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Yellowstone volcano eruption: ‘Life or death’ prep for supervolcano emergency underway

John Thalassites — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 06:06:21 +0000

MORE than 20 police, fire and rescue vehicles descended upon the area around Yellowstone supervolcano this week to prepare for what could be a “life or death” emergency.

Yellowstone National Park Public Affairs confirmed that there could be a supervolcano eruption imminently – and that they were putting themselves through their paces so that they were ready for any eventuality.

Spokesman Morgan Warthin said: “Every opportunity like this, every training opportunity reveals both where our strengths are.

“But also how we can improve.”

Mr Warthin knows that emergency services will need to be absolutely prepared if a catastrophe strikes near Mammoth in Yellowstone National Park.

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Yellowstone test run was a success.

A model bus crash was simulated for the first time in several years, in order to steel emergency workers for a crisis.

The exercise took place on a discreet road behind employee housing in order to minimise local disturbance, while the simulation was underway.

The Yellowstone spokesman also discussed the challenges his team will face if there is a supervolcanic eruption at Yellowstone.

He said: “You know, the number one challenge is we are remote, so it takes a while to get to Yellowstone.”

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Yellowstone supervolcano could blow at any moment.

During the simulation, family members of park employees, Xanterra employees and residents of Gardiner gave up their time to play the role of victims in the exercise.

When the test run began, responders from eight different agencies inside and outside the park dealt with the situation well.

This encouraged all involved in the simulation, as there is rarely any telling when Yellowstone might erupt.

In fact experts at Yellowstone National Park claim to have seen the Steamboat Geyser erupt last month.

The park service made the announcement about the world’s tallest active geyser in March, as geologists compared the accounts to thermal sensors in the area.

It was determined that it “could be a series of minor eruptions”.

And Meteorologist Tom Skilling told WGN news: “Minor earthquakes occur in the Yellowstone area 50 or more times per week, but a major eruption is not expected in the foreseeable future.”

Steamboat Geyser is in the Norris Geyser Basin, which is closed to vehicle access at the moment for spring plowing.

Meanwhile earlier this year seismologists from UNAVCO, a nonprofit university-governed consortium, revealed the volcano was “under strain”.

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Yellowstone spokesman said the test went well.

Using Global Positioning System, borehole tiltmeters, and borehole strainmeters to measure minute changes in deformation at Yellowstone, David Mencin and Glen Mattioli said “the strain signal is larger than would be expected if the crust under Yellowstone were completely solid”.

Mr Warthin added: “I think the lesson for visitors who come to the park is to know that safety always is our first priority, but given that the park is remote, the roads, the roads are not like a highway, like [Interstate] 90,

“You can’t travel as fast on those roads. So, often the response is going to take a little bit longer.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/940766/yellowstone-volcano-eruption-news-life-or-death-supervolcano-emergency

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Yellowstone volcano eruption: Steamboat geyser starts to BLOW underneath supervolcano

John Thalassites — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 02:55:58 +0000

YELLOWSTONE could be erupting from underground after experts recorded signs of activity from a powerful geyser in the national park which is home to a terrifying super volcano.

Experts at Yellowstone National Park claim to have seen the Steamboat Geyser erupt on Thursday night.

The park service made the announcement about the world’s tallest active geyser on Friday, as geologists compared the accounts to thermal sensors in the area.

It was determined that it “could be a series of minor eruptions”.

The geyser can shoot water more than 300 feet during significant eruptions.

A New Zealand geyser has sent water higher still, albeit not for more than 100 years.

The activity will have sent fears among volcano watchers who worry for the supervolcano, located about 15 miles south of the geyser, is due to erupt.

Yellowstone National Park has more than 10,000 thermal features, sitting atop the world’s largest volcano.

It can send 2,000 times more matter into the sky than the Mount St Helens eruption.

A series of earthquakes have been rumbling underground over the past few months, with as many as 200 recorded in a matter of days.

The volcano is “under strain” according to some experts.

But researchers said steamboat eruptions had little connection to a volcano like Yellowstone.

Jacob Lowenstern, former scientist in charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, told the Casper Star and Tribune: “Their plumbing systems are in the upper few hundred feet of the Earth.

“As you get hotter and hotter and deeper and deeper, the permeability and ability of water to move around shuts off. There’s not a whole lot of connectivity of the reservoirs once you get deep.

And Meteorologist Tom Skilling told WGN news: “Minor earthquakes occur in the Yellowstone area 50 or more times per week, but a major eruption is not expected in the foreseeable future.”

Steamboat Geyser is in the Norris Geyser Basin, which is closed to vehicle access at the moment for spring plowing.

Later in the spring, the road will be open to bicycles.

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Yellowstone eruption: The Steamboat geyser is about to blow

Another geyser, Old Faithful, erupts at fairly predictable intervals – but geologists believe that Steamboat Geyser is almost impossible to anticipate.

Between 2005 and mid-2013, the geyser did not erupt once.

Steamboat Geyser then erupted on July 31 2013 and again on Sept 3 2014 according to a report published by the United States Geological Survey.

In the past, gaps as short as four days and as long as 50 years have been recorded between Steamboat Geyser’s eruptions.

The last Yellowstone volcanic eruption was 700,000 years ago and experts say it should blow every one million years or so.

Earlier this year seismologists from UNAVCO, a nonprofit university-governed consortium, revealed the volcano was “under strain”.

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