Yellowstone Evacuation Warning

[Dreamhope11]

Posted by geologist Christopher C. Sanders on January 1, 2009. "I am advising all State officials around Yellowstone National Park for a potential State of Emergency. In the last week over 252 earthquakes have been observed by the USGS. We have a 3D view on the movement of magma rising underground. We have all of the pre warning signs of a major eruption from a super volcano. - I want everyone to leave Yellowstone National Park and for 200 miles around the volcano caldera." http://www.worldwidewaterplan.com/yellowstone.htm I don't know if this guy is right, but there has been a large increase in earthquakes in such a small time, no official word yet.. January 03, 2009 08:49 AM ET | James Pethokoukis | Permanent Link | Print Here is the latest on the earthquake swarms at Yellowstone: 1) The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory put out an update yesterday evening Yellowstone Lake Earthquake Swarm Update: 2 January 2008 The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reports that as of 1800 MST on 2 January 2009, seismicity of the ongoing Yellowstone earthquake swarm continues. Over 500 earthquakes, as large as M 3.9, have been recorded by an automated earthquake system since the inception of this unusual earthquake sequence that began Dec. 27, 2008. More than 300 of these events have been reviewed and evaluated by seismic analysts. Depths of the earthquakes range from ~ 1km to around 10 km. We note that the earthquakes extend northward from central Yellowstone Lake for ~10 km toward the Fishing Bridge area, with a migration of recent earthquakes toward the north. Some of the dozen M3+ earthquakes were felt in the Lake, Grant Village and Old Faithful areas. Personnel of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory continue to evaluate this earthquake sequence and will provide information to the NPS, USGS and the public as it evolves. This earthquake sequence is the most intense in this area for some years. No damage has been reported within Yellowstone National Park, nor would any be expected from earthquakes of this size. The swarm is in a region of historical earthquake activity and is close to areas of Yellowstone famous hydrothermal activity. Similar earthquake swarms have occurred in the past in Yellowstone without triggering steam explosions or volcanic activity. Nevertheless, there is some potential for hydrothermal explosions and earthquakes may continue or increase in magnitude. There is a much lower potential for related volcanic activity. The University of Utah operates a seismic network in Yellowstone National Park in conjunction with the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey. These three institutions are partners in the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. Seismic data from Yellowstone are transmitted to the University in real-time by radio and satellite links from a network of 28 seismographs in the Yellowstone area and are available on the web. Seismologists continue to monitor and analyze data from this swarm of earthquakes and provide updates to the NPS and USGS and to the public via the following web pages. Information on U.S. earthquake activity including Yellowstone can be viewed at the U.S. Geological Survey web site: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/. Information on earthquakes can also be viewed at the University of Utah Seismograph Stations web site: http://www.seis.utah.edu/. Seismographic recordings from Yellowstone seismograph stations can be viewed online at: http://www.quake.utah.edu/helicorder...one/index.html. Nobody knows the warning signs of a super eruption because we where not around to witness the signs. Is an eruption imminent, who knows, we are long over-due. But if this volcano does erupt, most of us will be screwed.... Just remember the films when the crazy geologist gets laughed at, but he always turns out to be right... D:

[drewmandan]

Just remember the films when the crazy geologist gets laughed at, but he always turns out to be right... D: They wouldn't make a film about a geologist that was wrong, would they?

[Dreamhope11]

They wouldn't make a film about a geologist that was wrong, would they? Yeh the geologists who called the other geologist crazy.

[drewmandan]

Yeh the geologists who called the other geologist crazy. You're right. The crazier the theory, the more likely it is. That makes sense.

[arby]

Damn, thats slightly frightening.... Of course, all that threatens me is the dust cloud that could possibly spread far from it and make it slightly colder round these parts =P And the CO2 emissions from that... XD Show global warming up once and for all =P

[Dreamhope11]

And the old man who lives right by the volcano who refuses to move and brings up the good old days.

[Adrenaline Junkie]

A more reliable source: http://www.time.com/time/health/arti...869313,00.html Despite the badness of it, it will be cool to see the eruption filmed from space afterwards

[Dreamhope11]

There will ash everywhere, we can make ashmen and have ashball fights!

[Jeff777]

A more reliable source: http://www.time.com/time/health/arti...869313,00.html Despite the badness of it, it will be cool to see the eruption filmed from space afterwards You mean in spirit form right? Lol.

[Adrenaline Junkie]

You mean in spirit form right? Lol. No, i have an evasive plan of action.

[Dreamhope11]

I plan to make a giant gas mask which i can live in.

[Kael Seoras]

and here I was hoping for big snow fights when the next ice age happened...ash doesn't seem as fun...although it'd have a cool surreal effect on the landscape

[Timothy Paradox]

and here I was hoping for big snow fights when the next ice age happened...ash doesn't seem as fun...although it'd have a cool surreal effect on the landscape Very cool - until you inevitably inhale it.

[Kael Seoras]

*sighs*

[Black_Eagle]

Call me paranoid, but this is the exact reason why I own two gas masks. The threat of Yellowstone erupting is very real. I believe it's every 6,000 years that the Yellowstone super volcano erupts, and it was about 6,000 years since it last erupted. Unfortunately, the time is ripe for an eruption. That Time article is comforting. If it does happen, I hope Southeast Texas is far enough away from the AoE.

[drewmandan]

Call me paranoid, but this is the exact reason why I own two gas masks. The threat of Yellowstone erupting is very real. I believe it's every 6,000 years that the Yellowstone super volcano erupts, and it was about 6,000 years since it last erupted. Unfortunately, the time is ripe for an eruption. That Time article is comforting. If it does happen, I hope Southeast Texas is far enough away from the AoE. 600,000 years, and it's not on a tight schedule.

[ChrissyMaria]

Shit, I live near there...phoenix arizona is quite close... Great.

[Black_Eagle]

600,000 years, and it's not on a tight schedule. Right, right. I had a feeling I was getting that number incorrect. It's been about 600,000 years since yellowstone erupted.

[JET73L]

Not much point in evacuating just that area. It'd probably be better to die quickly than to live for a few minutes/hours/days/fight for your life in a world where the united states and canada have pretty much collapsed and the weather and seismic patterns have gone insane, depending on how far away you were. That is, if it's the supervolcano. If it's just a big volcano that happens to be an unusually explosive lava vent from yellowstone, rather than the entirety of the caldera's potential force, then not much to worry about aside from the ash and, if you're close, the... shockwave thing.

[Timothy Paradox]

Call me paranoid, but this is the exact reason why I own two gas masks. The threat of Yellowstone erupting is very real. I believe it's every 6,000 years that the Yellowstone super volcano erupts, and it was about 6,000 years since it last erupted. Unfortunately, the time is ripe for an eruption. That Time article is comforting. If it does happen, I hope Southeast Texas is far enough away from the AoE. It isn't, sorry. This baby will affect the whole world. We'll all choke, and the survivors will either starve to death or freeze.

[Kael Seoras]

...well, actually, when Krakatoa went nuts at the beginning of the dark ages, the world didn't end...It'd be another dark ages if this volcano went crazy but we could pull through. ...

[drewmandan]

...well, actually, when Krakatoa went nuts at the beginning of the dark ages, the world didn't end...It'd be another dark ages if this volcano went crazy but we could pull through. ... Full of fail. I hope this post was sarcastic.

[Kael Seoras]

I meant if it did the whole covering the US with ashes thing... ...which I highly doubt is gonna happen

[Timothy Paradox]

It's no ordinary volcane... The caldera is so *** huge that you wouldn't even notice it's there before someone tells you it is... really! It would be a catastrophe.

[drewmandan]

...well, actually, when Krakatoa went nuts at the beginning of the dark ages, the world didn't end...It'd be another dark ages if this volcano went crazy but we could pull through. ... Krakatoa was in 1883 or there abouts. Actually, the eruption of Krakatoa caused the Year Without a Summer, in which no crops could be grown anywhere. If that happened today, a billion people would die. There was a similar sized eruption around 600 AD, and it may have caused a cool period in Europe. Although I personally attribute the European dark age to a collapsing Rome and a growing religious establishment. But Yellowstone is much larger than a regular conical volcano, like Krakatoa. When it erupts, it causes decades without summer. That wouldn't kill off humanity, but it could very well reduce us back to a medieval quality of life.