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		By: Darrell		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Having a sense of the vastness of the Caldera, this makes NYC look huge!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having a sense of the vastness of the Caldera, this makes NYC look huge!</p>
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		By: Wiesshund		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To answer some peoples questions.
Can the yellowstone cauldera have another cataclysmic eruption?

Yes, at some point it probably will, it is far from dormant.
Part of it&#039;s attraction is that it is very much active.
Eventualy, when the pressures and heat build up enough.

When will it do this?

I dont think anyone knows exactly.
In geologic terms an error of +/- 500 years is a blink of an eye.
And not everything in the earth works by an atomic clock.
Though old faithful may wear a timex, the magma pit under it most likely isnt quite that precise.

No human has ever recorded the events of a super volcanoe, so there isnt any first hand knowledge to go by.
If people are around when it occurs again, they may or may not realize what is going on.
It may not even give the kind of warning signs we are looking for exactly.

But even if the scientists felt very strongly that it was about to blow, i dont think they would tell people anything simply because it would be pointless.
It would be like looking into space and finding a moon sized asteroid on an absolute collision path with the earth.

You can&#039;t run from it, you can&#039;t stop it.
There is no point in making everyone else worry about it.
That serves no purpose, and is cruel if nothing else.

To the person collecting gaskmasks and canned food.
Gas masks are of no use, if i put you in a box of hydrogen and sulfur gas, and give you a gas mask, what are you going to breath?
They dont create oxygen.

There isn&#039;t any place to go running to, nor doubtfuly the time to run to begin with. 
The last time the yellowstone cauldera errupted, it was global.
It is not like Mt St Helens, it is unimaginably much much bigger
If your in montana, you wont ever know it even happened.
I&#039;m sure you can read up on the approximate sequence of events before, during, and after a super erruption of that magnitude

Things like this are beyond human beings worrying about.
Something will kill the planet at some time, and we can not do anything at all to prevent it even though we have aquired the need to control every occurence in the universe.

Someday the sun will super nova, and incinerate everything.
Someday a supercauldera will errupt causing a variety of things to happen.
Someday a large body from space will impact the earth again.

The only thing worth worrying about is that we dont kill the planet ourselves before then, and that you live your life and handle the way you treat others as if each day was the only day you had to live. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To answer some peoples questions.<br />
Can the yellowstone cauldera have another cataclysmic eruption?</p>
<p>Yes, at some point it probably will, it is far from dormant.<br />
Part of it&#8217;s attraction is that it is very much active.<br />
Eventualy, when the pressures and heat build up enough.</p>
<p>When will it do this?</p>
<p>I dont think anyone knows exactly.<br />
In geologic terms an error of +/- 500 years is a blink of an eye.<br />
And not everything in the earth works by an atomic clock.<br />
Though old faithful may wear a timex, the magma pit under it most likely isnt quite that precise.</p>
<p>No human has ever recorded the events of a super volcanoe, so there isnt any first hand knowledge to go by.<br />
If people are around when it occurs again, they may or may not realize what is going on.<br />
It may not even give the kind of warning signs we are looking for exactly.</p>
<p>But even if the scientists felt very strongly that it was about to blow, i dont think they would tell people anything simply because it would be pointless.<br />
It would be like looking into space and finding a moon sized asteroid on an absolute collision path with the earth.</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t run from it, you can&#8217;t stop it.<br />
There is no point in making everyone else worry about it.<br />
That serves no purpose, and is cruel if nothing else.</p>
<p>To the person collecting gaskmasks and canned food.<br />
Gas masks are of no use, if i put you in a box of hydrogen and sulfur gas, and give you a gas mask, what are you going to breath?<br />
They dont create oxygen.</p>
<p>There isn&#8217;t any place to go running to, nor doubtfuly the time to run to begin with.<br />
The last time the yellowstone cauldera errupted, it was global.<br />
It is not like Mt St Helens, it is unimaginably much much bigger<br />
If your in montana, you wont ever know it even happened.<br />
I&#8217;m sure you can read up on the approximate sequence of events before, during, and after a super erruption of that magnitude</p>
<p>Things like this are beyond human beings worrying about.<br />
Something will kill the planet at some time, and we can not do anything at all to prevent it even though we have aquired the need to control every occurence in the universe.</p>
<p>Someday the sun will super nova, and incinerate everything.<br />
Someday a supercauldera will errupt causing a variety of things to happen.<br />
Someday a large body from space will impact the earth again.</p>
<p>The only thing worth worrying about is that we dont kill the planet ourselves before then, and that you live your life and handle the way you treat others as if each day was the only day you had to live. </p>
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		By: judy yay!		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/10/the-yellowstone-problem/#comment-487</link>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[hmmm... i don&#039;t really kno.but if it does happen well let it be.we can&#039;t change it, just be prepared. and enjoy yellowstone if it will blow so at least u&#039;ll have the chance. awesomest place ever! ;)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hmmm&#8230; i don&#8217;t really kno.but if it does happen well let it be.we can&#8217;t change it, just be prepared. and enjoy yellowstone if it will blow so at least u&#8217;ll have the chance. awesomest place ever! 😉</p>
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		By: Lee		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/10/the-yellowstone-problem/#comment-486</link>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hmm Lets see, Well, I have seen Mt St hellens erupt when I was a child.and Mt St hellens was pretty much ding the same thing that this is doing in its earlier stages. Iam very curiouse as to why the sceintists are using double talk. Saying the quakes are Normal then turning around and saying thattey are Unusual..This is a verry sensitive area we don&#039;t know what changes can lead to a domino effect if you would care to call it tt befor the eruption takes place .. they are saying thatthere are no changes in Deformation but are not releasing data on that.andin one of the actual reports they concluded a paragrah saying that there has been no volcanic gass release ---as of yet...wen they say that It appears that they are stll gathering data.. that park is Huge ..wat I thnk they need to do is park a satlight over tatting for the next month or so and take some shots using heat image sensors as well... see if there are any changes in gorund temp prature and see if any new hot spots are cming to be..]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm Lets see, Well, I have seen Mt St hellens erupt when I was a child.and Mt St hellens was pretty much ding the same thing that this is doing in its earlier stages. Iam very curiouse as to why the sceintists are using double talk. Saying the quakes are Normal then turning around and saying thattey are Unusual..This is a verry sensitive area we don&#8217;t know what changes can lead to a domino effect if you would care to call it tt befor the eruption takes place .. they are saying thatthere are no changes in Deformation but are not releasing data on that.andin one of the actual reports they concluded a paragrah saying that there has been no volcanic gass release &#8212;as of yet&#8230;wen they say that It appears that they are stll gathering data.. that park is Huge ..wat I thnk they need to do is park a satlight over tatting for the next month or so and take some shots using heat image sensors as well&#8230; see if there are any changes in gorund temp prature and see if any new hot spots are cming to be..</p>
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		By: NIght Watch		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/10/the-yellowstone-problem/#comment-485</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[NIght Watch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lelia, if you live in Dillion, Montana, you probably won&#039;t survive, so don&#039;t worry about it.  The last big event only about 1800 people in the whole world survived.But you have the right idea about preparing--it is better to have a stockpile of food and not worry about your grammar and spelling.  Good luck to you.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lelia, if you live in Dillion, Montana, you probably won&#8217;t survive, so don&#8217;t worry about it.  The last big event only about 1800 people in the whole world survived.But you have the right idea about preparing&#8211;it is better to have a stockpile of food and not worry about your grammar and spelling.  Good luck to you.</p>
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		By: Pyre		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/10/the-yellowstone-problem/#comment-484</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pyre]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lelia: a seacoast may not be the safest place to be, following a major seismic event. Read about &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tsunami&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.Is Yellowstone dangerous? &lt;a href=&quot;http://cbs13.com/national/yellowstone.earthquakes.volcano.2.898775.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This scientist says no:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dr. Jacob Lowenstern of the U.S. Geological Survey said Monday that the earthquake activity in Yellowstone most likely will continue for weeks, &quot;and then will end without any other related activity.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lelia: a seacoast may not be the safest place to be, following a major seismic event. Read about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami" rel="nofollow"><b>Tsunami</b></a>.Is Yellowstone dangerous? <a href="http://cbs13.com/national/yellowstone.earthquakes.volcano.2.898775.html" rel="nofollow">This scientist says no:</a><i>Dr. Jacob Lowenstern of the U.S. Geological Survey said Monday that the earthquake activity in Yellowstone most likely will continue for weeks, &#8220;and then will end without any other related activity.&#8221;</i></p>
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		By: Lelia Snodgrass		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lelia Snodgrass]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello, I live in Dillon, MT and I wanted to know if Yellowstone does blow would it be good to head south down by the ocean to stay warm for the volcanic winter. would it be warmer their. i think it would. but i want to know ahead of time, i am already starting to get ready, can food, lots of water, warm clothes, gas masks, and bunches of other things. i am 20 and still young and dont want to die i am going to live throw this and so are all my loved ones. i want to know and dont suger coat it, is yellowstone dangerous, tell me the true.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello, I live in Dillon, MT and I wanted to know if Yellowstone does blow would it be good to head south down by the ocean to stay warm for the volcanic winter. would it be warmer their. i think it would. but i want to know ahead of time, i am already starting to get ready, can food, lots of water, warm clothes, gas masks, and bunches of other things. i am 20 and still young and dont want to die i am going to live throw this and so are all my loved ones. i want to know and dont suger coat it, is yellowstone dangerous, tell me the true.</p>
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		By: Greg Laden		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Who cares:  Not really.  We are ants walking around on a giant covered pot of boiling pasta.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who cares:  Not really.  We are ants walking around on a giant covered pot of boiling pasta.</p>
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		By: Greg Laden		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes, I was just thinking that in retrospect placing the Jewel of the national park system on a caldera was a little dumb.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, I was just thinking that in retrospect placing the Jewel of the national park system on a caldera was a little dumb.</p>
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		By: SimonG		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SimonG]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Although if I&#039;m patient, perhaps it will visit me.]]></description>
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