Stephanie - What do you think of the animals leaving Yellowstone? Having spent a considerable amount of time in the park I know two things really well. 1) Animals migrate - they move, seasonally....like in the *spring* and in the fall. Sometimes they run sometimes they walk - for seemingly no reason. MOST of the time they use the roads (why?) its easier to walk on the road than through the forest and predators avoid man made structures like the roads - its a win win for them. 2) Unless you are a wildlife biologist that has spent half a life-time in the park it would be EXCEEDINGLY difficult to judge whether a majority of the animals were leaving or if you were just witnessing a large herd on the move. Even if you were a wildlife biologist, it would nearly impossible to know what was really happening from a single view point in just one location. Yellowstone is HUGE - 3,472 square miles or 8,987 square km. Lets put that in perspective. The states of Delaware AND Rhode Island could fit neatly inside of Yellowstones boundaries without touching each other or the park boundaries. One would have to take a census of all the animals left in the park to know for sure if this was really happening. _______________________________ Had this story not been originated by Epoch Times (China based tabloid) and then been IMMEDIATELY picked up by Info Wars (who would publish a story about me sneezing wrong if it scared enough people), before it was picked up anywhere else. I would be far more inclined to give it credibility. As it is now approaching this with a healthy amount of skepticism, I will reserve judgment until more factual evidence is offered than two amateur videos showing bison doing what bison do in the Spring - migrating. Factual evidence to me would be some numbers from biologists, indicating severally low numbers on all animal species in the park not just bison. That would be fairly convincing. There is no doubt this is fed by last week’s earthquake there, a 4.8 magnitude, the largest recorded there since February 1980 (but not by much). But what that means, it’s not clear. Fact is even though geologists like to sound smart they have no clue what that magma chamber is doing. Yellowstone experiences anywhere between 1000-3000 earth quakes a year. Some quite large - most fairly small. But I am going to keep an eye on it and see where this goes - I am skeptical but not stupid. _________________________________ HERE IS WHERE I AM GOING TO PISS PEOPLE OFF - I apologize in advance if I have not offended you today, if not, be patient I will get to you too. I dont see the lack of info coming out of the park service as a news blackout at all. I would think if the animals were in fact leaving the park that the National Park Service would jump on it in like 1.5 seconds and claim it to be more evidence of evil man-made climate change (cant really say global warming anymore can they?) and the horrible devastating impact of humans on animals in the park! Then it would take them another 1.5 seconds for them to use that well crafted theory wrapped in a sob story of the loss of the nations most majestic wildlife to propose new EPA restrictions, new vehicle restrictions, of course increased park ticket prices and taxes to pay for the new crap to protect and restore the animals!! A benefit to increased ticket prices would be reducing the number of visitors and thereby reducing the impact on animals.... It would be a proverbially jackpot for nanny government to dip even further into our pockets - I can see the TV commercials now of a sad starving bison cow and calf wondering a nearby city looking for scraps food. :-( Maybe not as sad as a skinny polar bear floating on an iceberg with a cub, but with a little hollywood help and maybe a clip or two from the President himself it could certainly rival it. And for only a .90 day YOU TOO can do your part help save the Yellowstone Bison (because the taxes we pay, ticket prices for visiting the park, camping fees, backcountry use permit fees, breathing oxygen fee - oops I guess that not an actual fee...yet - having to drive a gutless unsafe rundown car everyday because you cant hardly afford gas and food at the same time, and not being able to legally burn your wood stove in the winter isnt enough of a price to pay). So there you go. Please leave your Im offended, disagree, and in general am unhappy with what you just said comments below. ;-) __________________________________ Is it a good thing to keep an eye on a Super Volcano?? YES. If it was going to blow would the government warn us? Maybe in some form. I would not expect complete honesty, and they would be both right and wrong in that. A complete disclosure would allow preppers like us to survive - but it would also spell certain death for millions of brainless mainstream americans who would panic and turn any hwy or interstate leading away from WY in to a parking lot, who may survive if they stay home, hunker down then flee when the ash fall has stopped (my opinion here nothing scientific about it). #prepping #yellowstone #preppertalk #survival #preppers
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:26:46 +0000
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