From
the desk of
Bill Ramey
2/14/18
COMMENTARY & OPINION
LET US NOT FORGET THE SLEEPING
GIANT IN OUR MIDST
Feb 14 at 3:54 PM
New Data: Yellowstone Supervolcano Strained, Magma Chamber Under Immense Pressure
According
to a group of seismologists who are monitoring the potentially catastrophic
supervolcano, Yellowstone is “under strain.”
This new report has reignited fears that the caldera could erupt at any moment.
Experts
were alerted to the volcano’s strain after noticing deformation. This process,
where subsurface rocks subtly change shapes, is occurring beneath the surface
of Yellowstone right now. Researchers
state deformation occurs when there is a change in the amount of pressure in
the magma chamber and experts are keeping an eye on the development.
Seismologists
from UNAVCO, a non-profit university-governed consortium, are using “Global
Positioning System (GPS), borehole tiltmeters, and borehole strainmeters” to
measure minute changes in deformation at Yellowstone. In an article for the Billings Gazette,
David Mencin and Glen Mattioli, geodesists with UNAVCO, say “the
strain signal is larger than would be expected if the crust under Yellowstone were completely solid.”
“What
that means, at least in their eyes, is that there’s lava flowing that’s
allowing pressure to build in the chamber,” says Joe Joseph of The Daily Sheeple.
“I don’t know if this is good or bad!”
These independent
observations agree with other instruments at Yellowstone,
like seismometers, that indicate a zone of semi-molten rock starting about 3
miles beneath the surface. The term “semi-molten” is used because the entire
zone contains only between 5 and 15 percent liquid rock that occupies small
pockets of space between the solid rock.
But
the scientists want to assure the public that these observations are no cause
for alarm. “Of course, they’re always gonna say that,” says Joseph. “It’s about
700,000 years ago they say when it erupted and it’s long overdue. So here we
are, Yellowstone, yet again, thrust into the
news because of some of this new data coming out…,” Joseph said.
If
the Yellowstone volcano nestled mostly in Wyoming
were to erupt, an estimated 87,000 people would be killed immediately and
two-thirds of the USA
would instantly be made uninhabitable. The large spew of ash into the
atmosphere would block out sunlight and directly affect life beneath it
creating a “nuclear winter.”
Is
this a cause for alarm? Maybe, maybe not. But it’s interesting this new Yellowstone information is coinciding with news that a
pole reversal is near, the Ring of Fire is waking up, and the sun is
approaching its solar minimum which could cause a mini ice age.
This article has been contributed by SHTF Plan.
Visit www.SHTFplan.com for alternative news, commentary and preparedness info.
Source:
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/new-data-yellowstone-supervolcano-strained-magma-chamber-under-immense-pressure_02142018
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