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Recent Seismic Activity at Yellowstone

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SkierX
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http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1869313,00.html

A little unnerving. The planet is due for that thing to blow off again any time now based off the timing of prior super eruptions of the caldera.

If/when Yellowstone goes, it will quite possibly end human existence.

Frightening to think about. Hopefully it's not time yet.

:)

/doomsday. Discuss!
Jan 27 2010 8:03PM
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Mr.Panda
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Fuck, and I was planning to see Old Faithful this summer. Phooey.
Jan 27 2010 8:04PM
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eheath
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Get ready for 2012 arguments.
Jan 27 2010 8:04PM
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Owen.
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Word on the street is that it actually wouldn't um... "end human existence' as you put it. It would be a huge eruption, no doubt, and it would send ash cloud over a good part of the states which would definitely suck but it wouldn't affect Europe in any way. Do some actual research on the effects and tell me if I'm right here, should be close to the truth...
Jan 27 2010 8:07PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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yup.

someone figure out if skis slide well on volcanic ash. also, maybe we could get some respirators/ air filter type things as well.
Jan 27 2010 8:10PM
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gstaff
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is this sketchy to anyone else?
Jan 27 2010 8:10PM
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Aenigma
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I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to vaporize within a matter of seconds if Yellowstone goes. I'm pretty psyched on the idea, and am planning on sitting on top of a mountain with a sixer and watching it come at us if possible. Might as well embrace the inevitable and give it a proper welcoming, eh?
Jan 27 2010 8:11PM
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hoodhugo
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if there was enough ash in the air it could creaete an artificial winter. it happened nce and they had a two year winter.
id be pretty stocked
Jan 27 2010 8:12PM
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KZA
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once the ash gets into the atmosphere then it will stay in it for a likely long period of time and lead to the whole world cooling down. Not just the US, it will eventually cover the whole world.
Jan 27 2010 8:15PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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Actually, I'm pretty sure tat people said that the ash cloud would cover lots of parts around the world.

But wait, maybe this our solution too global warming, cool the earth down, pretty much break most forms of machinery (that ash is fine and would wreck some stuff), and kill some humans. (lol)
Jan 27 2010 8:18PM
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wh@t
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duuuuuude its gonna be a sick season for Verbier. hopefully i get to shred Table Mountain in my home country too. im fuckin stoked!
Jan 27 2010 8:18PM
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doobiebrotha
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word. i'll hike the tallest mountain around with a nice cold 30 rack, a fatty sack of buds, and some good friends!

gotta go with the flow no matter what the tide brings in or out
Jan 27 2010 8:22PM
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Leafman
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that thing has a 100% probability of erupting but a slim chance it will happen in our life time
Jan 27 2010 8:23PM
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dbstar
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if ash completely covered both canada and the US, it would for sure effect the world's climate in a negative way, and from an economic and political standpoint would probably send the world in to some sort of chaos
Jan 27 2010 8:27PM
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HankTheTank
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That article is from last year. We're safe.
Jan 27 2010 8:27PM
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.frenchy
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if that thing erupts, its said to dump 2 feet of ash in new york city. if so, that would be awsome if it was in the summer, because it would get randomly cold - hence possible snow?!
Jan 27 2010 8:28PM
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Dainsey
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we just watched a whole movie on this
we would be fucked +1
Jan 27 2010 8:28PM
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dmc12380
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here is just a picture of past eruptions and the field of debris compared to mt.st. helens

Click for larger image
Jan 27 2010 8:30PM
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SkierX
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When it does finally go again (not saying it's necessarily imminent and dangerous right now, but it will no doubt happen someday), it will release enough ash into the air that would cause dramatic cooling to the entire planet.

The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in altered global temperatures drastically for a number of years, and reduced sunlight reaching the earths surface by an average of 10%.

An eruption of the yellowstone supervolcano would be hundreds of times more powerful than Mt Pinatubo's eruption in 1991.

It would be like 1816 (The Year Without a Summer) on steroids essentially.
Jan 27 2010 8:31PM
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SkierX
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While true, there have been a dramatic spike in earthquakes again and rapid rising of the earth's surface in the Yellowstone area.

Lets 2012 this shit!
Jan 27 2010 8:33PM
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cool.
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im glad i live in VT. i think i saw a projection of the ash and VT got an inch or two so seems we'd have a pretty good chance of survival on the EC but who knows.

but that 2 year winter i could definitely live with haha
Jan 27 2010 8:35PM
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Leafman
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on another note i think theres over 600,000 earth quakes under a 2.0 and some 3000? under 3.0 a year so its not much to worry about
Jan 27 2010 8:37PM
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Santa-Cruz
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true i watching something on super volcanoes like last year and they discussed this it would cover most of usa and some of canada.

there is one in the south pacific that is more likely to do more damage than the yellow stone one

like 90% sure on my info cause i watched the show like in 2008
Jan 27 2010 8:39PM
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SKIU4EA
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hopefully it will be the "good / easy to deal with"  kind of chaos
Jan 27 2010 8:40PM
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Leafman
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isn't Krakatoa just as bad since it lies on three subduction zones colliding at one spot?
Jan 27 2010 8:41PM
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Ben.
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good news is, im in bozeman. i wont even know it went, because ill be in a billion pieces all over the planet. :)
Jan 27 2010 8:41PM
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Mr.Panda
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This type of easy to deal with chaos?



And isn't the one in the South Pacific the one that is right over the area that Krakatoa blew up at a long time ago?
Jan 27 2010 8:41PM
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Santa-Cruz
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something like that
if you watch the history channel they have alot of volcanoes stuff
on how the world was made and other shows
Jan 27 2010 8:43PM
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jeremy.g
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ya im done if this thing goes. im pretty sure that everyone within like 500 miles will just be vaporized.
Jan 27 2010 8:46PM
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Ben.
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yaaayyyyyyyyy. we get to go on a vacation all over the west coast!
Jan 27 2010 8:46PM
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Mr.Panda
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What about Spokane or Bellingham WA? Am I just as fucked as you guys?
Jan 27 2010 8:48PM
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Ben.
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im not really sure. i doubt it would be good. but we wont even know it happened.
Jan 27 2010 8:52PM
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Sr_FreshShirt.
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Yeah  YAYAY ENDLESS WINTER LOLLOL
Then we all die because the crops die and crazy shit like that
Jan 27 2010 8:52PM
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DJohnson
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shit thats a litle scary
Jan 27 2010 8:58PM
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MACAQUE
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I hope you realize that article is from January 1st of 2009...
Jan 27 2010 9:01PM
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TheErtManCometh
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Volcanic ash first tracks...sounds interesting...
Jan 27 2010 9:03PM
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Leafman
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i year is like a second in terms of geological time
Jan 27 2010 9:04PM
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p-fo
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west coast. shit. im fucked
Jan 27 2010 9:14PM
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Chucktheweasel
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The eruption in 1816 happened in Indonesia if I remember correctly. That caused the east coast of the US not to have a summer. If something like that happened in the US, then it would definitely effect other parts of the world, not just the US.
Jan 27 2010 9:20PM
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yellav
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im taking geology right now imma pester my professor bout this
Jan 27 2010 10:13PM
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*LiNeLover*
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Definitely. Montanains will be fucked. People have predicted that it would devastate most of the north western US if it was a big explosion. But people have also predicted that it is all unlikely to happen in the next 1,000 or even 10,000 years.
Jan 27 2010 10:44PM
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skitheslopes
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there has been seismic activity of all sorts of magnitudes ever since the huckleberry ridge explosion some 600,000 years ago. Its called the earth dipshits.
Jan 27 2010 10:52PM
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KiDCuDi
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has anyone ever read the book The Road? its about some guy and his son and before hte book actually begins i guess the earth was covered in ash and most everyone died. so they only see a few people, and hte people they see are either fucking maniac cannibals or people captured for food. and theres no sunlight, and its basically a never-ending winter. probably one of the only books ive read that i would actually read again and again.
Jan 27 2010 10:52PM
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Mr.Panda
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I'm scared. Hold me?
Jan 27 2010 11:03PM
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Nicholas.
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i heard the book is sick. its coming out as a movie with vigo mortinson in a bit.

but yeah i dunno man that would suck, timings just about right for 2012...just sayin....
Jan 27 2010 11:13PM
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Aenigma
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Eh, I thought that book was pretty bad. I had heard a lot of good things about it and managed to force myself to finish it, but it read like a high school kid wrote it. Good idea, poor execution.
Jan 27 2010 11:45PM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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2 Feet of Ash? Are you kidding me. It takes two inches of ash to collapse a roof. All of New York would be in ruble if that happened.
Jan 27 2010 11:51PM
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I_Am_Mod
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i have no statistical information on the yellow stone caldera hotspot but it's not because a volcano is overdue that there's a big chance that it'll erupt in your lifetime....

estimated eruptions are just estimates; they need to be seen under the right parameters with correct background knowledge before people start freaking out...


Jan 28 2010 1:19AM
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Leafman
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well since you are god, could you give us an estimate on when your going to blow this baby? lol
Jan 28 2010 1:27AM
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Scott29~
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"God doesnt play with dice"
-Albert Einstein

Turns out einstein was wrong though, Schrodinger was correct. Therefore I conclude that god has no idea what he is doing and is constantly rolling dice to decide our fates~
Jan 28 2010 1:32AM
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I_Am_Mod
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it's a fun thing to do...
what more can i say ...
Jan 28 2010 1:37AM
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