No Earthquakes.
Sure the odd tornado and if Yellowstone ever pops, we’re screwed, but no city destroying earthquakes.
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Unless you live near the New Madrid fault in Missouri
If Yellowstone pops we’re all screwed.
Not to be picky, but these scientists wrote “colorado desert.” Is it possible they meant California desert? If so, what else is wrong?
I saw recently that the Grand Canyon was formed when a waterfall like Niagra Falls in a large river, sort of like the Niagra River, draining a prehistoric lake about the size of Lake Erie finally eroded its way to that lake, draining it in a few days or weeks. So Toronto, enjoy life while you can! Go Blue Jays!
They probably didn’t properly edit from another document that may have been explaining how the Salton Sea was filled with water in the first place … when the Colorado River diversion for the building of Hoover Dam went awry. They probably mis-edited a sentence about the formation of the “sea”. Which STILL calls into question the veracity of their “new findings” …
I would be quite stressed out if I had to live there.
Trying to get a cumulative picture I found this blog: http://www.grownupgeek.com/earthquake-swarm-salton-sea
There is a seismic map of the area captured on Mar. 2009 that you can click to see current data. Comparing the two, I find it curious that this fault is a discovery given what shows up on this dated blog entry.
As a Geologist, I think it surprising that this fault is touted as a new discovery. All you have to do is look at the area in Google Earth. The Salton Sea valley screams “I am a fault!”. It is a continuation of the rift that is the Baja California.
Ah … I see … now our Geologists are participating in the Reconquista of California by referring to geography by its formerly MEXICAN name. Liberalism has completely infected the organism … and must be DESTROYED !
Are there any cities in Saskatchewan to be destroyed? Regina’s been pretty well wrecked by its inhabitants.
“… San Andreas Fault – one of the state’s most dangerous fault lines. …” because having only one most dangerous fault line just isn’t enough.
When I lived in Saskatoon, I heard comments about Regina being a horrible place to visit, let alone live. Then I actually went there…. Years later, I was there again and my original opinion of Regina was confirmed. Not my favourite part of the world.
As for Saskatoon, there’s no need for nature to destroy the place. City maintenance crews do a pretty good job of that all by themselves, according to people who lived there well after I moved away. Apparently, the crews tear up a street during a summer and build something there. The next summer, they tear up the same street and remove what they put in place a year earlier.
On top of that, the geomagnetic field has a peculiar shape above the Saskatoon area, or at least it was while I lived there during the early 1980s. The result is that currents from the aurora help speed up the corrosion of city water pipes and, yes, city crews have to tear up streets in order to fix the resulting leaks.
Apparently, the crews tear up a street during a summer and build something there. The next summer, they tear up the same street and remove what they put in place a year earlier.
Somebody’s gotta do it!
You ffogot they love to build freeways to no where
…and the lack of signs in Saskatoon to help you find the way out of town, especially towards the west. The route to Rosetown remains one of those long guarded secrets. It almost like city planners think, ‘hey if they can’t find their way out of town they’ll have to stay and retire here’.
I see that sort of thing hasn’t changed since I lived there. Try the exit to the highway that goes from Saskatoon to Alberta through Kindersley. Signs? What signs?
Just as bad is the fact that streets suddenly change name for no apparent reason or warning. That happened to me when I first drove into the city from the north along Idylwyld. It didn’t take long before it was called something else and I had no idea where I was.
Kate’s neighbour ha!
Ya haven’t experienced Saskatoon if ya haven’t travelled there/thru by car, air, bus or train.
City of bridges, it used to be known.
Do you know the way to Delisle? Ask for directions to the Walmart on the west side. Yer halfway there?
Yellowstone has a long history of large scale activity (About 18 million years). It is a hotspot volcano, similar to the Hawaiian Islands and has been on the march across the Midwest, and making its way into Canada.
In recent geological history, Yellowstone has had three major blasts: The Huckleberry Ridge tuff (2.1 million years), the Mesa Falls Eruption (1.3 million years) and the Lava Creek eruption (640 000 years). It is also believed that early on in its history, Yellowstone in part was responsible for the flood basalts in the Snake River area. The volcano has doubtlessly produced many smaller ash explosions and lava flows over its extensive history as well.
For “supervolcanic” eruptions, there are many sites where they occurred. Some of these sites are long extinct, but a few are still potentially active. The most recent supervolcanic eruption was the Oruanui eruption (30 000 years ago) from Lake Taupo in New Zealand.
Unless you live near the New Madrid fault in Missouri
If Yellowstone pops we’re all screwed.
Not to be picky, but these scientists wrote “colorado desert.” Is it possible they meant California desert? If so, what else is wrong?
I saw recently that the Grand Canyon was formed when a waterfall like Niagra Falls in a large river, sort of like the Niagra River, draining a prehistoric lake about the size of Lake Erie finally eroded its way to that lake, draining it in a few days or weeks. So Toronto, enjoy life while you can! Go Blue Jays!
They probably didn’t properly edit from another document that may have been explaining how the Salton Sea was filled with water in the first place … when the Colorado River diversion for the building of Hoover Dam went awry. They probably mis-edited a sentence about the formation of the “sea”. Which STILL calls into question the veracity of their “new findings” …
“The Salton Sea was a vast geological depression, a dry bed, that was often referred to as the “Colorado Desert” throughout the Spanish period of California’s history.”
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/07/salton-sea-accidentally-created-lake.html?m=1
I would be quite stressed out if I had to live there.
Trying to get a cumulative picture I found this blog:
http://www.grownupgeek.com/earthquake-swarm-salton-sea
There is a seismic map of the area captured on Mar. 2009 that you can click to see current data. Comparing the two, I find it curious that this fault is a discovery given what shows up on this dated blog entry.
As a Geologist, I think it surprising that this fault is touted as a new discovery. All you have to do is look at the area in Google Earth. The Salton Sea valley screams “I am a fault!”. It is a continuation of the rift that is the Baja California.
Ah … I see … now our Geologists are participating in the Reconquista of California by referring to geography by its formerly MEXICAN name. Liberalism has completely infected the organism … and must be DESTROYED !
Are there any cities in Saskatchewan to be destroyed? Regina’s been pretty well wrecked by its inhabitants.
“… San Andreas Fault – one of the state’s most dangerous fault lines. …” because having only one most dangerous fault line just isn’t enough.
When I lived in Saskatoon, I heard comments about Regina being a horrible place to visit, let alone live. Then I actually went there…. Years later, I was there again and my original opinion of Regina was confirmed. Not my favourite part of the world.
As for Saskatoon, there’s no need for nature to destroy the place. City maintenance crews do a pretty good job of that all by themselves, according to people who lived there well after I moved away. Apparently, the crews tear up a street during a summer and build something there. The next summer, they tear up the same street and remove what they put in place a year earlier.
On top of that, the geomagnetic field has a peculiar shape above the Saskatoon area, or at least it was while I lived there during the early 1980s. The result is that currents from the aurora help speed up the corrosion of city water pipes and, yes, city crews have to tear up streets in order to fix the resulting leaks.
Apparently, the crews tear up a street during a summer and build something there. The next summer, they tear up the same street and remove what they put in place a year earlier.
Somebody’s gotta do it!
You ffogot they love to build freeways to no where
…and the lack of signs in Saskatoon to help you find the way out of town, especially towards the west. The route to Rosetown remains one of those long guarded secrets. It almost like city planners think, ‘hey if they can’t find their way out of town they’ll have to stay and retire here’.
I see that sort of thing hasn’t changed since I lived there. Try the exit to the highway that goes from Saskatoon to Alberta through Kindersley. Signs? What signs?
Just as bad is the fact that streets suddenly change name for no apparent reason or warning. That happened to me when I first drove into the city from the north along Idylwyld. It didn’t take long before it was called something else and I had no idea where I was.
Kate’s neighbour ha!
Ya haven’t experienced Saskatoon if ya haven’t travelled there/thru by car, air, bus or train.
City of bridges, it used to be known.
Do you know the way to Delisle? Ask for directions to the Walmart on the west side. Yer halfway there?
Yellowstone has a long history of large scale activity (About 18 million years). It is a hotspot volcano, similar to the Hawaiian Islands and has been on the march across the Midwest, and making its way into Canada.
In recent geological history, Yellowstone has had three major blasts: The Huckleberry Ridge tuff (2.1 million years), the Mesa Falls Eruption (1.3 million years) and the Lava Creek eruption (640 000 years). It is also believed that early on in its history, Yellowstone in part was responsible for the flood basalts in the Snake River area. The volcano has doubtlessly produced many smaller ash explosions and lava flows over its extensive history as well.
For “supervolcanic” eruptions, there are many sites where they occurred. Some of these sites are long extinct, but a few are still potentially active. The most recent supervolcanic eruption was the Oruanui eruption (30 000 years ago) from Lake Taupo in New Zealand.