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Yellowstone eruption threat high

sermonindex May 10, 2005

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - The Yellowstone caldera has been classified a high threat for volcanic eruption, according to a report from the U.S. Geological Survey.Yellowstone ranks 21st most dangerous of the 169 volcano centers in the United States, according to the Geological Survey's first-ever comprehensive review of the nation's volcanoes.Kilauea in Hawaii received the highest overall threat score followed by Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier in Washington, Mount Hood in Oregon and Mount Shasta in California. Kilauea has been erupting since 1983. Mount St. Helens, which erupted catastrophically in 1980, began venting again in 2004.Those volcanoes fall within the very high threat group, which includes 18 systems. Yellowstone is classified with 36 others as high threat.Recurring earthquake swarms, swelling and falling ground, and changes in hydrothermal features are cited in the report as evidence of unrest at

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Rahman May 10, 2005

Hmmmmm ...Interesting you should post this brother Greg ...i watched a fascinating program/movie on this a couple of weeks ago ... Prior, i had no idea that under Yellowstone was this giganting "caldera", and that a 30 mile deep x 50 mile wide sunken section of the Park was actually it's crater ... Man, now that's what i call a crater!

sermonindex May 10, 2005

RahmanYes I do find this quite interesting. There are so many volitle spots on the earth in which are ready to explode. The Tsunami that just happened is an example of how these large volitle events can really shape and change the life of many people very quickly in large amounts of area. Jesus said that in the later days there will an increasing of natural disasters, truly we are in the last days or in ravenhhills words, 'the last minutes'..

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