Quakes shake loose fears about Yellowstone volcano

AP MYWAY ^ | Jan. 9 2009 | MEAD GRUVER

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Run for your lives ... Yellowstone's going to explode!

Hundreds of small earthquakes at Yellowstone National Park in recent weeks have been an unsettling reminder for some people that underneath the park's famous geysers and majestic scenery lurks one of the world's biggest volcanoes.

In the ancient past, the volcano has erupted 1,000 times more powerfully than the 1980 blast at Mount St. Helens, hurling ash as far away as Louisiana. No eruption that big has occurred while humans have walked the earth, however, and geologists say even a minor lava flow is extremely unlikely any time soon.

Some observers are nonetheless warning of imminent catastrophe.

"To those of us who have been following these events, we know that something is brewing, especially considering that Yellowstone is over 40,000 years overdue for a major eruption," warned a posting on the online disaster forum Armageddononline.org.

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ping

[Myrddin]

There have been no recorded quakes since 1/6/2009. The last magnitude 3+ occurred 1/2/2009. At one point there were over 290 quakes on the list. The swarm appears to be over.

[Abathar]

"Eruptions of the Yellowstone volcanic system have included the two largest volcanic eruptions in North America in the past few million years; the third largest was at Long Valley in California and produced the Bishop ash bed. The biggest of the Yellowstone eruptions occurred 2.1 million years ago, depositing the Huckleberry Ridge ash bed. These eruptions left behind huge volcanic depressions called “calderas” and spread volcanic ash over large parts of North America (see map). If another large caldera-forming eruption were to occur at Yellowstone, its effects would be worldwide. Thick ash deposits would bury vast areas of the United States, and injection of huge volumes of volcanic gases into the atmosphere could drastically affect global climate. "

Global climate change I can believe in...

[Doomonyou]

Some observers are nonetheless warning of imminent catastrophe.

And, of course, we are all gonna die.

[demshateGod]

“1/6/2009”

Two days ago?

“1/2/2009”

Last Friday?

[b4its2late]

I’m not worried. Obama will be sworn in soon!

[Palladin]

Much ado about nothing.

[geologist]

Thank you, for posting the information in this map.

[demshateGod]

With that and the solar storms, it’s a good thing Obama is putting a stop to man made Global Climate Cooling/Warming.

[dragonblustar]

[FrankR]

The gloom-and-doomers are jumping with glee....yeah...a new catastrophe.

Quick, run to your congressman and get a study grant to look into this phantom volcano for the next 25 years and issue weekly "sky is falling" reports for Americans to knee jerk to and send their childrens inheritance to some algorian nutcase.

Coming soon..."Volcano Credits." I think I might set up an eBay store to sell these.

The truth about this in inconvenient as the quakes have subsided.

[IYAS9YAS]

Hundreds of small earthquakes at Yellowstone National Park in recent weeks have been an unsettling reminder for some people that underneath the park's famous geysers and majestic scenery lurks one of the world's biggest volcanoes.

Yellowstone is living proof that, no matter what happens, nature can, and will survive.

[Bigg Red]

And, of course, we are all gonna die.

^^^
And, of course, it’s all Bush’s fault.

[alloysteel]

Such an eruption would certainly take attention away from the current poltical situatio, i.e., a collapsing ecocomy, uncertainty in the Middle East, the price of oil, the access to universal health care, global warming and carbon tax proposals, and the ever-present fear of hangnails and hair falling out.

[Red Badger]

...however, and geologists say even a minor lava flow is extremely unlikely any time soon.

That's what the government said in the movie, too.........

[massgopguy]

I heard that the ground is so hot in the northern section that you can’t walk on it.

[Vaquero]

never tell me the odds

[Doomonyou]

And, of course, it’s all Bush’s fault.

And, of course, after he's gone, it's all Palin's fault.

[rovenstinez]

In some charismatic circles, emails circulate that a PERFECT STORM is brewing, 5 fronts are expecting to collide, because we haven´t been paying attention to God´s Design...·1 an economic storm, 2 a spiritual storm 3, political chaos, 4, cultural calamities, 5 geo physical upheavals.