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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Saw the below information posted on soak.net. Maybe
a new hot spring area with a potential for geysers?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>unnamedD HOT SPOT ON THE LOS PADRES <BR>JULY 12 --
SANTA BARBARA, CA: A strange and unexplained hot spot the size of two
football fields has started at least one brush fire, and is producing
temperatures above 400 degrees at the ground's surface, according to a report by
CBS 5 News. It's about 15 miles north of Santa Barbara, in the thingy Smith
Wilderness area on the Los Padres National Forest, and was discovered by crews
on a fire last summer who said they saw fissures in the ground emitting a lot of
heat. <BR> <BR>The source of that fire was traced to intense heat
from the ground itself. <BR> <BR>USGS hydrologist Robert Mariner
found temperatures of 583 degrees in fumerals -- steam vents -- about 10 or 11
feet below the surface. That's hot enough to ignite wood.
<BR> <BR>KRON-TV said a recon flight and thermal infrared showed the
size of hot spot is about three acres. The hottest place was 11 feet
underground, at 584 degrees. <BR> <BR>No oil or gas deposits or vents
have been located in the area, and there are no significant deposits of coal.
Geiger counter readings are normal for radioactivity, and there is no evidence
of explosions or volcanic activity. <BR> <BR>"There's just no reason
to have temperatures in fumerals that hot, unless you are dealing with a
volcano," said Mariner. But it's not a volcano. One theory is that a landslide
in the area could have exposed a combination of rocks or minerals and triggered
some kind of chemical reaction. Another possibility is that an earthquake fault
could be the source of the heat. <BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>