05/06/05
11:54:07 pm, Categories: Science
Yellowstone "scientists" not really sure about much
These contradictions aren't exactly reassuring...
ABC news, April 8th, 2005: "Scientists: Yellowstone Eruption Unlikely"
Scientists say the odds of another catastrophic volcanic eruption in Yellowstone within anyone's lifetime are extraordinarily remote, but that's exactly what happens in a made-for-television movie that will air this Sunday.
(I wonder. Would any measure of eruption from the caldera be catastrophic?)
ABC news, May 6th, 2005: "Yellowstone Rated High For Eruption Threat"
The Yellowstone caldera has been classified a high threat for volcanic eruption...
According to the first ever US Geological Survey's review of the nation's volcanoes completed recently, Yellowstone, along with 36 other volcanos, is classified as "high threat". 18 volcanos, including #1 Mt. Kilauea, have been classified as "very high threat".
What they should really be emphasizing is that they don't know if or when there would be an eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera. That would be more reassuring that their contradicting (implied) statements.
