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Posted: 7/11/2014 4:31:38 PM EDT

I saw the melted road...Has that happened before?

How common are its catastrophic eruptions?

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:32:01 PM EDT

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No.

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:34:01 PM EDT

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So the road has never melted before?

Cool pic by the way..

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:34:02 PM EDT

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Nothing but normal seismic activity so far. If anything it's fallen off a wee bit. [url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#{%22feed%22%3A%227day_all%22%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22terrain%22%2C%22autoUpdate%22%3Atrue%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3Atrue%2C%22timeZone%22%3A%22local%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A[[28.22697003891834%2C-115.8837890625]%2C[48.748945343432936%2C-83.9794921875]]%2C%22overlays%22%3A{%22plates%22%3Atrue}%2C%22viewModes%22%3A{%22map%22%3Atrue%2C%22list%22%3Atrue%2C%22settings%22%3Atrue%2C%22help%22%3Afalse}}]http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#{%22feed%22%3A%227day_all%22%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22terrain%22%2C%22autoUpdate%22%3Atrue%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3Atrue%2C%22timeZone%22%3A%22local%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A[[28.22697003891834%2C-115.8837890625]%2C[48.748945343432936%2C-83.9794921875]]%2C%22overlays%22%3A{%22plates%22%3Atrue}%2C%22viewModes%22%3A{%22map%22%3Atrue%2C%22list%22%3Atrue%2C%22settings%22%3Atrue%2C%22help%22%3Afalse}}[/url]

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:34:28 PM EDT

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So the road has never melted before?

Cool pic by the way..

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So the road has never melted before?

Cool pic by the way..

No, its not about to erupt.

The roads have melted before.

ETA: And thanks.

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:34:28 PM EDT

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This could be worse than Y2K

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:34:51 PM EDT

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I saw the melted road...Has that happened before?

How common are its catastrophic eruptions?

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600k-ish years?

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:35:37 PM EDT

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Nothing but normal seismic activity so far. If anything it's fallen off a wee bit. [url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#{%22feed%22%3A%227day_all%22%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22terrain%22%2C%22autoUpdate%22%3Atrue%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3Atrue%2C%22timeZone%22%3A%22local%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A[[28.22697003891834%2C-115.8837890625]%2C[48.748945343432936%2C-83.9794921875]]%2C%22overlays%22%3A{%22plates%22%3Atrue}%2C%22viewModes%22%3A{%22map%22%3Atrue%2C%22list%22%3Atrue%2C%22settings%22%3Atrue%2C%22help%22%3Afalse}}]http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#{%22feed%22%3A%227day_all%22%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22terrain%22%2C%22autoUpdate%22%3Atrue%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3Atrue%2C%22timeZone%22%3A%22local%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A[[28.22697003891834%2C-115.8837890625]%2C[48.748945343432936%2C-83.9794921875]]%2C%22overlays%22%3A{%22plates%22%3Atrue}%2C%22viewModes%22%3A{%22map%22%3Atrue%2C%22list%22%3Atrue%2C%22settings%22%3Atrue%2C%22help%22%3Afalse}}[/url]

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Has any other Volcano ever has a similar event before erupting?

I really hope I am just paranoid...

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:36:15 PM EDT

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One minute everything is fine, next minute.....

Yeah, I've seen that movie.

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:36:47 PM EDT

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The simple answer is "Yes."

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:36:48 PM EDT

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We're all gonna die!!!!!!

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:36:59 PM EDT

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Things there periodically get disrupted by Fresh hot spots.

There's one spot in a parking lot that became a hot spot a few years back, and they just built a fence around the collapsed hole of bubbling mud.

There's one hillside that started blowing up in the 1950's and killed a lot of trees around it, and is now a bubbling acidic pool.

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:38:46 PM EDT

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Things there periodically get disrupted by Fresh hot spots.

There's one spot in a parking lot that became a hot spot a few years back, and they just built a fence around the collapsed hole of bubbling mud.

There's one hillside that started blowing up in the 1950's and killed a lot of trees around it, and is now a bubbling acidic pool.

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Link?

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:39:11 PM EDT

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no, lol

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:39:19 PM EDT

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It might explode, if people keep asking over and over...

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:39:28 PM EDT

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oh but when it does go , its gonna be big...

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:44:45 PM EDT

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Things there periodically get disrupted by Fresh hot spots.

There's one spot in a parking lot that became a hot spot a few years back, and they just built a fence around the collapsed hole of bubbling mud.

There's one hillside that started blowing up in the 1950's and killed a lot of trees around it, and is now a bubbling acidic pool.

Link?

Here's some pics I took last September, first is the parking lot hole from a few years ago, second is the sign for the hillside-

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:45:02 PM EDT

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Things there periodically get disrupted by Fresh hot spots.

There's one spot in a parking lot that became a hot spot a few years back, and they just built a fence around the collapsed hole of bubbling mud.

There's one hillside that started blowing up in the 1950's and killed a lot of trees around it, and is now a bubbling acidic pool.

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that stuff is all over Yellowstone.
those geysers and mud pots change constantly.

Posted: 7/11/2014 4:46:43 PM EDT

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oh but when it does go , its gonna be big...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/08/article-0-1DADDC5100000578-253_634x412.jpg

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With the exception of SoCal, why do all the cool states have to die?

Posted: 7/11/2014 6:03:52 PM EDT

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Yes, it's fine. Probably just making news so there's another excuse to push the climate change agenda. Tough shit for us, if 600K years is all it decides to hold back, we're screwed. But given that there are no indications of abnormal seismic activity, I'd say not anytime soon.

Yellowstone Monthly Update
Wednesday, July 02, 2014 6:13 AM
Current Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
Current Aviation Color Code: GREEN

Posted: 7/11/2014 6:11:36 PM EDT

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Soon? Time is relative.

Posted: 7/11/2014 6:22:17 PM EDT

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When it does ( and it is way overdue ) it will turn the USA into a third world country of the lowest order, Mexico will look like a paradise in comparison

Posted: 7/11/2014 6:24:49 PM EDT

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Yes, it's fine. Probably just making news so there's another excuse to push the climate change agenda. Tough shit for us, if 600K years is all it decides to hold back, we're screwed. But given that there are no indications of abnormal seismic activity, I'd say not anytime soon.

Yellowstone Monthly Update
Wednesday, July 02, 2014 6:13 AM
Current Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
Current Aviation Color Code: GREEN

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It is when there are no signs that the cork is ready to pop

Posted: 7/11/2014 6:25:56 PM EDT

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Wait right here....I'll go ask it.

Posted: 7/11/2014 6:29:06 PM EDT

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Where's the after eruption rally point?

Posted: 7/11/2014 6:31:32 PM EDT

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I propose drilling a hole to release the pressure.

Posted: 7/11/2014 6:34:28 PM EDT

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New Madrid.

Posted: 7/11/2014 6:34:45 PM EDT

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There are no indications that an eruption is imminent. It's not an exact science, but with the current data it is a statistical improbability that an eruption will occur anytime soon.

Posted: 7/11/2014 6:37:31 PM EDT

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oh but when it does go , its gonna be big...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/08/article-0-1DADDC5100000578-253_634x412.jpg

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Ohiofag here, it looks like we are out of the main firing line. Ill grab my lawn chair and some marshmallows for the show.

Posted: 7/11/2014 7:02:11 PM EDT

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Ohiofag here, it looks like we are out of the main firing line. Ill grab my lawn chair and some marshmallows for the show.

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oh but when it does go , its gonna be big...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/08/article-0-1DADDC5100000578-253_634x412.jpg

Ohiofag here, it looks like we are out of the main firing line. Ill grab my lawn chair and some marshmallows for the show.

Until the ash gets carried over you by the winds...

Posted: 7/11/2014 7:11:16 PM EDT

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It's only been what, 600,000 years since the last one.

We MUST be due.

Posted: 7/11/2014 7:12:39 PM EDT

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oh but when it does go , its gonna be big...

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Fuck ya. I'm in NW Montana and we'll be ok.... if our faces don't melt off

Posted: 7/11/2014 7:16:22 PM EDT

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I saw the melted road...Has that happened before?

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Lol. Last one happened before recorded history

Posted: 7/11/2014 7:19:06 PM EDT

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Here's some pics I took last September, first is the parking lot hole from a few years ago, second is the sign for the hillside-

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/ED_P/public/IMG_4674.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/ED_P/public/IMG_4667.jpg

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Things there periodically get disrupted by Fresh hot spots.

There's one spot in a parking lot that became a hot spot a few years back, and they just built a fence around the collapsed hole of bubbling mud.

There's one hillside that started blowing up in the 1950's and killed a lot of trees around it, and is now a bubbling acidic pool.

Link?

Here's some pics I took last September, first is the parking lot hole from a few years ago, second is the sign for the hillside-

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/ED_P/public/IMG_4674.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/ED_P/public/IMG_4667.jpg

I was there last week, crazy

Posted: 7/11/2014 7:20:51 PM EDT

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We did this last year and the year before that. We're all still here. Don't get your hopes up.

Posted: 7/11/2014 7:26:31 PM EDT

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I was there last week, crazy

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Things there periodically get disrupted by Fresh hot spots.

There's one spot in a parking lot that became a hot spot a few years back, and they just built a fence around the collapsed hole of bubbling mud.

There's one hillside that started blowing up in the 1950's and killed a lot of trees around it, and is now a bubbling acidic pool.

Link?

Here's some pics I took last September, first is the parking lot hole from a few years ago, second is the sign for the hillside-

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/ED_P/public/IMG_4674.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/ED_P/public/IMG_4667.jpg

I was there last week, crazy

You should have a tee shirt saying.

I went to Yellowstone and missed the eruption.

Posted: 7/11/2014 9:17:44 PM EDT

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OP, the people telling you no are just saying that so they buy all the survival supplies before you do.

Posted: 7/11/2014 9:47:09 PM EDT

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Not likely, but there's no way of telling. If it exhibits increased or unusual activity, you will hear about it.National parks service

Posted: 7/11/2014 9:52:39 PM EDT

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I sure hope not. I'm supposed to go there in September!

Posted: 7/11/2014 9:59:31 PM EDT

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I hope so.

Posted: 7/11/2014 10:00:19 PM EDT

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Whew! I'm east enough!

Oh, and Yes, why yes it is.

Posted: 7/11/2014 10:01:22 PM EDT

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When it does ( and it is way overdue ) it will turn the USA into a third world country of the lowest order, Mexico will look like a paradise in comparison

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Obama is already doing that....

Posted: 7/11/2014 10:04:51 PM EDT

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From what I've read about the formation of the magma pocket underneath Yellowstone, scientists believe that it is formed due to the tectonic plates that form the San Andreas fault, forcing the magma upwards underneath the earths crust.

I would assume that some very major earthquakes would have to take place, before it would start drastically increasing in pressure.

Posted: 7/11/2014 10:11:58 PM EDT

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So the road has never melted before?

Cool pic by the way..

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So the road has never melted before?

Cool pic by the way..

Please, enlighten us because you're clearly a volcanologist.

Posted: 7/11/2014 10:23:58 PM EDT

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Where's the after eruption rally point?

New Madrid.

Posted: 7/12/2014 1:51:24 AM EDT

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The image of the ash fall from St. Helens reaching across Idaho and into Montana is a bit misleading. That may represent "primary" ash fall, but I personally experienced overcast skies in Missouri for about a week, once it got here. And the family took a road trip along the Oregon Trail to Ft. Lewis and Tacoma in late Spring that year. My dad gathered samples of ash deposited along the highway from western Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. The particle size and color of ash was smaller and lighter the further away from the volcano, but it definitely reached beyond the outlines shown on that map.