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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 07:58 PM Original message |
Huge volcano under Yellowstone Park rising |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. So this swelling of magma "isn't" a yikes!! situation yet? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yellowstone is the largest geodetic bulge on our planet, to be taken very seriously |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. "Geodetic Bulge" would make great name for a rock band. n/t |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:09 PM Original message |
+1 |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. LOL.... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Science is great for that. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Only if they played "Your love is as deep as an extra-terrestrial rift valley" n/t |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I light my lighter for that one! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. I used to have a lot of those when I was a younger man. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
49. I think most people in the world will die if she blows. |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. If Yellowstone blows, we can kiss our asses goodbye. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Depends how bad, but if the supervolcano goes, and it is due |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Could well be? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Exactly, in north america, there is nothing to do about it |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Nope |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. That reminds me of a History channel thing I watched a year or so ago |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oh, quit yer whinin' Midwest, ash is good for your skin! |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Covers up the orange |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. can we get a box of it shipped to the ickyleaker? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. It's a very good exfoliant |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Did you always want to visit Yellowstone? |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I will wait till it blows, then it will come to me |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. But...but...but...I want to see Old Faithful. nt |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. If you're downwind, don't bother. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Great minds think alike :) (nt) |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. OK, I'll bite. Who's the other one? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Go see it, but not because if the supervolcano blows, Yellowstone will be gone |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. That's one of the largest Super volcanoes in the world! |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. Five times larger? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Don't panic |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. The one with James Bond is clearly based on Mt St. Helens |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. This, like the sun going out, is an eventuality I intentionally ignore. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. And this is what they're TELLING us. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Didn't we recall ALL the ambassadors recently? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. "They." |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. Hey does anyone know if my hippy ass in Oregon would survive something like this? |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Hopefully us on the West Coast gets a pass |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Yeah, I was looking at the blast radius map and it looks like Oregon would be very dicey. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
43. Why does it matter? |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Oh oh, somebody's getting angry! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. If you say so. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. If you read the article... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Heh |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Yeah... |
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agentS (922 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. The only safe place to be when a supervolcano blows |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. And wouldn't it look just fucking awesome from there? |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. I went there 2 years ago. |
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LearnedHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Jeeeeee-bus, those are beautiful pics! |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 01:09 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Thanks... we got really lucky with the weather. |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Very beautiful pix...NatGeo quality. Thanks. nt |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 01:12 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Thank you, |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
44. Aw shit, that one will kill us all |
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Esse Quam Videri (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
52. Taking a week trip to Yellowstone this June. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. And I'm pretty confident (as geologists seem to be)... |
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