YELLOWSTONE PARK DANGER

[miscjames]

We went to a bison farm and you all are right those things are huge. The guide was telling us during the early America there numbers got really low due to over hunting. ( i dont care to get a into all that)
He pointed out that the Bison we have today are only about half the size of what they used to be. Due to the low numbers of breeding stock. Some of those bulls we seen were over 6’ ! can you imagine one towering in at about 12’!
PSA i have not fact checked his statement.

 

[grsthegreat]

We went to a bison farm and you all are right those things are huge. The guide was telling us during the early America there numbers got really low due to over hunting. ( i dont care to get a into all that)
He pointed out that the Bison we have today are only about half the size of what they used to be. Due to the low numbers of breeding stock. Some of those bulls we seen were over 6’ ! can you imagine one towering in at about 12’!
PSA i have not fact checked his statement.

I dont believe that at all. Ive seen old time photos and paintings of the hunters, and indians, killing buffalo, and those animals were not any larger than the ones today

 

[Gord Baker]

Yellowstone they say is going to go boom in minutes

Current Geyser Activity - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

All geyser activity changes with time.

www.nps.gov

willy

That will be a very bad Day/Year/Decade.

 

[kenhar]

From what I saw at Yelloestone, the geyser activity is so wide spread, if and when it does blow, the hole thats left will make the Grand Canyon look like a road ditch.

 

[JasperFrank]

Another Yellowstone story. This was the second time I'd been there.

Saw group of cars parked on the side of the road, so I pulled over investigate. There was a huge male Bison, grazing just off the road. There were three or four people with their cameras, sneaking up to the Bison to get a close shot. When they got to with in 14 or feet, the Bison was having none of it. It lifted its massive head, looked at all of them and then stomped, and dug out a huge chunk of ground; snorted and made a quick, but short charge. The photographers nearly fell backwards, and ran for their cars and they all took off. I stayed to watch to see if the Bison was going to leave. He didn't. He just started munching on the grasses again. I had nowhere pending to go, so I made a lunch, and watched the Bison from the car. 15 minutes, and the next new batch of other people started pulling over to take their pics. Slowly, these people also started creeping up to the animal to get their in-close pics. They started to get with in that 14 foot zone, and the Bison did exactly what it did before. Looked at them, stomped, and made a short charge. And this set of people all ran back to their cars and drove off in haste. It made me wonder if this was just an annoying 15 to 20 minute cycle that Bison have to deal with during summer. If there had been modern digital cameras, at the time, I would have stayed longer and recorded these events, time compressed them, and set it to, Yakety Sax, the Benny Hill show theme music.

 

[Mike0616]

Made a difference at 1200 baud or less.... That's when all file compression came into being, before modems could some compression on the fly.
but then again why use WPM or MPH or MPG?

Not wanting to sound like an antique here, but at work all our dial-ups were 110 baud modems. Worked for defense contractor back in 70s. Saving character here and there WAS a big deal back then.
Sending message on my gigabit home Internet.

 

[California]

Not wanting to sound like an antique here, but at work all our dial-ups were 110 baud modems. Worked for defense contractor back in 70s. Saving character here and there WAS a big deal back then.
Sending message on my gigabit home Internet.

Yeah. I think the DEC printing terminals were 110 baud simply because they couldn't print any faster. BTDT.

 

[joea99]

curious what the danger is? unpredictability?

the real danger we have in national parks out west are the people disturbing the wildlife spaces/territory esp w/young: bison, moose, bear, etc. in the name of self indulgent selfies. thinking animals are meant to be fuzzy wuzzy for us humankind: idiots putting themselves & wildlife at risk

The "Caldera" or "super volcano"? Some say it would be a catastrophic event, altering the course of Human life. Others say, not so much.

Yellowstone Caldera - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[gstrom99]

The "Caldera" or "super volcano"? Some say it would be a catastrophic event, altering the course of Human life. Others say, not so much.

As long as they're bubbling and venting, they're relieving pressure. I think if they stop, or aren't venting, those are the dangerous ones...

 

[mvoght]

One of the worst cases of click-bait I've seen on this site. Seriously, "Yellowstone Danger" followed by "go boom"

Yes, it was...but you know, I haven't been to Yellowstone, and I started surfing the site, and I'm thinking a 2025 vacation to Yellowstone might be fun to plan. But, I'm thinking Dude Ranch, so I can see some via horseback, my hubby can fly fish, and we can enjoy the scenery. Do a bit of hiking...

Hardest part of vacation planning? Finding the dates that work for the farm sitter and us!