Fearmongering and Speculation at Newberry Caldera and the Salton Buttes

A shot across Newberry Caldera, with the Big Obsidian Flow (right) and Paulina (left) and East (right) Lakes. Image: Lyn Topinka/USGS Most of the eastern U.S. is focussed on the oncoming storm - Sandy. Here in Ohio, we're definitely getting wet, windy and cold weather. We even have snow in the forecast for this evening! So, if you're on the eastern board from Virginia to New England - be careful. You can find lots of useful information on the Google Crisis Map for Sandy. A couple pieces of news over the weekend and today really got my attention (in the wrong way), so I thought I'd try to dispel some bad journalism: Oregon In the realm of ridiculously, I ran across an article that asked if the M7.7 earthquake felt off of British Columbia this weekend was caused by the drilling and fracturing at Newberry Caldera in Oregon. Yes, I ...