Whats going on at yellowstone?

reply to post by xoxo stacie


GEE seems down for me - it's not for you?

reply to post by ScaredInWyoming


It is good to be aware.
Keep watching this thread if you think it will help you.
Lot of us out here.

from an article on Time.com dated yesterday here

In a study released last year, the United States Geological Survey said possible hazards could include hydrothermal explosions, when steam breaks through the surface and forms a crater. That has happened 26 times in the park's 127 years of record-keeping. The USGS discounted chances for cataclysmic eruption of the caldera, noting that the hot, active magma chamber below Yellowstone has turned into "largely crystallized mush." But the same study also said: "Depending on the nature and magnitude of a particular hazardous event and the particular time and season when it might occur, 70,000 to more than 100,000 persons could be affected; the most violent events could affect a broader region or even continent-wide areas."

this is the first time i've heard anything as positive on this, and from the "horses mouth", relatively speaking

reply to post by MrBill2u


Yep - that's what we've all been thinking, too. But when new people join - we understand there's a lot to read and everyone wants to be optimistic so about every 20 pages you'll see the "Maybe it's wind"

Its good that the human race is optimistic - it may come in handy -

but I do suggest reading the whole thread - or at least skimming for images - it will answer a lot of questions. may make you a little less optimistic tho -

reply to post by trusername


Its up but I did a disk clean up and restarted when it went down...seems the files are rather large, in the disk clean up it compresses them.

reply to post by ScaredInWyoming


Keep your nose open. : )

articles.latimes.com...

Originally posted by sad_eyed_lady
Here's a bit about Chris Sanders:

www.xing.com...

Apparently, there are a least 2 Chris Sanders who are Geologists.

The email I sent was returned undelivered so I found different one.

Also left him a phone message to join us.

This is the one that did the youtube. I don't see any geology training in his education listings.

[edit on 1/2/2009 by sad_eyed_lady]

reply to post by ScaredInWyoming


WOW, thanks for posting that info.

IIRC, didn't some toxic fumes come up from the ground in the park not too (relatively) far back and kill a bunch of the wildlife?

Hope the smell you are experiencing isn't like that!

reply to post by squidboot



Yeah - if that last bit doesn't cover all the bases, I don't know what does.

But really what else can they say - RUUNNNNN or not - could be nothin'

I was very concerned about noon - but look the tremors and the water #s have all calmed down.

Originally posted by ScaredInWyoming
hello im usuelly a lurker but im joining up just to post this

im in wyoming , near yellowstone national park.

recently, starting earlier today at around noon, i started smelling this weird smell in the air, smells like sulfur but a little bit more "bitter" smelling

i cant figure out what it is, but it hasnt gone away. i drove a few miles away from my house to the town, and the smell is still there in the air. everyone else can smell it too. i called the news channel and they said they are going to run a report on it on the morning news tomorrow


i dont know if its related to yellowstone or not or if im just paranoid. but thought i would share this. take it with a grain of salt.

more smelling info
uk.answers.yahoo.com...

For people determined to calculate earthquake Richter magnitude from GEE seismograph charts, I've found another enlightening page.
Please note that on GEE EQ amplitude is in microns. 1 micron = 1/1000 millimeter.
Now I need only to find more info on that distance correction factor.

[edit on 2009/1/2 by Shirakawa]

Anyone read the new thread here on ATS titled "Evacuation Warning - Yellowstone Park Area". Some dinkus is trying to scare people to go to his website. I reported it. No one should be trying to scare people about Yellowstone. She'll do that on her own someday. Atleast we, here in this thread, are trying to find answers, not get blatent self promotion.

Oh yeah, I'm back everyone!

Originally posted by Shirakawa
For people determined to calculate earthquake Richter magnitude from GEE seismograph charts, I've found another enlightening page.
Please note that on GEE EQ amplitude is in microns. 1 micron = 1/1000 millimeter.
Now I need only to find more info on that distance correction factor.

[edit on 2009/1/2 by Shirakawa]

The best I came up with without doing a page long math problem was approx.. 100 microns for every 1 point on the scale

reply to post by MadDogtheHunter


welcome back nice to see you things been quiet for a bit just waiting to see whats next.....

Originally posted by squidboot
from an article on Time.com dated yesterday here

In a study released last year, the United States Geological Survey said possible hazards could include hydrothermal explosions, when steam breaks through the surface and forms a crater. That has happened 26 times in the park's 127 years of record-keeping. The USGS discounted chances for cataclysmic eruption of the caldera, noting that the hot, active magma chamber below Yellowstone has turned into "largely crystallized mush." But the same study also said: "Depending on the nature and magnitude of a particular hazardous event and the particular time and season when it might occur, 70,000 to more than 100,000 persons could be affected; the most violent events could affect a broader region or even continent-wide areas."

this is the first time i've heard anything as positive on this, and from the "horses mouth", relatively speaking

The thing is, I posted this yesterday, myself!!! Which i got from the pdf file from USGS..so all they did was the same research I DID! Maybe I should take over their jobs, since I was earlier than they were...lol

reply to post by Shirakawa


hmm so I quit and restarted GEE to see if I could get it to work - and now all the triangles are grey and I can't select anything.

Does anybody know what I've done wrong - sorry - probably a dumb question.

reply to post by MadDogtheHunter


Hey welcome back MadDog, yea, lots to catch up on!

Here is a VERY interesting story from 8-Nov-2007

www.eurekalert.org...

Anyone know the people listed at the bottom?

reply to post by Foxe


The moon pulls everything on and inside the earth. It is a slight pull but because of the size of the oceans it becomes very visible. I think it is very likely that the moon can stir up movement within large magma chambers, resulting in tremors. But if that is the case the magma must have been increasing fast prior to the quakes.

It would be interesting to look up the tidal charts vs earthquake charts for the last month and see if there is a connection.

I've been reading all the new pages....thanks everyone.

I see we're still in this "hurry up and wait" cycle. Everything is kinda hanging in the balance still. Could be a good thing I suppose. But I don't like that uneasy feeling.