tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post4709395335608289464..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: About that volcanic activity in California...was DutchSinse right?Elizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-17208974635878066312011-07-31T07:11:56.495-04:002011-07-31T07:11:56.495-04:00I had to laugh to myself. I wrote the first post ...I had to laugh to myself. I wrote the first post above, then several hours latter read the volcano blog. Apparently my question a couple days ago, added to DutchSinse's youtubes making so many waves on the internet, pushed the right (or maybe wrong?) button. :) :) Here is Erik Klemmeti's response - too long to copy it, but here's the link: http://bigthink.com/ideas/39524 <br /><br />Again, no one has said what it IS, except for Lurking, but then Erik is not a meteorologist, but a vulconologist. :) Maybe NOAA needs to respond instead of the USGS. Check out the water vapor views on: http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/satelliteusnational/uswatervaporsatellite_large.html<br />or: http://www.intellicast.com/National/Satellite/WaterVapor.aspx (you can compare several different kinds of views on this website)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-5937713148462183272011-07-31T06:24:27.762-04:002011-07-31T06:24:27.762-04:00Hi Anonymous,
You make great points. Thank you fo...Hi Anonymous,<br /><br />You make great points. Thank you for the comments. I think the comment by the USGS about the continual activity in the Mono Lake area and the comment from CA Seismic Safety Commission(above) settles the question that the area is both volcanically and seismically active. <br /><br />I agree when you say "Make sure what you think you see is really what you think it is" -but that is exactly the point. Sometimes we simply don't know what we are seeing, being unskilled or unschooled in proper interpretation of certain data, but when we turn to the officials who *should* know, we sense we are not getting the true story. The "Making sure" part is ever harder on the beleaguered citizen who just wants unadulterated information so they can make good decisions.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-52408254840531279722011-07-31T02:30:16.916-04:002011-07-31T02:30:16.916-04:00To find out if this really is being caused by wate...To find out if this really is being caused by water vapor in the air being pushed over mountain peaks, forming clouds that last for several minutes, maybe even hours, maybe someone should go back through water vapor images during the same time of year when the vapor streams through CA like that, for the past 10 years and see what they find. Living in Colorado most of my life, I have seen this happen thousands of times. Clear blue sky, winds pick up aloft, clouds form off the higher peaks, drift at varying speeds across valleys or out on to the plains and then disappear. I've been to that part of California several times, spent time in the area around Yucca Valley and I've seen clouds come off the peaks that way in that area, too.<br /><br />No doubt that the eastern edge of CA is volcanic - anyone who has traveled that area must be aware of it! Desert area, little vegetation to cover the ground view, little water for erosion of rocks, and so forth. And, as I wrote before, Mammoth Mountain area is still very active - has been for a long time! (This is also not far from Death Valley.) If you google it, you'll find reports of people dying with in the last 10 years from being gassed at a ski resort there. I am absolutely sure that the gov. monitors the whole area for gas releases. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/07/AR2006040701737.html <br /><br />As for earthquakes - when is that part of California NOT rocking? We have family and friends in the area so I am very quick to look where the recent earthquakes are in Southern CA. With the biggie just over the border a year+ ago, with the Salton Sea slowly drying up (change of weight on the earth's crust affecting faults), and all the small quakes that happen *every* day in the area - well, it's a very busy place and always has been.<br /><br />My biggest fear is that DutchSinse is going to be a 'little boy who cried wolf' so many times that no one is going to pay attention any more. On the volcano blog where Lurking answered my question for me, I got a few very negative remarks about DutchSinse's continual fear mongering. I think Lurking only answered because I addressed my question directly to him, plus he was/is very involved in monitoring the earthquakes in Arkansas (fracking).<br /><br />It's going to happen, one day, for sure. No doubt about that. But we must be careful about crying wolf. Make sure what you think you see is really what you think it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com