scientists have shown the the "super volcano" under Yellowstone has erupted an average about every 600,000 - 650,000 years.. the last eruption was around 600,000 years ago....

here's what going on now:

February 19, 2014 — (TRN) — Some worrying developments are taking place at the Super Volcano located beneath Yellowstone National Park; the kind of developments that were seen shortly before other volcanoes erupted. Not only was there a sudden rise in the elevation of the ground, and development of new cracks, but a gas called Helium-4, a very rare type of Helium, has begun coming out of the surface. It is the presence of this gas that has scientists quite concerned. If the Yellowstone Super Volcano were to erupt, it would be 2,000 times bigger than the eruption of Mount St. Helens in the 1980′s. Everything within 500 miles would be dead or destroyed within minutes, 2/3rds of the entire United States would be covered in volcanic ash and the climate of the entire planet would cool within a month. On top of that, just this past week, the largest earthquake in the US took place just a few miles from Yellowstone proving hot magma is on the move. Here’s what has scientists concerned:
Since late summer 2013, the Yellowstone GPS network has tracked a small ” ground deformation episode” in north-central Yellowstone National Park.
During the past five months, the NRWY GPS station has recorded about 3.5 cm (1.4 in) of uplift (the ground is rising) and about 1 cm (0.4 in) of southeastward ground movement, relative to a stable reference station north of the Park.




here is what USGS says
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/

Well I guess that would mess up Al Gore's little scam. But what is interesting is the ash flow across all those liberals. So even bad news sometimes isn't really all that bad.

lol, to bad the ash just won't target the libs...

But you can't have everything.

Either way, Al Gore makes an ash of himself.

From the USGS:

"The new research shows that while the magma reservoir is bigger than we thought, the proportion of melt to solid rock (estimated at <10-15%) is similar to previous reports and appears to remain way too low for a giant eruption.

Although fascinating, the new findings do not imply increased geologic hazards at Yellowstone, and certainly do not increase the chances of a "supereruption" in the near future. Contrary to some media reports, Yellowstone is not "overdue" for a supereruption. Indeed, it is quite possible that such an eruption will never again occur from the Yellowstone region. Scientist agree that smaller eruptions are likely in the future, but the probability of ANY sort of eruption at Yellowstone still remains very low over the next 10 to 100 years."

i think the point there is that they don't know... it is showing signs of eruptions, the raising of the caldera itself, increased earthquakes, and the release of the helium 4 are are consistent of other eruptions...

also, remember that on a planetary time scale, 10-100 years is the same as a millisecond, on our timescale, it's 10-100 years...lol

Good idea, let's use his a$$ to plug the hole, then he could become the first ash.

USGS = Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment.

Means they haven't a clue but need more of your tax dollars to find out.

ah mighty moe, may want to check your facts. largest earthquake was in alaska in 1964 at 9.2 magnitude. the latest quake in yellowstone was 3.8 in the past few weeks. i certainly would have known if anything larger had hit yellowstone as i live 76 miles from there and anything smaller than 4.0 is seldom felt in any given area,,,
should yellowstone blow and cover the map area with ash, it would certainly destroy all the crops in the wheat belt of the country, thus paralizing our whole economy for years to come and all those poor liberal farm workers would be out of jobs feeding the mouths of all those right wing nut cases and 1% ers.

big earthquakes happen on fault lines, there is no fault lines around Yellowstone... the biggest they know of so far was about a 7.5 that killed 28 people in 1959... that's just from the plume expanding.

here is some data that talks about the earthquake "swarms" since 2009

http://earthchangesmedia.com/secure/3247.326/print/printer-9162523730.php

some good links there too

In a nutshell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNJU-5vCrJc

one million dollars...

If this thing blows, and it's over due, we can kiss it good bye. Which might not be a bad thing considering we will die a slow death from Fukushima radiation. Which is worse?

The Yellowstone Caldera has been acting up for several years. One geologist screamed about an immanent eruption a few years ago and evacuated the park. Nothing happened but the lake area tilted about a foot as I recall.

It may never erupt full scale but indications are that something is going to happen.

i'm pretty sure it will erupt again, just a matter of when... maybe in the next 10,000 years?

I sure hope I can get all my affairs in order before Yellowrose explodes.

if she does, you'll get an email...

I was gonna sa blows but, decided against it.

Might have been bad for my health.

Hey I always liked the big bang. Throw a big party, get all lubed up, kiss the ole kister goodbye and bang the big fireworks show and away we go.