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Is an Eruption Brewing at Yellowstone National Park?

 
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Is an Eruption Brewing at Yellowstone National Park?
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A swarm of earthquakes is one sign that an eruption may be brewing and last winter Yellowstone National Park was rocked by a rash of tremors.

"There were over a thousand earthquakes in about one week," said Park Geologist Hank Heasler. "That isn't unprecedented in the parks history, but it is unusual."

"It was one of the largest swarms in the past 20 years," said USGS Volcanologist Dr. Jake Lowenstern. "It certainly got a lot of people's attention, including ours."

The entire park that exists today is the caldera of the last major eruption 640,000 years ago and experts say that eruption was destructive on a scale like we have never seen before.

"This put out about a thousand times more volcanic material than Mount St. Helens," said Heasler. "To put that in perspective, it's the difference between spending $1,000 and $1,000,000.

That eruption in 1980 in Washington was the deadliest and most destructive volcanic event in the nation's history. 57 people lost their lives in the eruption and volcanic ash was scattered across 12 surrounding states. But experts say another major eruption at Yellowstone would be much more deadly and destructive.

But how will we know if another big eruption is brewing? Dr. Jake Lowenstern is a member of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory which is in charge of monitoring the park's supervolcano. The partnership between Yellowstone National Park, the US Geological Survey, and the University of Utah uses seismograph and ground deformation sensors to keep an eye on what is happening deep underground. Based on their research of the Yellowstone hotspot, the Observatory says another eruption is likely and may even happen in our lifetime. But fortunately for tourists and those living nearby, they say it won't be the big one.

"In a worse case scenario, the big super eruption, is very destructive and would cause a world of hurt to anybody living in the region around Yellowstone and surrounding states," said Lowenstern. "However, the big eruption is not what's most likely to happen here if we do get a volcanic eruption. Much more likely is some localized lava flows that will have an affect within the park. People will need to move out of the way. There will be fires. But people living hundreds of miles away, or even tens of miles outside the park are very unlikely to be affected."

"We have a very sophisticated monitoring system that will give us advanced warning if anything does start to occur," said Heasler. "So the best thing to do is come to the park and enjoy the beauty."
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Re: Is an Eruption Brewing at Yellowstone National Park?
Hydrothermal explosive event. The area around March/April 2010 is next window of high watch.
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"So the best thing to do is come to the park and enjoy the beauty."




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Re: Is an Eruption Brewing at Yellowstone National Park?
Thank you for this possible reassurance, I think.
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"However, the big eruption is not what's most likely to happen here if we do get a volcanic eruption. Much more likely is some localized lava flows that will have an affect within the park. People will need to move out of the way. There will be fires. But people living hundreds of miles away, or even tens of miles outside the park are very unlikely to be affected."
 Quoting: mopar28m


Yeah, right.

Thermopolis has very very HOT naturally occuring Artesian Springs ... ditto in the area around Cody. Both of those are fed by the Yellowstone Caldera, and they are 10's of miles from the Caldera and STILL very very hot under current circumstances.

Somehow I don't think if lava started coming out of some vent in Yellowstone I would want to be just a few tens of miles away!! I would be thinking about being SOUTH of Colorado Springs, or north of the Canadian border at the closest!! Give me at least 200 miles as the crows flies ... thankyou!!

Maybe Dick Cheney though can stay in Jackson Hole and report on what is happening just up the road from his place (we can HOPE!! lol) ... I am sure that as a Vietnam War Draft Dodger he has no fear of death.
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bump
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It's been brewing for a long time now
but it ain't gonna happen
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It's been brewing for a long time now
but it ain't gonna happen
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Definitely an eruption is brewing but could be thousands of years into the future
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Re: Is an Eruption Brewing at Yellowstone National Park?
i think they call it Old Faithful, it erupts like every hour or something... so yeah, an eruption is brewing...
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It's been brewing for a long time now
but it ain't gonna happen
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Wishful thinking. Just look around at man's destruction of the Earth. The Earth will stop us dead in our tracks. DEAD !

Live nice with the Earth or die.


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Are rich people selling their homes in Jackson Hole? That would be the sign.
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Re: Is an Eruption Brewing at Yellowstone National Park?
But fortunately for tourists and those living nearby, they say it won't be the big one.


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and they KNOW this how?
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no
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 Quoting: MercurialStorm



Wishful thinking brought on by fear of losing control and life.


Human beings are NOT in control and there are powers far greater than us all.


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Re: Is an Eruption Brewing at Yellowstone National Park?
Eruption brewing here in NJ. Had chili, coffee and OJ for lunch.
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Re: Is an Eruption Brewing at Yellowstone National Park?
Just hope that sea quake's fault line that leads to Yellowstone doesn't pull the trigger
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Re: Is an Eruption Brewing at Yellowstone National Park?
Hydrothermal explosive event. The area around March/April 2010 is next window of high watch.
 Quoting: cassandra 88420



Still monitoring situation folks.





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