Evacuate Wyoming!? (Cody, Powell, Sundance: movies, designs, activity)

[shadowwalker]

If it's time for me to go, it(death) is just my time. I aint worrying about it. As for Evacuation? I'd sure see how that is going to have to go,when the time comes.
I could be sitting here in the house getting ready to open my first real Coors Light I have had in over 5 1/2 years. And have a big ole Meteiorite land on me. Now that, would make me sad. I better settle that one right now........

[Clay Lady]

Last fall my husband and I watched something on tv that had Yellowstone blowing and all sorts of gloom and doom as the story line. My husband found an online website that had a course in volcanoes. He worked his way thru the course which he enjoyed. The main thing I remember is there is interesting activity deep under our feet and there are people who are studying this issue in every detail they can dream up. Our California property is on a fault line that some worry will split and fall into the ocean. Arkansas has been having little earthquakes. About all you can do anywhere is to prepare and then enjoy life.

[HighlandLady]

I relocated from Wyoming to Alaska - the busiest of states with regards to volcanic and seismic activity. We are waiting for Mt.Redoubt to blow her top. I've felt two jolts since I've been here and for me it is a 'novelty' if you will. 1964 was the year one of the largest earthquakes occurred - a 9.2 on the Richter scale. People here, as I am doing and have always done, just take it as it comes. I have made preparations in the event something does occur and I am cut off for a few days, but do I dwell on things out of my hands otherwise? No. Live the life you lead and appreciate the forces of Nature. It is all that can be done.

[Clay Lady]

Originally Posted by HighlandLady

I relocated from Wyoming to Alaska - the busiest of states with regards to volcanic and seismic activity. We are waiting for Mt.Redoubt to blow her top. I've felt two jolts since I've been here and for me it is a 'novelty' if you will. 1964 was the year one of the largest earthquakes occurred - a 9.2 on the Richter scale. People here, as I am doing and have always done, just take it as it comes. I have made preparations in the event something does occur and I am cut off for a few days, but do I dwell on things out of my hands otherwise? No. Live the life you lead and appreciate the forces of Nature. It is all that can be done.

To feel an earthquake would be a novel experience! I grew up in California and know the feeling of your world shaking. Seeing where the earth has actually pulled apart is amazing.

In 64 when that quake occured there was mass fear that it would travel down the west coast and part of California would fall into the ocean. My friends and I were so excited about the big waves!

I listened to a really interesting lecture at a university recently that included facts about how the earth's elliptical orbit around the Sun affects the earth's core. The following is a web site that will get ya thinking.

2012 "101" Pole Reversal - Polar Shift

[HighlandLady]

Yes, I remember viewing that on the History Channel. Very interesting theories indeed. Perhaps the Mayans knew what they were talking about after all...we shall see, won't we

[Clay Lady]

Don't forget the Hopi also thought something was going to happen. It makes thinking about evacuating Wyoming or any where else a waste of time. It is all interesting enough to take your mind off the economy!

A couple of my friends were laughing about how I find good news in the bad. Like all the trees in front of my daughters north Arkansas home lost the top twenty feet from the ice storm which made a much nicer view of the valley. If it all ends in 2012 I won't miss all the money I just lost in the market.

[ElkHunter]

I've been reading and studying on this for several years. It's a very real thing.

The last time Yellowstone blew it threw rocks clear into what is now Mississippi and LA area with ash traveling farther. But that was some 60,000 years ago.

A moderate blow would cover an area to about Mid South Dakota, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City with Rock up to 8-10 feet in depth of rock. Ash would be a much greater area and depend on winds in the upper atmosphere.

Long story short. Here in Sheridan, we have about 3 minutes of life left when she blows until we're completely covered with rock. So having ye ole motorhome gassed and ready just ain't going to cut it. :-)

If it happens, it happens. If not, well, we'll have to pay taxes another year.

[HighlandLady]

And what they say about taxes. Count on taxes.

[sunbelt]

Originally Posted by HighlandLady

Yes, I remember viewing that on the History Channel. Very interesting theories indeed. Perhaps the Mayans knew what they were talking about after all...we shall see, won't we

I've looked at more than I care of the 2012 videos on youtube, so don't go there.

[pw72]

The chance of a Yellowstone super volcano happening in any of our lifetimes is very small. There have only been three in 2.1 million years. But, I agree, if humans are around during the next one, the whole world would be affected.