| QUOTE (Rindy @ 19-Apr-2010, 11:10 PM) | Thanks for pointing that out Celtic Radio.
I think this is all so scary. "I can't take it anymore were all going to die   " 
I've been looking around on the web and this Katla is one to be scared of. I don't like living close to Yellowstone either. I heard that Utah had some kind of a quake haven't followed up on that one yet.
Some say it's normal to have all these small quakes I say with what all is happening all over the world is not the norm. Ok, now I get to have nightmares. lol..
Slainte |
As I recall, this one was under a layer of glacial ice. Unfortunately there are a number of potentially catastrophic volcanoes around the world. Also any place that two of the earth's plates meet has potential for volcanic activity.
The caldera volcano in yellowstone has been experiencing quakes for some time and one of the lakes has experienced a land mass rise at one end thus shifting it's shore line. The geysers and mud pools have changed with new ones appearing and old ones slowing down. Many of the tourist trails have been closed because of this. Most ominous is that since we can measure minute changes in the earth surface with satellites, we find that the land mass has risen three or more feet inside the caldera.
My brother has a home just outside yellowstone and he fishes there. I asked him if he was worried and his philosophy was a bit fatalistic. If he was there he would die the day of the eruption, probably while trout fishing. If he was living here, it would probably take 6 to 8 weeks for him to die. The only variant would be the suffering endured.
Catastrophes have occurred throughout the history of the planet and all plants and creatures have been forced through an evolution process to survive. This at times has resembled a bottle neck.
We will survive again but life styles could change radically. Hopefully this will not be the event that accomplishes it.
Slàinte,
Patch
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