My brother reports that the hot springs at Mammoth Mountain were closed on his most recent hiking excursion because of irregular heating activity. Mammoth Mountain is a dormant volcano that is in the process of waking up. Considering the recent California Earthquake, the changed activity at Yellowstone, some local MT earthquakes, and the fact that my dogs couldn't be naturally this dumb, we might be entering a time of increased geologic activity. Which is a good news / bad news situation. Bad because Natural disasters cause horrific human tragedies; Good because natural disasters make for excellent TV.
So if I had to place one chip on the Roulette Wheel of Earthquake and Volcano Eruption Prediction I'd go with: 6.5 or greater in the Portland/Seattle area within 18 months. You read it here first.
Labels: earth science
# posted by Max : 6/20/2006 08:19:00 AM