Yellowstone hit by series of quakes.

[cpfc12]

Originally Posted by entrangermercenary

Why you never coming down then ??

Its south london we already have our mad max style gangs roaming around

[neutrino]

I mentioned in another thread that I was looking at a disaster map the other day and a quake occurred right in front of my eyes at yellowstone. I mentioned it but someone replied with "don't worry about it".

[entrangermercenary]

Originally Posted by cpfc12

Its south london we already have our mad max style gangs roaming around

Tell them you know me,... youll be fine

[rhydra]

usually an area like that will have small quakes, big quakes, medium quakes as thing ground settles and shifts. Reading between the lines there is some worry. Last time the swarm happened it was said that there would only be worry if there was a mag 2 or more. There has been a 3.1, then times bigger than a mag 3, it has been felt.

The 7+ quake of the 50s was errattic, it suddenly happened, however, looking at that, the thing is working on a timescale much longer than decades or even centuries. The people who watch it give opinions, experts say that this does not look like anything imminent. The problem is that no one has seen a volcano like this before, there is no way to tell what is normal and what indicates imminent catastrophic activity. The last time it erupted people were walking about in animal skins, they didn't keep records.

A good way to see if an eruption of an ordinary shield volcano is imminent, however, is to see what the seismographs say. If there is a blockage that is causing a build up the gasses will collect, compressing over a period of weeks, months or years. Then the equipment will sense movement as the gas escapes, followed by a long period of no movement, exactly like that we are seeing now.

Even a slight swelling of the slope of a volcano can indicate that something is imminent, the lake has been steadily rising for 20 years.

Yellowstone Lake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yellowstone Lake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yellowstone Lake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the 1990s, geological research has determined that the two volcanic vents, now known as "resurgent domes", are rising again. From year to year, they either rise or fall, with an average net uplift of about one inch per year. During the period between 1923 and 1985, the Sour Creek Dome was rising. In the years since 1986, it has either declined or remained the same. The resurgence of the Sour Creek dome, just north of Fishing Bridge is causing Yellowstone Lake to "tilt" southward. Larger sandy beaches can now be found on the north shore of the lake, and flooded areas can be found in the southern arms.

The Hayden Valley was once filled by an arm of Yellowstone Lake. As a result, it contains fine-grained lake sediments that are now covered with glacial till left from the most recent glacial retreat 13,000 years ago. Because the glacial till contains many different grain sizes, including clay and a thin layer of lake sediments, water cannot percolate readily into the ground. This is why the Hayden Valley is marshy and has little encroachment of trees.

[bowtiedaddy]

I don't know if you guys are aware, but it's really typical in this part of the USA to have 3ish magnitude earthquakes pretty much every single day.

I think it's a distraction from politics. The political climate is heating up, and there is a concerted effort to divert attention away from that, and into other wild goose chases.

Things to note: Lots of racial provocateuring on both sides, natural disasters, useless causes (such as the deal with "bible verses" put on weapons. Give me a fucking break. Who the hell cares? Makes no difference at all whether there is a fucking Laffy Taffy joke written on them. Distractions.), and subtle threats through the media directed... toward anyone who knows the symbology. (I think that Operation Blackjack was just a test to see if we'd notice. It's an old propaganda technique. Overwhelm the psychology and morale of your enemy until they give up.)

Just keep fighting the good fight. As much as these SOBs would love us to believe they are unbeatable, their reliance on propaganda and information warfare tells me something different entirely.


Just keep in mind: that site from Hungary that was posted also lists a "vehicle incident" in California, some minor power outages in the Northwest due to a wind storm last night, and a "cold wave" in Mexico.

[rhydra]

I'm not bothered about largish quakes, 5 or 6 even, usually every hour or so. But when you have something like a bit of ground with 1500 square miles of ground ready to go into the atmosphere it becomes a bit more serious than politics, there will be no politics, not much anything. Even small quakes over something as big as that should be watched, for what it's worth, i mean, if it does go up how would anyone know if it is about to go up? The last people to experience such a cataclysm died about 70 thousand years ago when Toba went up.

[secret66mechanism]

interesting site loads of earthquake info here,some of the info though is a little.... (well see for yourself) http://quake.utah.edu/index.shtml

[secret66mechanism]

Earthquake Swarms Continue in Yellowstone
Tuesday January 19, 2010
A swarm of earthquakes that began on Sunday at Yellowstone National Park continued this morning and the magnitude of the tremors is increasing.
As of 9:20 a.m. today, 424 earthquakes had been recorded in the swarm with the highest tremor at a magnitude of 3.3. So far, scientists state that although the tremors seem to be normal tectonic activity, they will continue to monitor the situation. And no, there is absolutely no connection between what is occurring in Yellowstone and the magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Haiti.
The most devastating earthquake in recent history in the Yellowstone region occurred on August 17, 1959, when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit killing 28 people.
http://usparks.about.com/b/2010/01/1...ellowstone.htm

[metacomet]

Yeah this is definitely giving me flashbacks of 2008...

Around the end of 2008 (as mentioned) Yellowstone was having alot of seismic activity, and at the time I was a member on AboveTopSecret.Com. We kept a close eye on it for a while.

It didn't pop. Although alot of us were concerned it might... and just keeping our concerns to ourself, trying to reassure ourselves that the end isn't near

You will see the same thing happen here, and among people in general. "I'm sure it's nothing" is the standard response.

Yes, it is by far more likely that this is just standard activity.

The fact remains - Yellowstone can pop any single day, without warning. It can pop on us during the middle of these 'swarms' of tremors, or it could pop on us when it is absolutely silent and still like a glassy pond.


Either way, when Yellowstone does pop, the world is over. This is not really debatable. When Yellowstone pops, that is it for the surface world and all of humanity on the surface.

Those within 200 miles of Yellowstone will vaporize instantly... a very painful but quick death.

Those between 200-1000 miles will suffer greatly and die not-so-pleasant or quick deaths... I am in that group.


Those outside of 1000 mile range of Yellowstone will get to stick back and watch the world end over a period of months and years, with black skies, no (or little) sunlight, nuclear winter, starvation... etc.

You want to live within 1000 miles of Yellowstone if you want to go quietly when this thing goes off.

Otherwise, we need to make peace with the fact this is a world-ender.

If it's not a giant Asteroid, it will be 100% likely that the end of the world will happen due to Yellowstone. Not global warming, not aliens, not comets.

[entrainment]

two almost simultaneous quakes just occured:

MAP 3.6 2010/01/19 21:32:32 44.564 -110.976 0.0 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
MAP 3.6 2010/01/19 21:32:11 44.564 -110.970 8.3 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING

If you look at the realtime seismagraph here it looks like one large quake (large for yellowstone that is)

[rhydra]

Just because we are here, we have iPods and teh interwebs doesn't mean we won't go the same way as the Maya or the Minoans. In fact we are more vulnerable because we have become dependent on international transport to bring us food, electricity and gas. We have lost what we would need to be able to survive without a nice warm house and food from Tesco.