tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post5139546623625412553..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2014-03-09Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-85503272451925316622014-03-11T09:48:23.949-06:002014-03-11T09:48:23.949-06:00I saw an article today (i'll see if I can find...I saw an article today (i'll see if I can find it again) saying that the Yellowstone supervolcano is 2 and a half times bigger than previously thought. Here it is:<br /><br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/yellowstone-supervolcano-25-times-bigger-than-previously-thought-9010054.html<br /><br />Researchers claim it could be 2,000 times more powerful than Mount St<br />Helens<br /><br />The magma chamber of the supervolcano below Yellowstone National Park in America is around two and half times bigger than previously thought, a team of researchers has claimed.<br /><br />A team of seismologists from the University of Utah presented their findings at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco on Monday.<br /><br />According to the team, the magma chamber is now thought to be around 90km (55 miles) long and 30km (18 miles) wide, reaching depths of between 2km and 15km (1 mile and 9 miles).<br /><br />At these re-estimated dimensions, the magma chamber of the supervolcano could potentially hold up to 600 cubic km of molten rock.<br /><br />Professor Bob Smith from the University of Utah told the BBC: “We’ve been working there for a long time, and we’ve always thought it would be bigger… but this finding is astounding.”<br /><br />To measure the size of the chamber, the team measured a series of earthquakes using seismometers placed around the park.<br /><br />As waves from earthquakes travel slower through magma, the scientists were able to determine the size of the chamber.<br /><br />The Yellowstone Supervolcano has, to scientists’ knowledge, erupted three times in the past. The first blast occurred 2.1 million years ago, with another eruption around 900,000 years later. It most recently erupted 640,000 years ago.<br /><br />According to the recent study, the next time the supervolcano erupts it could be with a force 2,000 times greater than that of Mount St Helens.<br /><br />The seemingly regular amount of time between eruptions has led some to hypothesise that the next eruption could be in the not so distant future, although many seismologists agree that not enough data is available to make such a prediction. <br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-5513893469657391572014-03-11T08:14:07.864-06:002014-03-11T08:14:07.864-06:00Thanks for the compliment! I have noticed the quak...Thanks for the compliment! I have noticed the quakes and volcanic eruptions, yes. I live semi-near the New Madrid, so I've been a little paranoid about quakes for years. And of course I know the Curly aghast/scared/freakedout sound! LMAO, that's possibly THE most appropriate sound for these times! I wonder if I can snag that sound and make it a ringtone then subscribe to a quake alert service and make it play that sound when I get a message about a 6.0+ quake happening. I bet I can!<br />Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-22805277357348874832014-03-11T07:40:12.509-06:002014-03-11T07:40:12.509-06:00Jonny: as a direct result of your theory I can se...Jonny: as a direct result of your theory I can see the end of the insurance industry because the probabilities they used to calculate risk are now out the window and even if they properly adjusted for it - it would be too expensive! Their outlays, as noted by the ONE item that was listed as $1 billion in damages, are rapidly exceeding their incomes. If they weren't tied to the big banks (and this only indicates another rickety connection) and the fed gov (that's just printing money out of thin air), they would have collapsed long ago (say 2008). Everything in the financial sector since then has only prolonged and made more awful the coming agony.<br /><br />Another thing I appreciate about this blog, is how you tie things in that seem unrelated at first by showing the obvious that the investigating authorities miss (because of their education and training): atmosphere and proximity to a water source. Brilliant, man.<br /><br />Did you notice that the number of earthquakes is rising (as is volcanic activity)?<br /><br />Remember the sound that Curly (of the Three Stooges) made when confronted with scary or dangerous settings - nyahhhhh-ahh-aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh! That's what I feel like as I put myself in these stories. "Dis is crazy!"<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com