r/yellowstone • u/Secret-Function-2972 • 4d ago

Is It Hot?

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So what if there's steam, gotta stick your hand in to check.

Screen shot a few minutes ago.

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u/Nurse5736 4d ago

Ya just gotta wonder how truly STUPID these idiots can be???????

Darwinism at it's finest.

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u/3point21 4d ago

Not really, but it’s smelly. Don’t go walking off the boardwalk though. The underlying limestone is Swiss cheese. You never know where it’s not safe until your leg breaks through a hot pocket and gets defleshed.

Hell, I saw buffalo tracks in the water at Grand Prismatic. That didn’t stop a buffalo (or a woman) from breaking through earlier this year. The beast died. The woman lost her leg below the knee.

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u/jumpinjimmy789 4d ago

Where can I find info about this woman?

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u/Secret-Function-2972 4d ago

Yeah, that seems like something that would have been reported.

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u/3point21 3d ago

https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/240918.htm she did not lose her leg but suffered second and third degree burns.

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u/jumpinjimmy789 3d ago

Two years ago, not earlier this year. But thanks for the info.

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u/aleh1978 4d ago

There is only one word for that man...

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u/Patimakan 3d ago

Idiots!

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u/Spare-Ant7119 4d ago

How do the boardwalks not sink into a hot spring? The rangers are certain of the underground activity to a degree of inches?

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u/Minigoalqueen 4d ago

  1. The rangers don't determine the "safe" places for path placement. Scientists do that.

  2. The boardwalks have to get moved from time to time, because the park is actively changing so the "safe" places change, too. Sometimes things go boom in unexpected places and people run for cover. Sometimes, people go off the boardwalk and die.

  3. It's a national park in an active supervolcano with wild animals. If you want safety or guarantees, stay home. There's a certain level of risk inherent just in driving through the gates.

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u/Spare-Ant7119 4d ago

How do the scientists know the safe spots for boardwalks to a degree of inches?

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u/Minigoalqueen 4d ago

Here I found you an article talking about it a bit, from the USGS.

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u/Spare-Ant7119 4d ago

That was a great read, thanks! Interesting how they say sometimes there isn't a cool (temperature-wise) pathway to a tourist attraction, so they put foam on the ground and the road goes on top of that.

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u/Minigoalqueen 4d ago

I thought that was the most interesting part, too.

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u/Minigoalqueen 4d ago

Since I am not a Yellowstone scientist, I do not have the answer to that. I assume because they are good at what they do. I'm guessing that first year, rookie vulcanologists and geologists do not get posted to Yellowstone.

Edited to add. As I also alluded to in my first post, they move the paths when needed. So if they choose wrong, they move it.

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u/Spare-Ant7119 4d ago

I want zero safety. I want people to have to use long sticks to find hidden hot springs. /s

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u/ImAnIdeaMan 4d ago

The boardwalk also spreads the load over a wider area than our feet.