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Dorian Weisel, a volcanic activity photographer living a quarter mile from the summit of Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, joins Art Bell to discuss dramatic changes in global seismic and volcanic activity. He describes the 1992 Landers earthquake as the most significant seismic event of the late century, noting that every known magma body along the Cascade Range and Sierras shook simultaneously at the moment of rupture rather than sequentially.
Art Bell reads a special bulletin from Gordon Michael Scallion warning of a three-month window for major west coast earthquakes, with high-risk areas including Palm Springs, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, and a line from Vancouver to Eureka to San Diego. Weisel reveals that he shared Scallion's theories with USGS scientists and seismologists who initially dismissed the ideas but returned within a week acknowledging the predictions align with known geological evidence. He discusses inflation at Long Valley Caldera near Mono Lake, where volcanic gas emissions now exceed those of Kilauea.
The program opens with discussion of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and a Reuters poll showing two out of three Americans believe in the existence of Satan.
Art Bell reads a special bulletin from Gordon Michael Scallion warning of a three-month window for major west coast earthquakes, with high-risk areas including Palm Springs, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, and a line from Vancouver to Eureka to San Diego. Weisel reveals that he shared Scallion's theories with USGS scientists and seismologists who initially dismissed the ideas but returned within a week acknowledging the predictions align with known geological evidence. He discusses inflation at Long Valley Caldera near Mono Lake, where volcanic gas emissions now exceed those of Kilauea.
The program opens with discussion of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and a Reuters poll showing two out of three Americans believe in the existence of Satan.
Key Moments
Weisel introduces himself: documenting Kilauea since 1985, working with USGS: Dorian Weisel - author of Fire on the Mountain - explains he has documented Kilauea volcanic activity on the Big Island since 1985 in association with the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, and lives a quarter mile from the summit caldera.
Weisel: every known West Coast magma body shook at the exact instant of the 1992 Landers earthquake: Weisel calls the 1992 Landers earthquake the most significant of the late century because every known magma body along the Cascades and Sierras shook simultaneously at the moment of rupture - not in propagation order, suggesting a connected, collective response.