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Yellowstone ERUPTION: Supervolcano under 'STRAIN’ - experts find magma chamber pressure

Cardinal said:
Pity. I was expecting the article to post a clip from "2012."
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Maybe Woody Harrelson reporting from Yellowstone, stoned out of his mind, swearing the government is hiding the truth....while eating pickles. :mrgreen:
 
Lutherf said:
I won't believe this until the WaPo and CNN do a story on how this is Trump's fault.
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And how the Russians are colluding with him to cause Yellowstone to erupt so he can win in 2020.
 
Abbazorkzog said:
So that means it shouldn't erupt for another 300,000 years.............right? >_> <_< >_>
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More or less.... That would be the good news. The bad news is the cycle is more like 600-700,000 years, so its due.
 
azgreg said:
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Beat me to it!!

I always heard that, regarding the movie 2012, after December 21, 2012, the movie 2012 will either be considered a comedy or a documentary. :lol:
 
Lerxst said:
I doubt humankind will be around when it does blow. I think the New Madrid Fault Line is one that causes me the most concern right now. It was the center of discussion for allocation of Homeland Security funding in the region. I had objections about where they were staging millions of dollars in emergency response equipment - which was right on the fault line. We a concerted effort to advise them to place the equipment hundreds of miles away from the fault line, so that when it goes, the equipment is less likely to be destroyed in the initial event. I ultimately lost that battle because governors trump lowly peons like myself.

I do find the Yellowstone volcano to be fascinating. Even if it's not imminent the article is interesting.
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I certainly hope it waits. That's one of the places we want to visit this summer. I told my husband I want to go there before it erupts. :lol:
 
faithful_servant said:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one

The most dangerous fault on the planet is the Cascadia Fault. Chris Goldfinger puts it very clearly in this article about him and the Cascadia Fault. My friend who's one of the top geologists with the BLM has told me a lot more than what is in the article and it is frankly REALLY scary. Pull out a map of the western US and draw line from the Canadian border through Seattle, Portland and Medford to the California border. Everything to the left of that line will suffer incredible damage. There isn't one single bridge in that area that will survive, so the entire Oregon and Washington coast will end up isolated from most help. They will also end up on the wrong end of the priority list of areas to help since the focus will be on the major metro areas. Seattle and Olympia will be pretty much drowned (their only saving grace is a longer warning time), Portland will most likely lose everything north of downtown. Salem will be under water as will be a big piece of Eugene. When the Cascadia Faults lets go, it will be catastrophic on a scale unheard of in human history. The hope of the geologists studying this is that they don't release together. The Cascadia Fault is split into northern and southern "hinges". If one releases, but the other stays put, the damage will still be horrific, but it will be far more manageable. The nightmare scenario is that both release at the same time.
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Interesting. Thanks for posting.
 
Superfly said:
So we lost Woody AND Amanda Peet? Did John Cusack make it? :lol:
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Since he's the lead, yes. The competing boyfriend did of course bite the big one, allowing John to get back with the ex. Aside from the seven billion dead it was definitely a happy ending.
 
celticwar17 said:
Unless... of coarse, North Korea decides to Nuke it.
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I've held off for the longest time in saying what you just did. Thank Goodness for my CPAP.
However, as faithful_servant pointed out, the 'ring of fire' could very well be more unstable.

Yellowstone has recently been reconstructed.
Inaccessible features like 'Gibbon Falls' now have superb overlooks and parking.

There are two domes building in Lake Yellowstone. The Lake is rising.
This makes me think of Crater Lake in Oregon.

Seismic activity just north of the Norris Geyser Basin is concerning,
especially with the dangerous particulate being emitted.

Numbers I've seen state that Yellowstone goes off every 640,000 years or so. It is overdue ...
 
Cardinal said:
Since he's the lead, yes. The competing boyfriend did of course bite the big one, allowing John to get back with the ex. Aside from the seven billion dead it was definitely a happy ending.
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Oh no I was joking about your "this is real footage" clip. I knew it was from the movie. I love that movie, and have it on Vudu. In fact, I just watched it last week. :lol:
 
Superfly said:
Oh no I was joking about your "this is real footage" clip. I knew it was from the movie. I love that movie, and have it on Vudu. In fact, I just watched it last week. :lol:
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"Movie"?
 
Superfly said:
Beat me to it!!

I always heard that, regarding the movie 2012, after December 21, 2012, the movie 2012 will either be considered a comedy or a documentary. :lol:
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It's one of those movies that I consider bad but watch it anyways whenever it's on (at least some of it).
 
Oh hell no. That stuff is a long, cold, hungry death. I want hear something, walk outside and say what the hell is that? Look up and... boom, meteor. Right on my house. I mean, maybe I could do the mad max life for a while till the ammo runs out but the wife? Shes gonna start bitchin when "Say yes to the dress" goes off the air. I might have to commit suicide.
 
azgreg said:
It's one of those movies that I consider bad but watch it anyways whenever it's on (at least some of it).
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I love it. I am a child of the 70s, and we had tons of disaster movies. They are now my favorite kind. End of the world scenarios are my absolute favorite.
 
trblmkr said:
Oh hell no. That stuff is a long, cold, hungry death. I want hear something, walk outside and say what the hell is that? Look up and... boom, meteor. Right on my house. I mean, maybe I could do the mad max life for a while till the ammo runs out but the wife? Shes gonna start bitchin when "Say yes to the dress" goes off the air. I might have to commit suicide.
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You sound like my husband. :lol: I'd bitch the first day it got above 85 with no air conditioning, which is about 300 days of the year for us.
 
Superfly said:
I certainly hope it waits. That's one of the places we want to visit this summer. I told my husband I want to go there before it erupts. :lol:
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Here's a link to this story.
Yellowstone is under strain, and it can be measured | Montana News | billingsgazette.com

You definitely want to go there.
Now is the time to look for accommodations and plan day trips. They book early.
Walking paths can accommodate wheelchairs.

There are 5 entrances, all well worth the drives.
The roads make a kind of figure-8.
The Northeast Entrance is my favorite, going up to Bear Tooth Pass at just under 11,000 feet.

As well, the Grand Tetons are just to the South; spectacular.

There are 3 ways to Yellowstone from your location, from Cody--Dubois--or Jackson.
Jackson is the tourist place; worth it though; great food and such ...
 
NIMBY said:
Here's a link to this story.
Yellowstone is under strain, and it can be measured | Montana News | billingsgazette.com

You definitely want to go there.
Now is the time to look for accommodations and plan day trips. They book early.
Walking paths can accommodate wheelchairs.

There are 5 entrances, all well worth the drives.
The roads make a kind of figure-8.
The Northeast Entrance is my favorite, going up to Bear Tooth Pass at just under 11,000 feet.

As well, the Grand Tetons are just to the South; spectacular.

There are 3 ways to Yellowstone from your location, from Cody--Dubois--or Jackson.
Jackson is the tourist place; worth it though; great food and such ...
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Thanks! There are so many places we hope to visit out west.
 
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