We have been going about every two years since the mid-eighties.

There are a number of lies here:

In July, 2003, Yellowstone Park rangers closed the entire Norris Geyser Basin ...
Big Lie. I walked through most of it three months ago. Only one small section is closed.

The animals are literally migrating out of the park.
We saw as much wildlife as we ever do. Our guide on a pack trip to fish Slough Creek did mention some decrease in elk, mainly due to the number of calves killed because of the reintroduction of wolves.

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.
Another outright lie. The lake is not closed. We were in it in float tubes. Our cabin was only a few hundred yards from the lake. We saw no dead fish. The reason the fishing has been poor for the last five years is because of the drought, with the river's flow a fraction of normal.

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 author doesn't know what he is talking about. Not a single area has been closed. Most stay only a short time because they only have a day of two to visit such a huge place. We go for two weeks at a time, and it's not a new experience.

Every body of water we fished I checked with a stream thermometer, and it was all normal. The bulge was right off where we stayed and there was nothing unusual. It was just recently discovered, so they have no idea how fast it is growing.

I guess some poeple just have to worry about something, but it's no reason to just make things up.

[NorseWood]

bump

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

That recent bulge in the bottom of Yellowstone Lake is Bush's fault.

If the volcano erupts before this November, that will also be Bush's fault.

Everything is Bush's fault.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

A bunch of rich Kalifornians have run all of the locals out of Jackson and turned it into another Berkeley, so now is a good time for it to blow. Hopefully, the volcano will take out Jerry Spence and a whole bunch of celebrities. I hope the Klintons will be on vacation there, too.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I wonder, would this qualify as a Just Frickin' Damn?