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DREAM - I was with a woman and her small children, her extended family      and a bunch of other people in hilly county.  Off to the northwest from      where we stood was a mountain or extremely high hill. It seemed to be several      miles away. It was a lovely summer day, the sun was shining, and people were      strolling around enjoying the weather. The mountain didn't have any snow      on top, so it had to have been high summer.      

All of a sudden, a spout of hot water came up out of the side of the mountain,      similar to Old Faithful. But it shot up so high and so far that it sprayed      hot water all the way over to where we were, several miles away.       

We were all rather shocked, and started to talk about it. And while we      discussed this event, it happened again, only stronger this time, only it      didn't stop, the water started spraying higher and higher and all of a sudden,      the whole mountain let loose, water, steam, smoke, dirt, rocks, (like mount      St. Helen's) except it just kept getting bigger and bigger. We knew that      what went up had to come down, and there didn't seem to be any place to      hide.       

It seemed stupid to run into a wooden building, but that's all I could      think of. We ran down a winding path to a wooden building like a garage,      between some fruit trees or whatever those trees were. The grandfather was      carrying one of the little kids, the woman carried one of the toddlers, and      a couple other kids around age 5 or 6 ran alongside. I hurried them along      the path, which was actually more or less back towards the mountain that      was exploding. Somehow, miraculously, the path we took was still dry, and      we ran fast enough that we made it into the garage before the deluge of hot      water, dust, ash, and rocks came back down.        

I doubt that the other people made it out alive, because there was no      where else to run. The whole mountain had disintegrated in explosion after      explosion.      

NOTE: I hope I never see a disaster like that again. It was horrendous.       (The clock now says 2:22)       

MORE: I went to lay down to meditate on 'when' this was going to occur.      Instead, I saw a white radio. On the front of the radio where the station      would be listed, it said, "Microfront', and underneath that it said, "Volcanic      Center" and then the word 'underground' came to me.      

Subject: Another Yellowstone Dream/Vision       

Friday October 10,2003 4:44am(cdt)      

I was in a very large underground military or research facility though      not sure where. It was a huge open room with several hundred people working      or standing in small groups discussing what appeared to be computer print-outs      and maps.      

I saw rows of computers with men and women sitting in front of them. I      saw seismic drums along one wall(about 100 of them)all in a row. Next to      each of these were metal bins of some sort and they were catching computer      print-outs from these drums?       

Have never seen metal bins like these next to seismic drums. Several people      were retrieving the print-outs from the bins and then didcussing them.      

The most prominent feature in this open area was a huge screen upon one      wall displaying a map of the US, Canada, and Mexico.      

All the states were outlined and labled, including Canada and Mexico.      There was a large Red circle(shaded in)covering Yellowstone Park and some      of its surrounding areas.      

Beyond this there was a very large irregular area of the US and Canada      and a tiny part of Mexico shaded in Orange. All of WA, OR, ID, MT, WY, CO,      NM, ND, SD, NE, KS, OK, MN, WI, IA, MO, IL, LA, AR were covered in Orange.      

Northern California, most of NV, UT and, TX were also shaded in Orange.      The areas of Canada which border on the US were also shaded Orange with the      largest area being to the north and east of MN. Southwestern BC and Vancouver      Island were shaded in Orange and a small area of Mexico just below NM and      the Big Bend of TX.      

There were shaded areas extending over the Pacific from the Queen Charlotte      Islands down to San Francisco. Only the the norteastern part of AZ was shaded.      The western areas of IN, TN, and MS were also shaded in Orange.      

There were other smaller screens on each side of the huge one. These screens      showed the same map of US, Canada, Mexico but appeared to be some kind of      weather tracking maps. They showed weather radar, wind directions, the jet      streams,satellite images, aviation info and the like.      

Now I have no clue what exactly was occurring but there was clearly a      situation and the people in the room were looking very intense, worried and      they were all very busy, not one slacker in the room.      

From the looks of it, Yellowstone seemed to be at the center of all this      activity as it was circled in bright Red on the huge map. I do not know what      the Orange shading was about.      

This is all I recall. I was awakened by a loud electronic sound in my      ear and I sat up looked at my clock which read 4:44am(again!).      

I've been reading my journals and believe this is added information related      to yesterday morning's dream which I posted below, and also the dream of      October 3rd which I also posted.      

I wasn't able to get back yesterday due to the weather so will catch up      as much as possible now before the next round of storms rolls in.      

Something's happening and it's not making the news??? Appears that way      to me.      

peace      

mc       

FROM:       http://www.syzygyjob.net/dreams/messages/23742.shtml

C/2001 Q4      (NEAT)       is ~14.5 mg very slowly brightening,      but it may be a bright comet by 2004. Perihelion will be on May 15, 2004.      The comet is in Phynix, very low in the South and practically       unobservable      in all of 2003. C/2002 Q4 -      where to see      

January 2004 Yellowstone Seismicity Summary      

During January 2004, 71 earthquakes were located in the Yellowstone region.      The largest shock to occur during this period was a magnitude 2.7 earthquake      on January 17 at 12:29 AM MST, located about 15.7 miles south southeast of      Old Faithful, Wyoming.      

Earthquake activity in the Yellowstone region is at background levels.      

Friday October 10,2003 4:44am (cdt)      

I was in a very large underground military or research facility though      not sure where. It was a huge open room with several hundred people working      or standing in small groups discussing what appeared to be computer print-outs      and maps.      

I saw rows of computers with men and women sitting in front of them. I      saw seismic drums along one wall (about 100 of them) all in a row. Next to      each of these were metal bins of some sort and they were catching computer      print-outs from these drums?       

Have never seen metal bins like these next to seismic drums. Several people      were retrieving the print-outs from the bins and then discussing them.      

The most prominent feature in this open area was a huge screen upon one      wall displaying a map of the US, Canada, and Mexico.      

All the states were outlined and labled, including Canada and Mexico.      There was a large Red circle (shaded in) covering Yellowstone Park and some      of its surrounding areas.      

Beyond this there was a very large irregular area of the US and Canada      and a tiny part of Mexico shaded in Orange. All of WA, OR, ID, MT, WY, CO,      NM, ND, SD, NE, KS, OK, MN, WI, IA, MO, IL, LA, AR were covered in Orange.      

Northern California, most of NV, UT and,TX were also shaded in Orange.      The areas of Canada which border on the US were also shaded Orange with the      largest area being to the north and east of MN. Southwestern BC and Vancouver      Island were shaded in Orange and a small area of Mexico just below NM and      the Big Bend of TX.      

There were shaded areas extending over the Pacific from the Queen Charlotte      Islands down to San Francisco. Only the the        northeastern part of AZ was shaded.      The western areas of IN, TN, and MS were also shaded in Orange.      

There were other smaller screens on each side of the huge one. These screens      showed the same map of US, Canada, Mexico but appeared to be some kind of      weather tracking maps. They showed weather radar, wind directions, the jet      streams, satellite images, aviation info and the like.      

Now I have no clue what exactly was occurring but there was clearly a      situation and the people in the room were looking very intense, worried and      they were all very busy, not one slacker in the room.      

From the looks of it, Yellowstone seemed to be at the center of all this      activity as it was circled in bright Red on the huge map. I do not know what      the Orange shading was about.      

This is all I recall. I was awakened by a loud electronic sound in my      ear and I sat up looked at my clock which read 4:44am (again!).      

I've been reading my journals and believe this is added information related      to yesterday morning's dream which I posted below, and also the dream of      October 3rd which I also posted.      

I wasn't able to get back yesterday due to the weather so will catch up      as much as possible now before the next round of storms rolls in.      

Something's happening and it's not making the news??? Appears that way      to me.      

Comments welcome!      

peace      

mc

THE YELLOWSTONE      WEBCAM      

THE YELLOWSTONE CALDERA      

The most recent caldera-forming eruption about 650,000 years ago produced      a caldera 53 x 28 miles (85 x 45 kilometers) across in what is now Yellowstone      National Park (Figure 2). During that eruption, ground-hugging flows of hot      volcanic ash, pumice, and gases swept across an area of more than 3,000 square      miles. When these enormous pyroclastic flows finally stopped, they solidified      to form a layer of rock called the Lava Creek Tuff. Its volume was about      240 cubic miles (1,000 cubic kilometers), enough material to cover Wyoming      with a layer 13 feet thick or the entire conterminous United States with      a layer 5 inches thick. The Lava Creek Tuff has been exposed by erosion at      Tuff Cliff, a popular Yellowstone attraction along the lower Gibbon River.      

The eruption also shot a column of volcanic ash and gases high into Earth's      stratosphere. This volcanic cloud circled the globe many times and affected      Earth's climate by reducing the intensity of solar radiation reaching the      lower atmosphere and surface. Fine volcanic ash that fell downwind from the      eruption site blanketed much of North America. This ash layer is still preserved      in deposits as far away as Iowa, where it is a few inches thick, and the      Gulf of Mexico, where it is recognizable in drill cores from the sea floor.      

Lava flows have since buried and obscured most of the caldera, but the      underlying processes responsible for Yellowstone's  tremendous volcanic eruptions      are still at work. Eventually, another "bead" may be added to Yellowstone's      300-mile-long string of calderas, with global consequences that are beyond      human experience and impossible to anticipate fully.      

Courtesy of: http://www.news.wisc.edu/newsphotos/images/volano_lg.jpg      

NORRIS GEYSER BASIN      

A temporary closure at Norris has been in effect since July 23, 2003.      The closure is clearly marked and covers most of the western portion of the      Back Basin trail starting at the Norris Museum. The foot trail itself is      at boiling temperatures and the potential for a steam explosion is considered      to be very high. While predictions can be made for volcanic explosions, steam      explosions cannot be predicted. Steamboat and Echinus Geysers and all of      Porcelain Basin remain open to the public      

In July, 2003, Yellowstone Park rangers closed the entire Norris      Geyser Basin because of deformation of the land and excessive high ground temperatures. There is an area that is 28 miles long by 7      miles wide that has bulged upward over five inches since 1996, and this year the ground temperature on that bulge has reached over      200 degrees (measured one inch below ground level).      

There was no choice but to close off the entire area. Everything in      this area is dying: The trees, flowers, grass and shrubs. A dead zone is developing and spreading outward. The animals are literally      migrating out of the park.      

Then during the last part of July one of the Park geologists      discovered a huge bulge at the bottom of Yellowstone Lake. The bulge has already risen over 100 feet from the bottom of the lake and the water      temperature at the surface of the bulge has reached 88 degrees and is still rising.      

Keep in mind that Yellowstone Lake is a high mountain lake with very      cold water temperatures. The Lake is now closed to the public. It is filled with dead fish floating everywhere. The same is true of the      Yellowstone river and most of the other streams in the Park. Dead and dying fish are filling the water everywhere.      

Many of the picnic areas in the Park have been closed and people      visiting the Park usually stay but a few hours before leaving since the stench of sulfur is so strong they literally can't stand the smell.      

The irony of all this is the silence by the news media and our      government. Very little information is available from Yellowstone personnel or publications. What mainstream newsstories do appear      underscore the likelihood of a massive volcanic eruption. Though geologists publicly admit Yellowstone is “overdue,” they have      been quoted as stating another massive magma release may not occur for 100,000 or 2 million years. Others close to the story      are convinced that a massive eruption is imminent. A source that has demonstrated first-hand knowledge of the park's history and      recent geothermal events stated the following: “The American people are not being told that the explosion of this 'super volcano' could      happen at any moment. When Yellowstone does blow, some geologists predict that every living thing within six hundred miles is      likely to die. The movement of magma has been detected just three-tenths of a mile below the bulging surface of the ground in      Yellowstone raising concerns that this super volcano may erupt soon.”

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After 8 years, Yellowstone geyser erupts

Staff and agencies       15 June, 2006      

Wed Jun 14, 9:12 AM ET      

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - A large geyser that hadn‘t      erupted since 1998 surprised two hikers near the edge of Norris Geyser      Basin with a roar and burst of steam.      

The geyser erupted at full bore around 5 p.m. Saturday, sending a      plume of steam about 100 feet high.      

Watry, who works for the Yellowstone Association, said they were      shocked at the show that unfolded about a quarter-mile away.      

The eruption coincided with other unusual activity at Norris over      the weekend, including the eruption of other sporadic geysers and changes      in surface water. Henry Heasler, Yellowstone‘s lead geologist, said      Norris appeared to be undergoing a "thermal disturbance" — an      infrequent and often sudden shift in activity.      

Such disturbances result from subsurface activity that brings water      closer to the surface.      

Among other changes, the usually quiet Vixen geyser has been      erupting, Pearl geyser‘s water has changed from clear to opalescent, and      water elsewhere in the basin has turned murky.      

Scott Bryan, author of "The Geysers of Yellowstone," said      Ledge was active in the early 1970s until a thermal disturbance in 1974.      After that, eruptions were less frequent until 1979, when it quieted down      completely.
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       Norris      News

BLUE GEYSER      

Blue Geyser was called Iris Spring      in 1886. Due to a misread map label, in 1904 the feature was inadvertently      given its current name. It was observed to erupt to heights of over 60 feet from 1993 to 1996. It became almost dormant in 1997 and has remained very      quiet ever since. Blue Geyser's last observed eruption was in February of      1997.      

LEDGE GEYSER      

Ledge is the second largest      geyser in the Norris Geyser Basin, capable of shooting water 125 feet into      the air. Because it erupts at an angle, however, the water will sometimes      reach the ground 220 feet away. It has at times in the past erupted at regular      intervals of 14 hours. The geyser became inactive between 1979 and late 1993.      It erupted on a fairly regular cycle of every four to six days in 1994 and      1995.      

WHIRLIGIG GEYSER      

Little Whirligig got its      name because of its close proximity to Whirligig Geyser. Whirligig was so named because while erupting its water swirls in its crater. The orange-yellow      iron oxide deposits around Little Whirligig make it one of the most colorful      features in Porcelain Basin. It has been dormant for several years.      

BLACK GROWLER STEAM VENT      

The hottest of Yellowstone's      geothermal features are steam vents (fumaroles). Black Growler Steam Vent,      on the hillside in front of you, has measured 199 to 280 degrees F (93 to      138 degrees C). A plentiful water supply would help cool these features;      however, steam vents are usually found on hillsides or higher ground, above      the basin's water supply. They rapidly boil away what little water they contain,      releasing steam and other gases forcefully from  underground.      

STEAMBOAT GEYSER      

The world's tallest active      geyser, Steamboat can erupt to more than 300 feet (90m), showering viewers with its mineral-rich waters. For hours following its rare 3 to 40 minute      major eruptions, Steamboat thunders with powerful jets of steam. As befitting      such an awesome event, full eruptions are entirely unpredictable. In recent      years, Steamboat has had three major eruptions. This photo is the May 2,      2000 eruption.      

More commonly, Steamboat has minor eruptions and ejects water in frequent      bursts of 10 to 40 feet.      

PORKSHOP GEYSER      

Dramatic behavioral changes      have characterized Porkchop Geyser during the last decade. Once a small hot      spring that occasionally erupted, Porkchop Geyser became a continuous spouter      in the spring of 1985. The force of the spray caused a roar that could be      heard at the museum over 660 yards (603m) away. On September 5, 1989, Porkchop      Geyser exploded. Rocks surrounding the old vent were upended and some were      thrown more than 216 feet (66m) from the feature. Porkchop Geyser is now      a gently rolling hot spring.      

MINUTE GEYSER      

Minute Geyser's eruptions have      changed dramatically. Its larger west vent is clogged with rocks tossed in      by early visitors when the park's main road was near this trail and passed      within 70 feet of the geyser. Minute once erupted every 60 seconds, sometimes      to heights of 40 to 50 feet (12 to 15 meters). Eruptions now are irregular      and originate from its smaller east vent. Removal of the west vent's      mineral-cemented rocks would require the use of heavy equipment resulting      in severe damage.      

ECHINUS GEYSER      

Echinus (e-KI-nus) Geyser      was a perennial crowd-pleaser which typically erupted every 35 to 75 minutes.      Late in 1998 this geyser altered its interval and now erupts only a few times      per day at best. Its pool fills gradually with water; then suddenly, bursts      of steam and water explode 40 to 60 feet (12 to 18 m) skyward. Eruptions      usually last about 4 minutes but in the past major eruptions have lasted      as long as 118 minutes. The major eruptions were believed to be caused by      a secondary water source which has mysteriously vanished. There has not been      a major eruption in 3 years. In late 1998 Echinus' performance diminished      and became erratic. As of mid-1999 its eruptions remain unpredictable.      

Echinus is the largest acid-water geyser known. Its waters are almost      as acidic as vinegar with a pH ranging from 3.3 to 3.6 . Acid geysers are      extremely rare with the majority of the planet's total being found here at      Norris Geyser Basin.      

"When it's  not horses, and you're still hearing hoof      beats, then think zebras"

Rangers tell people to keep their distance from bison and steaming geysers.      But there are no signs, aside from nature's own bubbling       mud pots and geysers,      that visitors are wandering through the caldera of one of the largest active      volcanoes in the world.      

"This is a geologic park, and not many know it," said Robert Smith, a      geophysicist at the University of Utah who has spent his career piecing together      the story of the Yellowstone volcano. "It's not a bison park. Not an elk      park. It's a geologic park."      

New sensors have allowed researchers to confirm a suspicion that Smith      has held for a long time: that the ancient volcano scientists dub "the beast"      is a living force. The instruments record a continuing pattern of heaving      and bulging and act as an early warning system.      

Installed without fanfare and hidden from view, the sensitive devices      are an acknowledgment that the past could be prologue, that this seemingly      serene plateau could blow so hard it would make the 1980 Mount St. Helens      explosion look like a sneeze.      

Stepped-Up Monitoring      

This summer, Yellowstone was added to the nation's handful of official      volcano observatories. The others, smaller but far better known, are in Hawaii,      Alaska, the Cascades, and California's Long Valley.      

The Yellowstone observatory consists of a string of 28 electronic detection      stations scattered through the park. Related plans call       for at least 100      more monitoring sites.      

For Smith, who argued for years that the volcano deserved more attention      than it was getting, the observatory is sweet vindication.  The beast is finally      getting its due.      

What took so long for science to put its ear to the ground, given the      fact that geophysicists have known for 30 years that Yellowstone was a major      volcanic system?      

For one thing, Smith said, they couldn't decide whether the Yellowstone      system was still active or in its death throes. For another, it doesn't look      like a volcano.      

It's just too big. From a viewpoint on the north rim of the caldera,      a few miles from the Yellowstone River's Upper and Lower Falls, the southern      edge of the caldera is obscured. It's more than 30 miles (50 kilometers)      away—well within the massive park, but lost in the haze.      

The last huge eruption was 640,000 years ago. Since then, a series of      smaller ones have filled in the caldera "like tubes of toothpaste squeezing      out all over the place," Smith said. The 3,000-foot-thick (one kilometer-thick)      glaciers of the last Ice Age erased edges of the caldera, which is now a      broad, undulating plateau rimmed by mountains.      

The Earth has always shaken periodically around Yellowstone. But without      the proper monitoring equipment in place, no one knew how often it happened      or why. Smith, who has been investigating here for more than 30 years, set      up seismometers and found earthquakes by the hundreds.      

The Basin and Range country that extends from California to Montana is      one of the most seismically active regions east of  California's San Andreas      Fault. It is being stretched apart as tectonic plates beneath it move.      

But the earthquakes Smith started tracking three decades ago—15,000      between 1973 and 1998, often in swarms—didn't altogether       fit conventional      notions of seismicity. There were quakes where you would expect them to occur,      along north/south fault lines perpendicular to the stretching. But there      were also some along parallel fault lines—activity that seemed to have      no relation to the stretching.      

Smith started thinking about the quakes in combination with Yellowstone's      famously unstable plumbing. Was it possible that both the quakes and the      geysers were products of volcanic action, of underground magma flows?      

Hot Spot      

Atop a volcano, mountains are pushed up by swelling magma; the subsequent      explosion then destroys them and engulfs their remains.      

In 1965 a team led by Robert Christiansen of the U.S. Geological Survey      mapped the massive caldera and various lava flows in      detail while NASA tried      out a new remote-sensing technology in the region.      

"It was not a surprise it was a young volcano," Christiansen recalled.      "It was a surprise it was as young as it is."      

He turned to Smith, whose seismic data would reveal whether the volcano      was still rumbling. Together, the two men were able to see the system for      what it was: a very active and large volcano that had sculpted much of the      Northwest.      

Smith and Christiansen saw evidence that a huge plume of magma rose from      deep within the Earth and bore through the continental plate. As the plate      moved southwest, the "hot spot" left a series of what Smith terms "ancient      Yellowstones" across a 500-mile (800-kilometer) swath of southern Idaho from      Oregon to Montana.      

The hot-spot theory was dismissed when it was introduced by Smith in      1973. Accepted wisdom said volcanoes were found at the edges of tectonic      plates and that hot spots occur mainly on the seafloor. "It took people a      while to catch on," Smith said.      

The evidence, ultimately, was incontrovertible.      

There was the blasted topography, the layers of lava flows, the misaligned      earthquake faults and Yellowstone's superheated, effervescent plumbing. Only      one force was big enough to account for it all: a massive volcano. What Smith      still didn't know was whether it was asleep.      

In the mid-1970s, while surveying an old benchmark put into place when      the first roads were cut through Yellowstone in 1923, Smith found that the      ground had risen three feet (one meter) in five decades.      

There could be only one explanation. The volcano was bulging upward.      Smith and his students spent two years confirming the observation. By 1979,      when he published the findings in the journal Science, even skeptics were      becoming convinced that Yellowstone was an active volcano.      

The caldera rose an inch a year until 1985. Then a swarm of earthquakes      occurred nearby. By 1987 measurements showed that the caldera was falling      an inch (2.5 centimeters) a year. In 1995 it started rising again. The caldera      is now bulging again, toward the southwest.      

Confirmation that the volcano was active was one of the most important      factors in getting a new observatory established here. The movement of the      volcano also suggests a controversial new idea forcing many geologists to      rethink the very definition of hot spots and how they work.      

Will It Blow Again?      

Until Smith came along, most scientists believed that hot spots originate      1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) down, at the boundary between the Earth's      core and mantle. The newly revealed geology of Yellowstone suggests that      this hot spot might be very shallow, born of the vagaries of heat and changing      pressures or some other process yet unknown.      

As far as it goes, the scientists work has yet to answer the most important      question of all: Will the volcano blow its top again?      

New studies by a research team at the University of Wisconsin that analyzed      tiny crystals within hardened lava suggest a "dying, but still potent, cycle      of volcanism."      

Some people believe that the hot spot is moving under the Rocky Mountains,      a much thicker and colder part of the continent, and that it will be effectively      capped. Others contend that the cap won't stop the fury of the hot spot.      

Smith and Christiansen can't say for sure, but they know the volcano      is not dead. There is no reason, they say, it won't blow again.      

Christiansen doubts the likelihood of another cataclysmic eruption any      time soon, but he doesn't rule out something smaller. Earthquakes, rock slides,      and steam explosions from geyser basins are all possible. A blowout on the      scale of Mount St. Helens is conceivable, he said, adding: "We need to be      prepared."      

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