[Geysers] Supervolcano - Fact and Fiction

[Janet Chapple]

Thank you, Dick, for sending the URL of that excellent article by Jake 
Lowenstern. I got so worried that people were going to overreact to the 
"Supervolcano" docudrama and quit visiting the park, that I put up 
something on our Web site that is shorter and simpler but with the same 
overall gist. If anyone is interested, it's at: 
http://www.yellowstonetreasures.com/supervolcano.htm.

Janet Chapple
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On Jun 9, 2005, at 4:55 PM, Richard/Marion Powell wrote:

> From Richard (Dick) Powell (rlpowell at indiana.edu)
>  
>    An article in the June 2005 (vol. 50, no. 6, pages 18-23) issue of 
> Geotimes (monthly magazine of American Geological Institute) by Jake 
> Lowenstern of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory is titled "Truth, 
> fiction and everything in between at Yellowstone".
>    Lowenstern summarizes the facts regarding the super-volcanic 
> origins of Y.N.P. and subsequent earthquake activity and recent events 
> such as the Norris Basin hot ground, as well as the U.S.G.S. reports 
> on the "bulges" in Yellowstone Lake.
>    Basically Lowenstern notes the exaggerated scenarios of recent 
> movies for television (B.B.C.'s "Supervolcano" and "The Truth About 
> Yellowstone", and, a show {no title?} on Naked Science by the National 
> Geographic Society).  He also notes less than succinct articles in 
> newspapers and hysterics on varioius websites "Just Google for the 
> words 'Yellowstone' and 'Doomsday' and you'll find hundreds of entries 
> from scores of websites . . .". he suggests. 
>     Lowenstern's article appears to me to be a well thought out, 
> comprehensive, but short treatment of complex scientific geologic 
> problems and sensationalized versus accurate reporting to the 
> non-scientific public.
>    The paper can be accessed at http://www.geotimes.org., a web site 
> of the American Geologic Institute.
>                                Dick Powell
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