http://rt.com/usa/epoch-bison-yellowstone-volcano-909/ CRAZY!! two earthquakes!
Videos of bison seemingly fleeing Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming have sparked concerns among some bloggers that recent seismic activity could trigger the eruption of the park’s so-called supervolcano.
According to Epoch Times, multiple videos of such incidents have been posted online recently, one of which shows a herd of buffalo allegedly leaving the park and “running for their lives.” Although people behind the discussion acknowledge there’s no way to predict when the park’s massive volcano could erupt, they believe the reaction of the Yellowstone’s animals could signal some kind of alert.
On March 30, Yellowstone was struck by the most powerful earthquake it has experienced since 1980 – a 4.8 magnitude quake that did no damage, but that some believe could be connected to the various animals’ movements.
“Whether I believe this, or whether I don’t believe the story or not, I don’t know. I can tell you this story I saw this morning about the buffaloes running the street … whether or not it’s because of any activity in Yellowstone or not, I don’t know,” said blogger Jay Lee, according to the Times.
“But I’ll tell you this, whatever the case may be, that their running away from Yellowstone is an alert of some sort.”
Another video uploaded to YouTube, this time by self-described “survivalist” and “search-and-rescue expert” Tom Lupshu, claims, “Biologists aren’t sure if there’s been a stunning decline in the herd or if other factors have skewed the tally.” Lupshu also said that helium releases in the area are 1,000 times above normal levels, and accused the US Geological Survey of not reporting small quakes occurring near the volcano.
“Herds of bison running for their lives on the public roadways and they were not being chased or rounded up, the bison were running down the mountain slopes onto roadways running right past a filming crew,” he added. “They detect something vast and deadly. The Yellowstone Supervolcano is the only thing there that would fit the bill.”
The supervolcano – which was found last year to be 2.5 times larger than previously thought – has not erupted in over 640,000 years, leaving some to speculate that a blast is overdue. If and when it erupts again, the volcano could potentially spew ash over large swathes of North America and cause trouble around the entire planet.
"It would be a global event," Jamie Farrell of the University of Utah told the Associated Press last year. "There would be a lot of destruction and a lot of impacts around the globe."
Although Farrell said scientists don’t know enough to map out the next eruption’s likely arrival, he did say they’d know if magma was moving towards the Earth’s surface.
In another video, Lupshu said that increased seismic activity at Yellowstone could bring about the volcano’s eruption, but the Geological Survey has noted such activity is currently par for the course, and that between 1,000 and 3,000 earthquakes hit the area every year. The agency also stated that helium releases have “no implications about volcanic hazards.”
According to Epoch Times, the University of Utah Seismograph Stations also downplayed fears.
“There is no evidence that a catastrophic eruption at Yellowstone National Park (YNP) is imminent,” the service said. “Current geologic activity at Yellowstone has remained relatively constant since earth scientists first started monitoring some 30 years ago. Though another caldera-forming eruption is theoretically possible, it is very unlikely to occur in the next thousand or even 10,000 years.”
That thing blows and most of us are probably dead within a year. But the Yellowstone bison do strange all the time. I remember a few years ago everyone was wondering what the they were doing going up the road from Lamar Valley to hang out in Cooke City, MT (great little town btw for anyone contemplating at Yellowstone trip).
You think will wipe out all of America?
Wouldn't it wipe out most agriculture world-wide when all the dust thrown into the air gives us a horrible year-round winter for a few years? I think I read the Toba eruption dropped the human population to only a few thousand.
Going kayaking and camping there this summer.
Id love to be blowed up in a geological event.
Beats the out of a hospital bed.
Check out the Beartooths when you're out there. Just spectacular hiking out there. Take bear spray though, because the grizzlies have been pretty nasty the last 4-5 years with the way those beetles have been devastating the whitebark pines whose nuts make up the majority of their diets.
I am not at all well educated on the matter, but no, I don't think a Yellowstone eruption would end the world. Even if there is a massive eruption, I don't believe that would be the case. If there is just a normal eruption, while it would be bad, I don't think it would impact beyond the local region.
Never said it would end the world, but I bet it would kill billions. Not sure there is such a thing as a normal eruption from a volcano that huge.
I don't believe that to be true either (both the billions part and that there aren't anything other than super eruptions from volcano's of that type).
I most definitely do not believe billions would be lost. Nothing I have read suggest anything remotely close to that number, but like I said, I have not done a ton of research on the subject..
I think I'd personally rather die there than starve too. Even worse would be if I couldn't get down to Central Mexico or to the East Coast within a day or two, since the volcanic glass from the ash would shred my lungs and cause me to drown in my blood.
Frankly I am worried about those damn mosquitoes. Hopefully the lake levels are down so we can find some good wind blown points to camp. Last summer we did the Bay of Fundy. Only two days camping though. The tides were absolutely awesome. I like large natural events so... Gotta find some new vents. We saw some in the mornings before at YS but could not find them.
I like the bear lecture.
Maybe some massive CO2 leak could kill me in my sleep and then I get blowed up.
By the way, I was genuinely asking what you thought. I know it would be catastrophic if the super eruption occurred, I just had never really seen a consensus that a billion would die.
keep in mind that the amount of fatalities from the explosion itself will pale in comparison to the effects/consequences of such a cataclysmic eventBy the way, I was genuinely asking what you thought. I know it would be catastrophic if the super eruption occurred, I just had never really seen a consensus that a billion would die
I just wonder where the food would come from to support 8 billion people, or even 1 billion people, if we have four or five really nasty cold years in a row due to all the dust a supervolcano is thought to kick into the air. Maybe I'm too pessimistic though. I'd like to see what MannyIsGod thinks the consequences could be, since he understands climate better than any of us here most likely.By the way, I was genuinely asking what you thought. I know it would be catastrophic if the super eruption occurred, I just had never really seen a consensus that a billion would die
Haha. What movie was that? LOL at that plane not being destroyed.
Based on the number of photosynthetic marine Genre that went extinct during some of these large volcanic events it's likely sapiens and a lot of other specialists species would go extinct as I read it. And indeed it would not be due to the initial event. Throwing all that ash and gas in the atmosphere totally alters photosynthesis therefore so much more.By the way, I was genuinely asking what you thought. I know it would be catastrophic if the super eruption occurred, I just had never really seen a consensus that a billion would die
Food webs totally altered...
Most definitely. The initial blast is not the concern. Only those in close proximity would be immediately impacted by the blast and thick layers of ash. As it spreads and causes and temperature dip in addition to destroying ability to grow much food there is no doubt it would be a disaster. Especially with the lack of preparation for an event of that nature.
However, it seems like a billion is a lot. Is it possible? I can definitely see that I guess, but from the limited things I have read, that does not seem to be at all a widely held belief.
Living arrangements (outside of the initial blast area) aren't the problem. Normal homes and areas far enough away would suffice I think. The issue is food/climate change for up to 10 years..
A couple of meters of ash fell here in Nebraska from an eruption. Breathing that stuff isn't good at all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashfall_Fossil_Beds
7.2 in Chile, Prophecy
7.8
That's right, scrub. Kneel before your Creator.
Rofl, you scared bro?
Farming collapses for 50 or more years it's over. That's why I used the photosynthetic marine species. This is if it's as large as past so called super volcanoes. I have no idea what the scale of climate alteration would be with the Yellowstone scenario. A lot more than humans go extinct. We are very fragile in comparison to most species of life.
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