USA threatened by a Giant Earthquake

[Catalpa]

Ok folks, forget all those worries about ISEQ, and Dell and Lisbon & Tribunals & Bertie's bets on the geegees...



Ol Mother Nature might well provide this years spectacular if reports from America turn out to be accurate...

'Yellowstone Park shaken by hundreds of earthquakes
Scientists are monitoring a cluster of earthquakes that have rattled Yellowstone National Park over the past few days amid concerns that a larger earthquake could be brewing.'

Yellowstone Park shaken by hundreds of earthquakes - Telegraph

Damn... I always wanted to visit America and now I might never get the chance!

[He3]

If the caldera under Yellowstone blows, America will be visiting you...

[Catalpa]

If the caldera under Yellowstone blows, America will be visiting you...

I'll keep a piece as a souvenir - alongside my one from Pompei...

[expat girl]

De Beeb (still one of the UK's best exports) produced a two part special effects extravaganza about 3 years ago.... well worth watching if one can download it. It came with a documentary about how scientists are predicting the thing would blow if it did blow, if you see what I mean

The bad news: if she blows, there will be no more jet flights for decades; the ash jams jet engines

The not so good news: nuclear winter style effects, along with acid rain and widespread crop failure

the slightly better but still not good news: say goodbye to global warming; the ash plume will take care of that.

The torygraph, predictably, got the date of the last eruption wrong, I think, the supervolcano that blew 70000 years ago was Tambora, in Indonesia. Yellowstone is supposed to blow every 200 million years and the last eruption was about 200 million years ago

A recent new Scientist article did suggest that the eruptions are declining in intensity with time and that the magma pool under Yellowstone is gradually cooling.

I hope they weren't wrong.

[SPN]

De Beeb (still one of the UK's best exports) produced a two part special effects extravaganza about 3 years ago.... well worth watching if one can download it. It came with a documentary about how scientists are predicting the thing would blow if it did blow, if you see what I mean

Excellent Television Programme

Supervolcano


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[Ah Well]

Ok folks, forget all those worries about ISEQ, and Dell and Lisbon & Tribunals & Bertie's bets on the geegees...



Ol Mother Nature might well provide this years spectacular if reports from America turn out to be accurate...

'Yellowstone Park shaken by hundreds of earthquakes
Scientists are monitoring a cluster of earthquakes that have rattled Yellowstone National Park over the past few days amid concerns that a larger earthquake could be brewing.'

Yellowstone Park shaken by hundreds of earthquakes - Telegraph

Damn... I always wanted to visit America and now I might never get the chance!

Here's the take of the top Boffin at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory about these recent occurrences;

Earthquake Swarm at Yellowstone Supervolcano: Update - Capital Commerce (usnews.com)

[Digout]

Excellent Television Programme

Supervolcano


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There was something about this on some channel 4 programme before christmas, looked very scary, some island off spain is ready to explode also, not soon tho....

[toxic avenger]

Yep, when it goes, you won't need the News to tell you, you'll hear it.

There's a big one due near Naples too, in a place that is heavily inhabited, it will kill tens of thousands.

[Trampas]

The torygraph, predictably, got the date of the last eruption wrong, I think, the supervolcano that blew 70000 years ago was Tambora, in Indonesia. Yellowstone is supposed to blow every 200 million years and the last eruption was about 200 million years ago

No no. From memory Tambora erupted in 1815 or so. THat 70,000 eruption was lake something or other....Tabo, I think. Yellowstone blew about 600m years ago so another is overdue.

[spidermom]

There was something about this on some channel 4 programme before christmas, looked very scary, some island off spain is ready to explode also, not soon tho....

You're right digout if the volcano on the canaries was to erupt(dormant for eons BUT) the tsunami would wipe out the west coast of the USA and the back wash would seriously affect the west of Ireland.

We are great fans of doomsday programmes here!!!!!


Well He is, not me!!!!!!!!!!!!