Yellowstone Supervolcano Eruption Close ?..
Troubled water at Yellowstone National Park
It seems calm enough on the Yellowstone National Park website. The scariest thing going on there is this:
SYLVAN PASS: CLOSED for oversnow travel
Sylvan Pass is temporarily CLOSED to ALL oversnow travel due to avalanche danger. ALL travel by snowmobile, snowcoach, skis and snowshoes over Sylvan Pass is PROHIBITED.
Only those National Park Service employees specifically assigned to and involved in avalanche forecasting and avalanche hazard mitigation operations may travel in this area during this time.
Sylvan Pass will remain temporarily CLOSED until forecast conditions permit Yellowstone National Park employees to conduct avalanche hazard mitigation operations and groom the route for motorized oversnow travel.
It is not possible to estimate the duration of this temporary closure, since it is entirely dependent upon changing weather conditions.
Okay, avalanches are scary. I looked over at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory to see if they had anything better. I found this:
Yellowstone Recent Status Report, Updates, and Information Releases
YELLOWSTONE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INFORMATION RELEASE
Friday, January 9, 2009 19:44 MST (Saturday, January 10, 2009 02:44 UTC)YELLOWSTONE VOLCANO (CAVW#1205-01-)
44.43°N 110.67°W, Summit Elevation 9203 ft (2805 m)
Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
Aviation Color Code: GREENSmall Earthquake Swarm on 9 January 2009 near northeast corner of Yellowstone Caldera
A currently modest swarm of earthquakes began in the northeast corner of the Yellowstone Caldera, about 10 miles (16 km) NNE of the north end of the Yellowstone Lake swarm that was active in late December and early January. As of 1930 MST, 10 earthquakes had been located by the University of Utah Seismograph Stations, the largest with M= 3.3 and two other events with M >2.0. Located depths are between 2 and 4 km.
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory staff and collaborators are analyzing the data from this and from the earlier Yellowstone Lake swarm and are checking for any changes to the thermal areas located near the epicenters. We will provide further information as it becomes available.
Okay, that’s scarier than closed roads and possible avalanches. I’m not sure it’s panic worthy though. Then I ran across this:
I’m not even surprised to see that Fox/Faux logo in the background.
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November 23rd, 2009 at 9:12 am
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January 24th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
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You made me think.
June 16th, 2010 at 6:39 am
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