Thanks decimon.
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Posted on 09/20/2011 8:03:31 PM PDT by decimon
The Laki eruption of 1783, while unknown to many, was a massive volcanic eruption in southern Iceland that led to the production of massive acid rain clouds throughout Europe. Scientists now warn that this could happen again, were a similar eruption to occur at this point.
Over the past couple of years, two major eruptions occurred in Iceland, indications of the turmoil going on below the planetary surface at this geologically-active location. Both of these events – Grímsvötn and Eyjafjallajökull – had significant repercussions on Europe, but the former was the worse.
The 2010 event caused the majority of major airports in Europe to shut down, producing incalculable economic and environmental damages. But even its strength pales in comparison to that of the Laki eruption, all those centuries ago.
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“The eruption did not produce significant amounts of ash – but instead emitted about 122 megatons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, more than all global man-made emissions in a year. Laki-style events have occurred several times during the last 1,000 years,” the expert concludes.
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Laki strike ping.
Corporations must be supplying the acid to the volcano.
Bush’s fault.
That's one of those things that would wipe out the people, the animals and the plants.
According to extant British records of the time Brittany was pretty much wiped clean at the time, and there's a band across the Scandinavian peninsula that seems to have been treated similarly SEVERAL TIMES over the last few thousand years.
Undoubtedly.
And driven to the volcano by Tea Partiers in Hummers.
“My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Iceland forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”
Then there was the ozone hole in 1788 resulting from all the gas powered hair sprays that the founding fathers were using.
Those kind of speculations are really interesting. Could change our understanding of history.
What if no one had any particular interest in attacking Rome but some cataclysmic event set in motion some chain of events?
Things like this should be a reminder to us that while we should be conservative in the pollution we release into the air, the most important thing is to remember to live life to the fullest, while we can, because our ‘power’ is nothing compared to the power of nature, both to give life, and to destroy.
The idea that we can ‘change’ the average global temperature of the Planet is so facetious that is should be beyond consideration of even the feeble minded, little lone the ‘brilliant’ scientific ‘weather/climate’ experts of our time.
If Laki (or worse Tambora) goes up again, I want a greenhouse with heaters, lots of ammo, my hunting knife sharpened, plenty of wood, and warm clothes, since it's going to be one nasty winter.
The idea that we can ‘change’ the average global temperature of the Planet is so facetious that IT should be beyond consideration...
(sorry for the typo)
Reign of Terror.
Rayne of Terror...
There is at least one huge ANCIENT underground city they have discovered. Perhaps it’s purpose was to escape from the results of a large volcano outgassing.
I’ll take door number three, Fred.
Only a relatively few volcanoes can cause that that. Laki or Krakatoa (which some attribute the 416 eruption to this year) might be able to do so.
And the people sacrificed to the volcano probably ate too much body mass and created more C02 when burned. More reason to collect non-compliant eaters and use our space shuttles to launch them into deep space.
Ima a calling BS on that.
They were doing that thousands of years ago. Every time the orbit of a "noncompliant" decays we have the winter of our discontent.
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