Posted: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 12:00 am
Editor:
So Yellowstone, the super volcano, is again rumbling? Mercury has been detected throughout the national park (not a good sign) for quite sometime and along with it the ground under Yellowstone Lake is rising.
More than 250 earthquakes reported during a 24-hour period (see, "Quakes rattle park," (Dec. 30, 2008, Casper Star-Tribune).
Scientists monitoring Yellowstone have stated that it has entered into what they have described as a "red zone."
Remember Mount St. Helens? The feds warned folks in the region around the mountain to vacate, and most did. Some (a few) didn't. Those who didn't act to save their lives paid the ultimate price for their vanity.
It's been reported that the feds will issue a vacate order to the inhabitants of Wyoming, if time allows, for such a mass exodus of all the residents of our state, and this would be of such a magnitude that it would tax to the limit the resources of our National Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, etc.
Remember the debacle that unveiled a few years ago during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that hit the Gulf Coast?
The Yellowstone Caldera is linked to a massive complex of subterranean tunnels that are miles deep in the earth, and which are connected to other volcanic zones such as Mount Shasta in California, Mount Rainier in Washington state and the volcanic caldera located in Bend, Ore., all of which are at this very moment showing signs of seismic activity similar to what Yellowstone is experiencing, that has many in the scientific community pondering as to what it all means.
I would hope the Star-Tribune will continue to keep all of us informed as to what is ongoing under Yellowstone National Park.
THOMAS JAMES BLEMING, Lusk