El Hierro getting worse by the day

Iceage Now ^ | July 3, 2012 | Robert

[Errant]

“The island has now been elevated by 9 cm due to the magma pressure. Last night there was one quake of 4.4 on the Richter scale, at a depth of 18km, which was also felt on the neighbouring island of La Palma.”

[Errant]

Aproximately 10,000 people live on the El Hierro island in the Canary island chain.

[Errant]

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[alancarp]

Is that the island that is hyped about swamping the entire eastern seaboard of the US once half of it breaks off and slides into the ocean?

[Jack Hydrazine]

That might be Guam per (D-GA) Rep. Hank Johnson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cesSRfXqS1Q

[HOYA97]

That’s the one!

[Errant]

It’s one Island over, I think.

[Errant]

La Palma is the island you're looking for.

[Cold Heart]

If there are sheep on the island they better get the flock out of there.

[silverleaf]

no, that would be La Palma

[tbw2]

If that thing blows, CO2 limits by humans will be utterly irrelevant for years. So will any reports of global warming.

[steve8714]

Is that in the Canaries?

[BillyBonebrake]

Ginger ale on keyboard. Thanks a lot.

[Errant]

LOL, that’s what I’ve been saying! There is about 10K souls on board. And they are living on top of what is basically a 10,000’ mountain with an active volcano at the base and over a mile deep of water on all sides.

[winoneforthegipper]

Thanks bud!

The energy expended already surpasses last year’s ramp up and minor event...

This needs to be monitored. Plus the activity is concentrated in an area that still has some land to give to the sea...lol

[Errant]

Yes, El Hierro is the most southwestern island.

[Ezekiel]

Whoah there, sure looks like someone failed a lie detector!

[Errant]

That’d be one a hell of a ride!

[JRios1968]

Ping

[Errant]

Hehehe, Roberts or Obama??? ;)

[winoneforthegipper]

Unlike last year’s event there is not much gassing going on....that can’t be a good sign either.

[Errant]

If you don't have it already, this is a good link for following the latest developments: http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09/25/el-hierro-canary-islands-spain-volcanic-risk-alert-increased-to-yellow/

[The Cajun]

Them folks better haul a** while the hauling is good.
When it blows, there is the possibility of setting off a chain of events which could even effect the East coast.
Then we have Yellowstone doing weird stuff that nobody really understands fully.
Kind of puts the gas bubbles in Bayou Corne in proper perspective.

[Errant]

Yep, could mean a seriously explosive eruption! From the other link, they've called a meeting to discuss possible measures that the populace will be considering.

[Sequoyah101]

Is this where there concerns about a large tidal wave if there is a slump or land slide?

[Errant]

La Palma is the island that everyone was focusing on as far as super landslide with resulting tsunami. Not sure but El Hierro could cause similar depending upon how much landmass collapses into the ocean and which section.

[ichabod1]

No, it’s not the volcano making the island 9 cm higher. That’s ‘Obama’ making the ocean level go down.

[Ezekiel]

I’d peg this one on Roberts... Obama would have been quick to seal up his test results. :-\

[Errant]

For sure - what's the latest on the bubbles?

[winoneforthegipper]

money quote...from your link.

María José Blanco also said that an eruption on land can be excluded at the moment but that IGN follows up the situation very consciously as all the events are going much quicker than during last years eruption.

Indeed this is ramping up very quickly and with more energy. When she goes I don’t think it will be an undersea cinder cone this time.

[Errant]

Hadn’t thought of that. ;)

[Errant]

LOL!

[winoneforthegipper]

EL Hierro was responsible actually for the largest tsunami on the east coast.

[Errant]

You’re right. It’s going to be real interesting to see where all that pressure finally gets released, and dangerous.

[Errant]

I didn’t know that. I’ve just always heard it was La Palma that created the greatest tsunami and posed the biggest threat to the east coast.

[Errant]

I guess I stand corrected then, thanks!

[winoneforthegipper]

Yah very few know that fact.

[windcliff]

LOL

[cuban leaf]

Think I’ll watch the movie 2012 tonight. ;-)

[The Cajun]

Haven't heard anything more, in fact talked to a friend who stopped over Sunday night from Pierre Part, kind of in the same area as Bayou Corne, and he and his wife hadn't heard anything about it until I mentioned.

He's an old oilfield guy like myself and suspected a surface gas pocket.
When I mentioned the salt dome theory, he said "Mey, dat's not good", LOL.
We worked for the same oilfield service company for 30 years.

[The Cajun]

Think I’ll watch the movie 2012 tonight. ;-)

Saw it already, won't jack up your spirits too much :^)

[winoneforthegipper]

the latest with video on the bubblin bayou!...lol

[Errant]

LOL, thanks!

I can relate. :) He's probably right though, mostly oil store in the domes in that area IIRC.

[winoneforthegipper]

ooops...!

http://www.ksla.com/story/18933634/gas-bubbles-in-bayou-corne-and-grand-bayou-areas

[cuban leaf]

I’ve seen it. It’s a pretty dumb story but has some great effects. It’s kinda like “Cartoons for adults”.

[The Cajun]

From the vid, could be an old, long forgotten, abandoned wellhead with the *Christmas tree* missing.
Things weren't done by the book *way back when* in abandoning old wells.

[KGeorge]

Well, it’s controversial. I’m as glued to this right now as I am FR. Here are a couple of good links to follow what’s going on for those who are interested. (It’s the comments more than the blog posts themselves.)

http://volcanocafe.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/el-hierro-what-did-elvis-have-to-do-with-the-island/comment-page-1/#comments

(Elvis stands for “Effusive Lava Vent In The Sea”)

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/06/small-glacial-outburst-flood-spurr-alaska/

(other comments on previous & latest posts)

Anyway, if I remember right (from around the Merapi eruption), a couple of guys (at least) commenting on the Wired blog are govt (FEMA?). It is the alarm expressed by them that concerns me. They’re looking at it from a financial pov (cost compared to say, Katrina) not just the human tragedy aspect.

Hope this helps.

[winoneforthegipper]

Don’t disagree the perplexing part is the ground shift and microquakes.

[SatinDoll]

OH, MAN!

I can just see Obama taking advantage of this if a catastrophe occurrs.

[alancarp]

That was my confusion: El Hierro has already done this once; it’s the model for La Palma’s future... or something like that. I’m no seismologist/vulcanologist/geologist, but I watch the Discovery channel.

[martin_fierro]

El Hierro getting worse by the day

Yeah, but I'm not dead yet.