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Start here => Free For ALL => Topic started by: skyblue1 on February 01, 2010, 06:14:03 PM
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Over the course of the past two weeks, more than one-hundred mostly small earthquakes per day, on average, have shaken up a remote area of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Researchers say that for the time being, the earthquake cluster is more of a cause of curiosity than alarm.
The earthquake zone is located about 10 miles northwest of the Old Faithful geyser, and is far from any road or community. The park is also relatively empty during the winter months. The swarms of earthquakes are relatively common, and a significant swarm was experienced there last year as well. Researchers say that it has shown little indication that it will build towards a larger event, such as a volcanic eruption that destroyed the Yellowstone region tens of thousands of years ago.
Scientists say that the current Yellowstone swarm does at least bear close observation due to its volume. As of Sunday, January 31, 2009, there had been 1,608 earthquakes at the park since January 17.
Henry Heasler, a coordinating scientist for the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, said:
“We’re not seeing a pattern that is really discernible yet." He added that plans were in place to intensify observations in the case that the swarm continued for a long time or got larger. "We're ready to ramp up," he said, which would include using flights to monitor the area.
Researchers at the University of Utah's Seismograph stations track the Yellowstone swarms, and say that they thought it was a coincidence that another large swarm of more than 1,000 earthquakes ahd struck the park just about a year ago. At the time, it was the second largest cluster recorded. This year's swarm, however, has overtaken the No. 2 spot. The largest recorded swarm was in 1985, when 3,000 quakes struck over the course of three months.
Dr. Heasler revealed that researchers use the park's geologic features, such as Old Faithful, as indicators of the quake activity. They look for changes in water temperature, or mud plumes in hot pools that otherwise run clear. He says that this swarm does not appear to have affected any of those natural monitors, emphasizing that analysis was on-going.
Park visitors are encouraged to help with research by reporting to park officials if they felt the ground shake. In general, attention to earthquakes has increased since the Haiti eathquake. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, visits to their Earthquake Hazards Program website have increased fivefold since the quake, to more than one million visits
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/12890
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run for your lives
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Just kiss your ass goodbye if you live in the states
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Reminds me of a TV movie I once saw about supervolcanoes. That was hell scary.
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yeah right, kiss your ass goodbye if you live anywhere within 14 months
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It will happen some day people will survive they are a very invasive species like cockroaches
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more like a virus....we adapt
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I think I live close enough to be concerned about being covered with volcanic ash if the Yellowstone caldera blows.
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i hope that yogi packs his picnic baskets, just in case.
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i hope that yogi packs his picnic baskets, just in case.
Yogi's from JELLYstone, not Yellowstone. Jellystone (at least the one I'm familiar with) is located in the Catskills in New York.
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Meh!
Earth is rotating around the Sun with a speed of 30 km (20 English miles) per second! If it hits a rock bigger than just 30 km in diameter, it's goodbye anyway.
There are thounsads way to die. 8)
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i hope that yogi packs his picnic baskets, just in case.
Yogi's from JELLYstone, not Yellowstone. Jellystone (at least the one I'm familiar with) is located in the Catskills in New York.
Thanks for that information. I always assumed Jellystone was a fictionalization of Yellowstone.
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i hope that yogi packs his picnic baskets, just in case.
Yogi's from JELLYstone, not Yellowstone. Jellystone (at least the one I'm familiar with) is located in the Catskills in New York.
Thanks for that information. I always assumed Jellystone was a fictionalization of Yellowstone.
Not actually a park....It is a company that runs campgrounds for tourists. They are all over the country
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Meh!
Earth is rotating around the Sun with a speed of 30 km (20 English miles) per second! If it hits a rock bigger than just 30 km in diameter, it's goodbye anyway.
There are thounsads way to die. 8)
There is a TV show here with a similar name.
In one episode, a lady got cheap breast implants that had some sort of gas bubbles in them and when she flew on an airplane, they exploded and she bled to death.
Warning: Don't click this link if you are easily grossed out. (http://www.spike.com/full-episode/death-on-arrival/34983)
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One of my classmates was born with some kind of a weak aorta. When she got pregnant it burst and both she and the child died...
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i hope that yogi packs his picnic baskets, just in case.
Yogi's from JELLYstone, not Yellowstone. Jellystone (at least the one I'm familiar with) is located in the Catskills in New York.
my bad. i guess you learn some valuable new information each day.
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Is your grandfather masturbating for the first time in 30 years?
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Yellowstone going off would be pretty damn awesome. It would totally fuck this country up.
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I would sit out on my porch with a joint and a glass of sweet tea and watch it
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I would sit out on my porch with a joint and a glass of sweet tea and watch it
You wouldn't be able to see it from your porch, I hope. I might be able to see some the effects from mine, though.
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it would make news and take the countries mind of obamas recent failures.
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I would sit out on my porch with a joint and a glass of sweet tea and watch it
You wouldn't be able to see it from your porch, I hope. I might be able to see some the effects from mine, though.
I would be sitting on my porch watching all the people,who even though they are about to die, acting like fools. Instead of clearing their minds and preparing themselves to pass.
I would have a shotgun and handgun with me (in case someone tried to steal my sweet tea).
Sorry that your demise would be quicker than mine. Even though going quickly may be the best way to go.
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Most of North America will die if Yellowstone goes off. People in Miami will be fine lol.
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within 3 months all of the US will be in a winter that we as humans ,most of us wont survive. In 14 months it will have the whole earth. :evillaugh:
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i watched a show about super catastrophies and volcanoes were one of them. i am not sure if yellowstone was one of them.