Yellowstone Earthquake Alert

[MorningGlory]

Actually, I think the show I watched that mentioned the possibility of an eruption in Yellowstone was on the Discovery channel.....

[cehbabe]

If a super volcano happened, does anyone have any idea what states would be affected? I'm sure Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, North and South Dakota, but what about a chain reaction in California? Could that happen? I imagine parts of Canada would be affected. Just curious.

If you click on the link I posted above and flip forward a few pages, you'll see the previously affected areas.

As for a chain reaction? I do not believe so. At least I have never heard of an eruption of one volcano triggering an eruption in another area.

There was at least one time when there was a chain reaction.

Ge 7:11

[Leonard]

I just watched a show about this area, and the possibility of an eruption, a few days ago on the History Channel. It was the opinion of the scientist interviewed that the resulting smoke and ash would spread around the world and cause a volcanic winter. This could cause mass extinctions, according to him. I wish I could remember the guy's name....

That should rescue us all from Global Warming. I KNEW everything would be OK!

[other one]

I can say that from the studies at the Brookings Institute in the sixties, the government will not tell us ahead of time even though they might know that something is up...... to declare an immanent danger would cause people to have to leave about 20 states or so to get to safety.

Well, they didn't have the internet in the 60's, so the "no warning" would have been feasible then. I doubt "the secret" would be kept too secret these days. There are way too many individuals monitoring Yellowstone via regular reporting sites. Even if this recent seismic activity didn't make the news, anyone checking the sites would have seen this. If things looked more serious, I'm sure message boards, blogs, e-mails, and all that would spread the word rather quickly.

As for evacuation - how in the world could all those people be evacuated?

I was looking at an interactive website (Discovery channel) on the volcano, and it showed the ash distribution of the past two major eruptions. It pretty much covered the entire Western half of the US ( the eastern edge being Texas, Oklahoma, and the states north of them).

Honestly, if the government had substantial reason to believe the volcano was gonna blow - what could they do?

Well, they could certainly tell us..... that way we could go crazy for a day or two trying to evaquate 15 to 20 states and move all those people to ...... "??????" where..... and for how long.....

And what if it didn't really happen after the warning........ HELLO court system....

It might make for an interesting summer though....

[other one]

I might add though that the USGS charts are really interesting..... something is definately going on under the North end of Yellowstone lake.

I took a random sample of the quake centers from the University of Utah's web site and plotted them on Google Earth to see where they lie.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c311/oth...Earthquakes.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c311/oth...hquakesZoom.jpg

Not that this is any dire thing, I just thought it'd be nice to see where they are located.

It's my understanding that the floor of the lake has been rising in that area for several years.

The only thing that really bothers me about the super eruption is that we really don't know what will happen just prior to the eruption. It is my understanding that the animals seem to know and if we want to be ready we need to watch the animals..... when they all go a little crazy it's time to run.

[arrowfromgod]

if it is gonna blow (super volcano) there goes the the ol hood,,,

[arrowfromgod]

I just watched a show about this area, and the possibility of an eruption, a few days ago on the History Channel. It was the opinion of the scientist interviewed that the resulting smoke and ash would spread around the world and cause a volcanic winter. This could cause mass extinctions, according to him. I wish I could remember the guy's name....

That should rescue us all from Global Warming. I KNEW everything would be OK!

i hear ya

[Hunterpoet]

I looked at the map they(USGS) provide a few days ago. It looked to me as if all the activity was located beneath a body of water and not near any of the fault lines indicated on the map.

Don't think ya need to stock up on water just yet...but ya never know.

it's likely you're right BUT dear hunterpoet. please be stocked up on water & food & first aid equipment for ANY eventuality. we should all be prepared with emergency supplies anyway. just as you said, ya never know - imminent threat is always present.

Never fear brother, the Hunter is ready...got the 3B's...bandaids, bullets and beans. Folks round here think I'm silly for feeding them squirrels.

Seriously though. I'm ready.

[MorningGlory]

I just watched a show about this area, and the possibility of an eruption, a few days ago on the History Channel. It was the opinion of the scientist interviewed that the resulting smoke and ash would spread around the world and cause a volcanic winter. This could cause mass extinctions, according to him. I wish I could remember the guy's name....

That should rescue us all from Global Warming. I KNEW everything would be OK!

I'd rather have global warming!

[Hunterpoet]

I can say that from the studies at the Brookings Institute in the sixties, the government will not tell us ahead of time even though they might know that something is up...... to declare an immanent danger would cause people to have to leave about 20 states or so to get to safety.

Well, they didn't have the internet in the 60's, so the "no warning" would have been feasible then. I doubt "the secret" would be kept too secret these days. There are way too many individuals monitoring Yellowstone via regular reporting sites. Even if this recent seismic activity didn't make the news, anyone checking the sites would have seen this. If things looked more serious, I'm sure message boards, blogs, e-mails, and all that would spread the word rather quickly.

As for evacuation - how in the world could all those people be evacuated?

I was looking at an interactive website (Discovery channel) on the volcano, and it showed the ash distribution of the past two major eruptions. It pretty much covered the entire Western half of the US ( the eastern edge being Texas, Oklahoma, and the states north of them).

Honestly, if the government had substantial reason to believe the volcano was gonna blow - what could they do?

Well, they could certainly tell us..... that way we could go crazy for a day or two trying to evaquate 15 to 20 states and move all those people to ...... "??????" where..... and for how long.....

And what if it didn't really happen after the warning........ HELLO court system....

It might make for an interesting summer though....

Texas has plenty of room...heck, them Texicans are real neighborly folk, don't believe they'll mind a few quests.