Tag Archive for 'earthquake'

Like a Moth to a Flame

Published on January 5, 2009 in Aside and Skeptics. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

This weekend I was inexorably drawn to Yellowstone by the earthquake swarm. I didn’t feel anything, but even the benign springs at Mammoth can look frightening. This time of year, you’re a lot more likely to freeze to death than to be obliterated by a supervolcano eruption (I hope).

Steaming Mammoth

We’re All Going to Die

Published on January 3, 2009 in Aside, Montana and visualization. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Well, at least me and a few fellow Montanans. There’s an earthquake swarm in Yellowstone right now. The supervolcano is sure to blow us all to Kingdom Come. This elk my wife met seems unconcerned though:

Elk pthpt

A guy at Wolfram made a nice visualization example out of the data, though it’s not exactly a gripping movie.