When it comes to reporting on such a major potentially devastating event such as a Yellowstone eruption... no, I do not think we would be informed if the government knew.

If they reported on it and it happened... there would be mass panic, lives lost, eruption, many more lives lost. Nothing gained.

If they reported on it and it didn't happen... there would be panic, lives lost, anger at the government for wrong prediction.

That is a simplified quick description of course.

As for the seismologists... a personal decision would have to be made by each of the same scenarios described above. What decision would you make if you were one? Which is the lesser evil?

Fact is... no one knows the facts that would definitatively predict an eruption until it were actually erupting.

An event such as the worst case scenario... or even one that would devastate several states... is so hard to imagine for us that denial outweighs realization and acceptance. It is the same disbelief that those killed in hurricanes could describe to you were they still alive.

Doesn't look like Fox is going to get to whatever they were going to say, if they do, it'll be very brief. They're more worried about this Burris/Blago crap, who cares about that.

Originally posted by RFBurns
It just simply means its not on the public servers.

Umm, no it does not. Do you understand the concept of triangulating events between the webicorders and gee? What you are saying makes no sense. The webicorders and Gee may be delayed a few seconds, yes, but after they release the stream, or alternatively, they publish the update to the various webicorders graphs, it is easy to confirm- or in this case, deny- events. You are trying to make a case in the same breath that they are altering the data stream coming into gee and pulling out events, and feeding us relative flat lines instead? Lol, and I thought I was confused.

I gather that deep, deep down inside....in that twisted little, dark part of our hearts and souls...

that we all kind of want this to happen.

Originally posted by MadDogtheHunter
Doesn't look like Fox is going to get to whatever they were going to say, if they do, it'll be very brief. They're more worried about this Burris/Blago crap, who cares about that.

It is not just Fox. Every station has been on this Burris crap for an hour and a half. Hopefully, they will still air the story.

I gave up and turned the channel. If anything really important is aired, I'll get my news from this thread and ATS. Atleast most of the people on ATS care about the right things.

[edit on 1/6/2009 by MadDogtheHunter]

Originally posted by Aphelion
I gather that deep, deep down inside....in that twisted little, dark part of our hearts and souls...

that we all kind of want this to happen.

Young men cheered the arrival of World War I throughout the streets of Europe. Of course, they weren't cheering so loudly as they were running into machine gun fire, living with rats, and watching their buddies choke out their lungs in gas attacks. I expect it'd be the same with Yellowstone.

Originally posted by j2000

Originally posted by MadDogtheHunter
Doesn't look like Fox is going to get to whatever they were going to say, if they do, it'll be very brief. They're more worried about this Burris/Blago crap, who cares about that.

It is not just Fox. Every station has been on this Burris crap for an hour and a half. Hopefully, they will still air the story.

Hopefully. However, 1) If the interview was pre-recorded the producers of "America's Newsroom" will probably hold it until tomorrow since their show just ended. 2) If the interview was scheduled, the scientist may decide not to come back after being stood up. 3) If the puppet masters that control the world told them to STFU, we'll never hear another peep.

Originally posted by TrueAmerican

Originally posted by RFBurns
It just simply means its not on the public servers.

Umm, no it does not. Do you understand the concept of triangulating events between the webicorders and gee? What you are saying makes no sense. The webicorders and Gee may be delayed a few seconds, yes, but after they release the stream, or alternatively, they publish the update to the various webicorders graphs, it is easy to confirm- or in this case, deny- events. You are trying to make a case in the same breath that they are altering the data stream coming into gee and pulling out events, and feeding us relative flat lines instead? Lol, and I thought I was confused.

Ok let me clarify it for you.

The data you are so hung over that is not present on the public server system is simply just that..not on the public servers. That does not mean that their database is on that same system that the public uses. How confusing can that be to understand my friend? It really isnt.

There are two systems. Their database, and the public database. Their database gets the data first, priority. The public database gets it second, secondary. The two are completely isolated and seperate systems.

This means that if something is not on the public system, it is simply not there on the public system. That does not mean that it is also missing on their system and database.

Im not sure you are fully understanding that concept. They have to have the data, we dont. That public access system is for public benefit, public use, public curiosity, and public consumption. It is not intended to be used as a scientific database for the geologists and volcanologists who require their own database and systems to collect, store and process the data.

This one missing 3.2 Montana data is not anything to cry wolf over. I am simply trying to tell you how their system works and what happens when they consider data to be priority, and what happens when that data is prioritized.

Triangulating other sources is one way you can try to ascertain what might be in that particular area. Again, that is for your benefit, not the scientific analysis that is priority over public benefit for the "ooh ahh" factor.

Be glad they got the data and are analyzing it and trying to determine if there is a need to warn people. Heaven forbid that someone start crying that they didnt do anything about it. Well they are doing something about it, and doing it quite well IMO. Let me stress this point once again.....its a good thing that the system puts that data into priority mode and sends it where it needs to go so that the proper people who actually know far better than any of us out here how to decyper it and anlyize it and put 2 and 2 together from it.

If you like, contact the USGS office in Montana and file a complaint. I am sure they will stop what they are doing to address your concern over 1 piece of data that you dont have, but that they themselves do have.




Cheers!!!!