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Yellowstone Supervolcano 'Turned the Asphalt Into Soup' Shutting Down Natl. Park's Roads
• http://www.lewrockwell.com, Russia TodayFirehole Lake Drive, a 3-mile-plus offshoot of the park's Grand Loop that connects the Old Faithful geyser and the Madison Junction, is currently off limits. Park operators say the danger of stepping on seemingly solid soil into severely hot water is "high."
"It basically turned the asphalt into soup. It turned the gravel road into oatmeal," Yellowstone spokesman Dan Hottle said.