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To: Happy2BMe
Geologists claim the Yellowstone Park area has been on a regular eruption cycle of 600,000 years.

My BS meter is getting warm...

88 posted on 01/01/2004 9:05:27 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne
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!
92 posted on 01/01/2004 9:06:29 PM PST by Triple Word Score
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101 posted on 01/01/2004 9:10:11 PM PST by al baby (Ice cream does not have bones)
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To: Izzy Dunne
My BS meter is getting warm...

As the continent slides over the Yellowstone hotspot, the former caldera cavities can be seen in a line going into Idaho. Judging by the distance between them and knowing the rate of continental drift, the eruption cycle has been estimated at 600,000 years.

122 posted on 01/01/2004 9:20:07 PM PST by #3Fan
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To: Izzy Dunne
I'm 640 miles away, does that mean I have front row seats?
273 posted on 01/02/2004 12:17:53 AM PST by RockyMtnMan
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