The End is coming

[badgernation]

Yellowstone National Park has been experiencing numerous tremors over the past week... Is this the end of mankind when the Yellowstone Caldera blows its top?

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posted: 5 HOURS 50 MINUTES AGO comments: 759filed under: National News, Science NewsPrintShareText SizeAAA(Jan. 3) - Several more earthquakes rattled Yellowstone National Park on Friday, raising fears over the recent geological activity in the area.
Since Dec. 26, about 400 temblors have rumbled under the park, centered under the northern end of Yellowstone Lake. The small quakes Friday registered up to a magnitude of 3.5.
Swarms of small earthquakes happen frequently in Yellowstone, but it's very unusual for so many earthquakes to happen over several days, says Robert Smith, a professor of geophysics at the University of Utah.
"They're certainly not normal," Smith said. "We haven't had earthquakes in this energy or extent in many years."
"Could it develop into a bigger fault or something related to hydrothermal activity? We don't know. That's what we're there to do, to monitor it for public safety."
Smith said it's difficult to say what might be causing the tremors. He pointed out that Yellowstone is the caldera of a volcano that last erupted 70,000 years ago.
Yellowstone has had significant earthquakes as well as minor ones in recent decades. In 1959, a magnitude 7.5 quake near Hebgen Lake just west of the park triggered a landslide that killed 28 people.


I recently watched a program on the End of the World scenarios and this was one...... And I think NBC did a special Docu-drama on this a few years ago,,,,

So if it blows.... It's been nice.... At least this would knock the Brett Favre soap opera off the headlines... That might be worth it...

[nick20]

millions of people would die if it erupts and it would cover thousands of miles of the Us in feet of ash. There would be an appreciable drop in temperature, as much as 10 degrees. it would produce an effect similar to that to fallout from a nuclear bomb, a modern nuclear bomb.

[badgernation]

So... If I read you right Nick.... This would be bad,,,,, Right?

[nick20]

VERY bad.

[TW]

And, what area of the US should be evacuated?

[packerconvert]

I suspect the Russians have something to do with this those sneaky snake Reds!

[nick20]

well, the great plains, the midwest and ultimately the eastern half of the country would be all affected. the great plains is the breadbasket of the country, if yellowstone were to erupt, that area would be completely inundated. not only would the financial losses from losing this regions productivity be staggering, but the loss of food from this region would affect milliions here and around the world. while we would not be completely cut off from having food in the local Sentry, prices for the foods we buy would probably skyrocket.

[TW]

All the more reason to move South, raise a big garden, and stash seeds for the big event.

It may be a vegetarian existence, but at least we'd be eating. You just need a place to live, and enough space to have the garden.

In the end, there'd be the equivalent of "victory gardens" growing everywhere, like there were during WWII.

You'd be surprised at how enterprising people can be - especially Americans.

[packerconvert]

Do we bring the welfare people with us too..or do we finally take a stand that they must do thing on their own?

[TW]

They get a place to plant their own victory gardens.

It's amazing what people will do to avoid being hungry.

[packerconvert]

I think you should give 5 percent of your Victory garden to the less fortunate then you.

[TW]

Actually, I think that's a good idea, because it would reduce, possibly elimate thefts, and violent attacks and defenses for foods.

It's like the old air raid bunkers. The #1 thing people kept in it was firearms, because they felt they'd have to kill to keep people out, to preserve their own supplies, and family. That included friends, neighbors, and a lot of relatives.

They kept those things "secret," so nobody knew, and even put supplies in them during the middle of the night.

Can't do that with food supplies, so to insure everyone is fed, grow a little more, and give some of it to an agency that will release it to those who don't, or can't raise their own.

It's just good business to share, because it protects your own.

If you look to what real experts on the world say, the only two things that could trigger another truly global war would be lack of drinking water, and lack of food.

[amoeba15]

Jan 4, 2009 0:49:22 GMT -5 packerconvert said:

Do we bring the welfare people with us too..or do we finally take a stand that they must do thing on their own?

Since you brought this up, what should we do with those people who repeatedly hold themselves above the law, manipulate truth and justice in the name of making an extra buck.? These people include practically everybody given a contract and/or have repeatedly benefited during the Bushwhacker Admin., such as Halliburton reps., Oil execs., Cheney...

Should we have a special treatment/reform center for such manipulative, selfish and uncaring people? Perhaps, a waterboarding facility? Of course, the only way that these people will ever learn the meaning of life, is when they leave the facility in a pine box.

[packerbap]

Jan 4, 2009 11:08:22 GMT -5 @amoeba15 said:

Jan 4, 2009 0:49:22 GMT -5 packerconvert said:

Do we bring the welfare people with us too..or do we finally take a stand that they must do thing on their own?

Since you brought this up, what should we do with those people who repeatedly hold themselves above the law, manipulate truth and justice in the name of making an extra buck.? These people include practically everybody given a contract and/or have repeatedly benefited during the Bushwhacker Admin., such as Halliburton reps., Oil execs., Cheney...

Should we have a special treatment/reform center for such manipulative, selfish and uncaring people? Perhaps, a waterboarding facility? Of course, the only way that these people will ever learn the meaning of life, is when they leave the facility in a pine box.

This commnet belongs in the townhall. Thank you.

[thegreenmeanie]

Maybe if people gave a little bit more they could pull their heads out of their asses from time to time?? Just a thought...