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Originally posted by EnronOutrunHomerun
This appears to be a very real and serious threat...I see from the post above, that recent conditions have warranted road closures...any other information as of late??
Road construction is perennial in Yellowstone National Park. In general, park roads have either been recently repaired or reconstructed, or are scheduled for repair or reconstruction. Approximately 80% of main park roads (about 185 mi or 295 km) are in a structurally deficient state, with poor quality road bases failing under the weight, speed, and volume of modern traffic for which they were not designed. Harsh winter weather and short construction seasons provide additional challenges.
These needs are now being addressed under a 20-year, $300 million Federal Lands Highway Program for Yellowstone National Park. In addition to the major construction addressed below, park road repair crews will be working in other areas of the park throughout this and subsequent seasons. Thank you for your patience with our road construction efforts.
www.nps.gov...
Originally posted by Emily_Cragg
volcanoes.usgs.gov...
There. More than you want to know about Yellowstone quake history.
Originally posted by Hellmutt
More scary reading here:
YELLOWSTONE SUPERVOLCANO GETTING READY TO BLOW ITS CORK
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
I think we're going to have an interesting last week of the month. That's the vaguest possible prediction I could muster, now let's see if it comes true.
I'd actually like to live to see the caldera blow. I live on the east coast, so my only worries will be sweeping all that black ash off my front steps. I'll probably bottle it and sell it on ebay.
Originally posted by launchpad
seems to me this is a huge ZIT that is not going to heal itself- so may need a lancing before it gets worse.
the best course of action IMO is to dig a huge well and denotate a nuke about a mile underground and give the thing something to vent to.
a natural disaster- sure- but if the thing is allowed to continue to build pressure all the more likely to be much bigger problem.
every once in a great while you do have to lance a zit to make the darn thing go away- and it does hurt a bit.
Originally posted by Countermeasures
Everybody is watching and taking measurements at Yellowstone , but do people have any idea to control/contain/prevent such an event, can't they just make a big 1 km thick and 100 km wide heavy reinforced concrete sheet over this pressure cooker?
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
I'm still rooting for it, even though I've thought through the consequences. I think change is violent and difficult, but no less necessary to the continuation of our existence.
Originally posted by johnb
Has anyone looked at what the other caldera around the planet are doing? I can't remember where they are but I think there was one near Italy somewhere - could be wrong though.