Scientists eye unusual swarm of Yellowstone quakes( well gosh did it ever occur to those scientis that there is a supervolcano building under Yellowst

Scientists eye unusual swarm of Yellowstone quakes
By MEAD GRUVER, Associated Press Writer Mead Gruver, Associated Press Writer Mon Dec 29, 9:17 pm ET
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Yellowstone National Park was jostled by a host of small earthquakes for a third straight day Monday, and scientists watched closely to see whether the more than 250 tremors were a sign of something bigger to come. Swarms of small earthquakes happen frequently in Yellowstone, but it's very unusual for so many earthquakes to happen over several days, said Robert Smith, a professor of geophysics at the University of Utah.
"They're certainly not normal," Smith said. "We haven't had earthquakes in this energy or extent in many years."
Smith directs the Yellowstone Seismic Network, which operates seismic stations around the park. He said the quakes have ranged in strength from barely detectable to one of magnitude 3.8 that happened Saturday. A magnitude 4 quake is capable of producing moderate damage.
"This is an active volcanic and tectonic area, and these are the kinds of things we have to pay attention to," Smith said. "We might be seeing something precursory.
"Could it develop into a bigger fault or something related to hydrothermal activity? We don't know. That's what we're there to do, to monitor it for public safety."
The strongest of dozens of tremors Monday was a magnitude 3.3 quake shortly after noon. All the quakes were centered beneath the northwest end of Yellowstone Lake.
A park ranger based at the north end of the lake reported feeling nine quakes over a 24-hour period over the weekend, according to park spokeswoman Stacy Vallie. No damage was reported.
"There doesn't seem to be anything to be alarmed about," Vallie said.
Smith said it's difficult to say what might be causing the tremors. He pointed out that Yellowstone is the caldera of a volcano that last erupted 70,000 years ago.
He said Yellowstone remains very geologically active — and its famous geysers and hot springs are a reminder that a pool of magma still exists five to 10 miles underground.
"That's just the surface manifestation of the enormous amount of heat that's being released through the system," he said.
Yellowstone has had significant earthquakes as well as minor ones in recent decades. In 1959, a magnitude 7.5 quake near Hebgen Lake just west of the park triggered a landslide that killed 28 people.

I did it!

This is completly off Topic but i did it!!! i got into college! This school is my #2 choice named cazenovia. There equestrian team almost made it to nationals last year and there equine major program had a waiting list of 30+ but besides all those factors i got in. Now my only problem is that my #1 school is the Smallest public in the U.S it was based off of Outward bound Program and you can guess that it is all outdoors oriented. My Dream was to be a Mounted Backcountry Ranger and my #1 Sterling has horses but they are draft. I order to really succed with my major there i would have to bring one of my own horses up. Cazenovia on the other hand has a Equine Buiss major and a a biology minor so i could kind of be doing a outdoor oriented prgram. But also Cazenovia has an equestrian team. ANd they are also recruiting me for swimming. I plan to do an overnight at Cazenovia and i don't find out till January 15th if i get into Sterling but if i did i would do an overnight there. It is a hard descion becasue Cazenovia has more to offer but Sterling Has the resources that i want.

Here are the links to both colleges.

http://sterlingcollege.edu/
http://cazenovia.edu/

Superheros

is it weird for me not to want to watch superman doomsday. I am a avid superhero fan and Superman is my favorite superhero. I have seen all of smallville and recently in the latest episode Doomsday comes to Smallville but i know doomsday won't kill Superman who is still clark at the time becasue he isn't sueprman yet. Yeah that was really confusing but anyways i was looking on netflix for something to watch and superman Doomsday was on there but i jsut couldn't get my self to watch it. I don't know why buit i think it has to do with me seeing my favorite superhero die would jsut irk me continusly for a really long time. Any ways i thought i woudl get that off my chest. Oh and just for fun here are all the characters i know from DC and Marvel Comics

DC:
Superman - Kal-el/ Clark Kent
Batman- Bruce Wayne
Martian Manhunter- John John or John Jones
The Flash- Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West, Bart Allen
Wonder Woman- Princess Diana
Green Lantern- Jon Stewart, Harold "Hal" Jordan
Aquaman- A.C(Arthur Curry)
Green Arrow- Oliver Queen
Atom- Ray Palmer
HawkWoman- Thanagar/ Shayera
HawkMan- Carter Hall/Khufu
Black Canary- Dinah Drake
Captain Marvel- Billy Batson
Plastic Man - Patrick "Eel" O'Brian

Marvel:

Spiderman: Peter Parker
Iron Man: Tony Stark
wolverine: Logan
Hulk: Dr. Bruce Banner
Thor: Thor
Antman: Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym
Wasp: Janet van Dyne
Captian America: Steve Rogers

18. Oh big whoop

Back in september i turned 18years old and i was happy i will admit. But i didn't really understand the consquneces. When you turn 18 you get all these choices. You can vote, join the army, buy cigarettes, buy porn, get Tattos, go into a bar but not drink. And im sure many more. But also when you trun 18 there is a respect that comes with it. When you are 16 and talking to an adult and they ask what age you are, saying you are 16 is the indicator that the adult will not take you as seriously as say they asked how old you are and you said 18 becasue now they think you are an adult. Its jsut nice to knwo now afters of being looked down on due to age is over. i am 18 I AM A ADULT! well supposedly but who knows if they move all my rights i listed above as an 18year old to 17year limits would 17 be an adult. Or is 21 make you a true adult? something to puzzle then....