Volcanoes!

[XemaSab]

Shasta:



Lassen:



Long Valley Caldera:



Medicine Lake:



Black Butte:



Konocti:



Amboy Crater:



Sutter Buttes:



Salton Buttes:



These are just some of the many volcanoes in California.

Are there volcanoes in your state?

[ddeclue]

1. Not in Florida but I really worry about Yellowstone more than any other volcano.

You forgot Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Ranier, and numerous others in Oregon and Washington.

There are also numerous ones in Hawaii and Alaska as well.

[XemaSab]

2. I was just trying to go for California volcanoes at the moment

Maybe later I'll post pictures from other states. :)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. You actually worry about Yellowstone?

How about asteroids? The Large Hadron Collider?

[DesertRat]

8. Yellowstone is one of the largest volcanoes in the world.

640,000 years ago, Yellowstone erupted and it ejected 240 CUBIC MILES of rock and dust into the sky.

In late 2008 and early 2009 Yellowstone experienced quake swarms - one swarm had over 500 earthquakes in a seven day period.

Geologists are closely monitoring the rise and fall of the Yellowstone Plateau, as an indication of changes in magma chamber pressure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera

[TheBigotBasher]

9. Yellowstone IS of concern

Between December 2008 and January 2009, Yellowstone had 813 quakes.

Scientists still can not predict when a quake which would lead to Yellowstone erupting could or will happen. The Caldera that is Yellowstone is way overdue however.

While I say it is of concern, I personally would not worry about it. Once it goes it is not just the US that would be affected by the volcanic ash. Although for the God bothery Red Staters, they will be the ones hit by lots of fire and brimstone. (End times and rapture indeed). A giant eruption would most likely generate enough volcanic ash to affect the whole of the Northern hemisphere.

There is a much much higher chance of Yellowstone going off than some random asteroid wiping the Earth out.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. The Mayan long count calendar ends in 2012.

:shrug:

[TheBigotBasher]

13. So? They can start from 1 again or carry on counting.

Yellowstone may or may not go off in our lifetime. It is something that scientists should concern themselves with (I would kind of like to have some kind of warning beforehand if at all possible), but it is not something to live a lifetime worrying about.

It is due to go off, if it does we are all screwed anyway and there is sod all that can be done to stop it. So as I said, it is of concern, but is not a worry and not something to base an end of days fantasy about,

[WinkyDink]

11. Yes, and also to the Collider (and its European competitor).

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. How about chemtrails?

Sasquatch?

[tyedyeto]

14. What? You don't believe in Bigfoot or Sasquatch?

Chemtrails are another story but the large man/beast legends have been around for centuries.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Ah, Konocti... I recall from more youthful days, a houseboat, some liquor,

care free kids from Chico enjoying the natural setting.

There are little islands, at least one of which has sulfuric hot springs, not too stinky but very warm and fun.

Kids from Chico on houseboats near Konocti are known to have had great fun in the late seventies. :P

[eleny]

5. In Colorado

Dotsero


La Garita Caldera


And the Thirtynine Mile volcanic field in Park and Teller Counties.

[POAS]

6. In Ohio we have two that blow

fairly often:

Mt. Blackwell and Mt St. Jean Schmidt

[DesertRat]

7. Arizona has volcanoes

Two of northern Arizona's volcanoes are San Francisco Mountain which serves as a backdrop to the city of Flagstaff:


And Sunset Crater which erupted less than 1,000 years ago. It destroyed all plants within a 5-mile radius. A fountain of fire, 850 feet high, was visible for miles around. An ash cloud rose 2.5 miles into the sky, and falling ash covered about 64,000 acres.


http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2001/fs017-01/