Yellowstone Caldera

[Nick R]

So... How many of you knew that Yellowstone is in fact, an enormous, active volcano. It's true. I read about this a few years ago and the recent quakes started me looking into it again out of curiosity.

Yellowstone from the sky. Look familiar?

The Yellowstone Caldera is often called a "Supervolcano". The ground uplift over the years indicates a growing magma chamber, and in the past 3 years the ground has swelled more than 3" per year, highest recorded since 1923. Though Geologists now say that uplift has slowed significantly.

I dunno, it's kind of worrying knowing we have such an enormous, ticking time bomb underneath one of our most famous national parks. An eruption would releas so much ash it could in fact cool the earth due to ash circling the globe in the jet stream, and blocking out the sun. Volcanic gasses would also interact with the atmosphere, causing further cooling. and air travel would be very difficult, if not impossible (volcanic ash gets in and completely plugs up Jet engines, causing catastrophic failure).

 

[simple_gifts]

Was not aware it was a "hot spot" like hawaii. Wikipedia indicates 240 cubic miles of rock was ejected during the last eruption. When this baby goes again, flying will be the least of your worries.

 

[Panzerman]

Ive known about it a couple of years. Its also about 60 years overdue for going off. I watch the discovery channel alot. If you really want to freak yourself out some more, read about 2012 and planet X. Remarkable how that calender really does coincide with predicted events and I got buddies in PA who claim they can now see the planet and it maybe closer to 2011. When that Super Volcano goes off, 1/3 of the United States will pretty much be unihabitated. I think air travel will be the least of our worries, Iam thinking more in the way of food and crops, no sun, no plant life. Really makes all this talk of man made global warming theories seem really petty, when you consider what mother nature can do in one swift moment.

 

[TurboLuver]

I have been reading about this for a few years now as well and it is my understanding, like Panzerman alluded to, that when she goes we are all in trouble.

 

[Craddosk]

Hate to enlighten you to this, but, if you actually do the research, you'll find that ~100million years ago, most of the central and western United States forms a giant caldera. If this goes, there is a firm chance that only small celled organisms and those in deep ocean will survive. Great, cheery thing to think about isn't it?

 

[Gary Allan]

Originally Posted By: Craddosk
Hate to enlighten you to this, but, if you actually do the research, you'll find that ~100million years ago, most of the central and western United States forms a giant caldera. If this goes, there is a firm chance that only small celled organisms and those in deep ocean will survive. Great, cheery thing to think about isn't it?


Yeah. It's not encouraging. I think we may miss the main immediate plume here in SEPA. It's alleged to form a widening southeasterly pathway. It won't matter. It just means you get to watch the aftermath.


I wonder why no one suggests forcing controlled releases of magma pressure. I surely don't understand the proportions of the forces involved, but I would think that this would be something one would ponder if one sits on a pressure cooker where there is no relief valve other than the ground you're sitting on.

 

[eljefino]

She burps and breaks wind but is still the nicest planet around. Could worry... could not.

 

[Gary Allan]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
She burps and breaks wind but is still the nicest planet around. Could worry... could not.

Well ..sure..but I'd like to know when I no longer have to maintain notions of "future" ..and would like some announcement for when to start the party for the grand finale. It's hard to keep prepared for both.

 

[Panzerman]

Exactly how would you force Magna releases. I think that would be like trying to let air out of a balloon with a needle. My friends are in South Eastern Pa and they rib me about moving from what they believe a safe area to the dreaded coastline. My argument is that since no one knows for sure what will happen when the continents shift, what is coastline now, may not be coastline afterwards and if the poles move he may find himself in about -50 right now. Florida may likely be the next South eastern Pa. No one knows for sure the safe place to be, but I can tell you where not to be, Hawaii, Yellowstone or California. Aligators have been here since Dinosuars and they are only in Florida, so apparently they made it through the last couple since they are not long distance walkers.

 

[simple_gifts]

Hot spots are mantle plumes, it is not a crust based phenomenon. Consequently the forces at work are "fundamental processes" of the earth which dictate plate movement, magnetism etc.

The crust is > 25 miles thick and the forces are coming from the mantle which the crust "floats on"

These is nothing that can be done about it.

It is like placing an ant on a piece of aluminum foil and then placing the aluminum foil onto an operating barbeque grill. That is us, the crust and the mantle respectively.

 

[andrewg]

The photo is not taken from Yellowstone....it's up in Alaska. The Yellowstone caldera is far, far, larger and not as easily defined from a photograph.

 

[Nick R]

uh oh. not a good sign.
pretty informative site, if you can look past the occasional "dream/vision friend had" type bits.

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

I'm wondering if this won't be next. 15KM to 5KM in a few weeks is pretty discouraging.

 

[Panzerman]

Know what really makes me mad, Ive been buying guns and ammo for 15 years for the impending Zombie Outbreak and now something like this comes along. Bummer.

 

[Gary Allan]

Quote:
Exactly how would you force Magna releases.


Well, there are places that appear to be managing ..for the time being ... albeit naturally, like Hawaii. They appear to be adding real estate on a regular basis. While an occasional neighborhood gets paved over in lava, the place hasn't sank or blown its top recently.


..but how would I force a magma release? That probably wouldn't be too hard in a place already prone to such things anyway.

 

[MarkC]

Originally Posted By: Panzerman
Exactly how would you force Magna releases. I think that would be like trying to let air out of a balloon with a needle. My friends are in South Eastern Pa and they rib me about moving from what they believe a safe area to the dreaded coastline. My argument is that since no one knows for sure what will happen when the continents shift, what is coastline now, may not be coastline afterwards and if the poles move he may find himself in about -50 right now. Florida may likely be the next South eastern Pa. No one knows for sure the safe place to be, but I can tell you where not to be, Hawaii, Yellowstone or California. Aligators have been here since Dinosuars and they are only in Florida, so apparently they made it through the last couple since they are not long distance walkers.


What are you talking about continents shifting and coastlines moving? Continental drift is a fairly "slow" process, and people do indeed know what happens, it's called plate tectonics. Florida isn't going to be moving north anytime soon, don't worry. By the way, Florida has been under water for the majority of it's "life". And there are alligators in many places other than Florida. I know for a fact they range at least as far north as Virginia, and certainly as far west as Texas.

 

[Panzerman]

Originally Posted By: MarkC
Originally Posted By: Panzerman
Exactly how would you force Magna releases. I think that would be like trying to let air out of a balloon with a needle. My friends are in South Eastern Pa and they rib me about moving from what they believe a safe area to the dreaded coastline. My argument is that since no one knows for sure what will happen when the continents shift, what is coastline now, may not be coastline afterwards and if the poles move he may find himself in about -50 right now. Florida may likely be the next South eastern Pa. No one knows for sure the safe place to be, but I can tell you where not to be, Hawaii, Yellowstone or California. Aligators have been here since Dinosuars and they are only in Florida, so apparently they made it through the last couple since they are not long distance walkers.


What are you talking about continents shifting and coastlines moving? Continental drift is a fairly "slow" process, and people do indeed know what happens, it's called plate tectonics. Florida isn't going to be moving north anytime soon, don't worry. By the way, Florida has been under water for the majority of it's "life". And there are alligators in many places other than Florida. I know for a fact they range at least as far north as Virginia, and certainly as far west as Texas.
Iam talking about the Planet X theory where the planet which is "supposably" in a oval orbit, its about the size of Jupiter and it will pass by Earth according to astromomsters in about 2011-2012, which coincides with the Mayan Calender that freaks everyone out. Its a 3600 year cycle. Now according to my friends in Pa with the telescopes they can see the planet now, I can guarantee the goverment will not talk about this to avoid mass panic. When this planet passes the Earth its is going to have a gravitational pull on the earth and effect it similar to the moon and cause massive continent shift and poles to change as had happened in the past. This is what Iam talking about. The super Volcano blowing off will no way effect the plates or continents, I know, but it will make things interesting. If you get a chance to watch the movie "2012" they have the eruption of the super volcano in Yellowstone, I think that is a pretty good rendition of it.

 

[crinkles]

Originally Posted By: Panzerman

Now according to my friends in Pa with the telescopes they can see the planet now, I can guarantee the goverment will not talk about this to avoid mass panic.


gimmme some of what they're drinking...

 

[Gary Allan]

Whatever it is ...I want $50 worth.

 

[simple_gifts]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibiru_collision

Quote:


The idea was first proposed in 1995 by Nancy Lieder, founder of the website ZetaTalk. Lieder describes herself as a contactee with the ability to receive messages from extra-terrestrials from the Zeta Reticuli star system through an implant in her brain.

....

"Planetary scientists are being driven to distraction by Nibiru," notes science writer Govert Schilling, "And it is not surprising; you devote so much time, energy and creativity to fascinating scientific research, and find yourself on the tracks of the most amazing and interesting things, and all the public at large is concerned about is some crackpot theory about clay tablets, god-astronauts and a planet that doesn't exist." Morrison states that he hopes that the non-arrival of Nibiru could serve as a teaching moment for the public, instructing them on 'rational thought and baloney detection', but doubts that will happen.


Of course Wikipedia being part of the conspiracy......

 

[Panzerman]

Hey, if it happens it happens, I am not going to dwell on it. I was just passing on what I heard. If they announce some new planet passing, Ill make a run for Tennesee, Iam certainly not changing my life over impending diaster. Dont matter to me, Iam just a visitor here anyway.