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they are saying she's gonna blow and take Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming with her, anytime now. 600 mile death-blast radius, is what some website are reporting.

 

If you don't have a clue what I'm talking about:

 

 

a simple site explaining it

 

the U.S.G.S. web site just for it

check the activity page, 71 quakes in janurary!

 

nice lay out of problem

 

a geologist's take on it(unknow if this is real)

 

 

I first learned about it in my Environmental science class. Some guys in another one of my classes found a nice site about it, but don't know where to find it again.

 

oh yeah, they have shut down parts of the park due to "increased thermal activity". and yes, part of yellowstone is "bulging"

pacodiablo Senior Enthusiast

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We'll probably all be dead if or when that thing blows anyway. I doubt that it will happen anytime soon. Small quakes (meaning ones that can't be felt by people) are normal pretty much everywhere, especially in volcanic areas. I didn't read all of those links, but I didn't see what kind of volcano it was/is...if it is a shield volcano it would just leak a lot and people would probably be able to get out of the area. If it's a cinder cone or a composite though...we would probably be in some deep s**t should it decide to blow.

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Actually, if it's already been classified as a caldera, it will have an explosion much worse than Mt St Helens or Stromboli, Italy. It would demolish the west US, and the east coast would definitely suffer big time from the ash and such. But then it'd be a great place to go get rocks. :cheers: But hopefully, for all our companions on the west of the US in this forum, it won't happen anytime soon. But they didn't think Mt St Helens would erupt anytime soon either....

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That would not be cool (especially since I'm in the 600 mile radius).... I'll place that up there with the "Big One" that Californian's have been talkinga bout as long as I can remember, The polar ice caps melting and flooding everything below 500ft elevation, and the ozone depleeting so much that we all have to wear space suitsi outside. If it happens, it happens, and we're f*cked regardless of what we do - so enjoy life while you've got it :cheers:

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Actually, if it's already been classified as a caldera, it will have an explosion much worse than Mt St Helens or Stromboli, Italy. It would demolish the west US, and the east coast would definitely suffer big time from the ash and such. But then it'd be a great place to go get rocks. :cheers: But hopefully, for all our companions on the west of the US in this forum, it won't happen anytime soon. But they didn't think Mt St Helens would erupt anytime soon either....

I'm sure it'd be preceeded by a few days of earthquakes much like St. Helens.... and probably on a larger scale. If it's supposed to be "THAT" big they'd probably have weeks of 5+ earthquakes before it blows

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you do have a valid point, there will more than likely be some heavyduty earthquakes in the area. I'd hate to think that everyone in those danger areas would try to find refuge in California though, which is probably what would happen. The places that would be least affected would probably be far northeast US or far southeast US. But it's a life-altering event, much like San Andreas-caused earthquakes or 9/11, and will affect everyone in the world. :D As corny as that may sound, it be true yo. :eek: But if it comes, it comes, and there's probably nothing to do about it. So I guess you can only look on the bright side. :cheers:

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man, this is kinda surreal. I'm betting here in OK there would be so much ash I couldn't get out of the garage.

rhilton Enthusiast

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there's really no telling, it could cause a nuclear winter (minus the whole nuclear part) by blocking the sun.

 

Better make sure you got an engine block heater!

SnakeEyeSS Senior Enthusiast

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We'll probably all be dead if or when that thing blows anyway. I doubt that it will happen anytime soon. Small quakes (meaning ones that can't be felt by people) are normal pretty much everywhere, especially in volcanic areas. I didn't read all of those links, but I didn't see what kind of volcano it was/is...if it is a shield volcano it would just leak a lot and people would probably be able to get out of the area. If it's a cinder cone or a composite though...we would probably be in some deep s**t should it decide to blow.

it's not actually a literal volcaon. that's just the name a BBC documentary gave it.

 

IT's a massive(one said said estimated to be 12x84 miles) underground lava pocket that is building pressure. On another site they said some gysers that only erupt every few decades are going crazy now

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Actually, if it's already been classified as a caldera, it will have an explosion much worse than Mt St Helens or Stromboli, Italy.  It would demolish the west US, and the east coast would definitely suffer big time from the ash and such.  But then it'd be a great place to go get rocks.  :cheers:  But hopefully, for all our companions on the west of the US in this forum, it won't happen anytime soon.  But they didn't think Mt St Helens would erupt anytime soon either....

I'm sure it'd be preceeded by a few days of earthquakes much like St. Helens.... and probably on a larger scale. If it's supposed to be "THAT" big they'd probably have weeks of 5+ earthquakes before it blows

Yeah, probably.

 

I think this is the first time ever that I have been glad to live in NC.

tmf6902 Senior Enthusiast

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There was a big show on it on discovery a while back....it explodes every 800,000 years. The best they can tell apparently it's been about 860,000 years since the last eruption. The show on discovery, had them taking core samples in OK, and they were measuring the ash. It was really think. Kinda funny they way they found out about it....they found volcanic rock in the midwest states, and put 2 and 2 together....No use worrying about it anyway, the gigantic meteor that no one knows about, is well on it's way....I wonder how well my K&N will perform in volcanic ash????? Maybe the aliens will rescue us... :cheers::D:eek:

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