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Java's Mud Volcano - Eruptions Displace Thousands in Indonesia
Der Spiegel ^ | October 9, 2006 | Marco Evers

Posted on 10/14/2006 7:25:40 PM PDT by Atlantic Bridge

First came the 2004 tsunami. Then Indonesia was afflicted by the Merapi volcano and a major earthquake in Yogyakarta. Now, a heavily populated region of East Java has been consumed by an unstoppable "mud volcano" that may have been caused by a gas- and oil-drilling project.


(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ecoterrorism; ecoterrorists; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; indonesia; java; mud; volcano
As if tsunamis, earthquakes and real volcanos wouldn't be enough.
1 posted on 10/14/2006 7:25:41 PM PDT by Atlantic Bridge
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2 posted on 10/14/2006 7:28:18 PM PDT by Atlantic Bridge (De omnibus dubitandum.)
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To: Atlantic Bridge

BTTT


3 posted on 10/14/2006 7:34:40 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Atlantic Bridge

Poking holes in the ground always has some amount of hazard - usually to drilling crews - but this is a truly remarkable, fairly freakish occurrence.


4 posted on 10/14/2006 8:34:19 PM PDT by PC99
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"....but this is a truly remarkable, fairly freakish occurrence."

I read one report that said it may continue for 100 years.

5 posted on 10/14/2006 9:01:07 PM PDT by blam
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Has anyone thought of lighting the methane and turning it into a tourist attraction ????


6 posted on 10/14/2006 10:07:05 PM PDT by wodinoneeye
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7 posted on 10/14/2006 10:09:11 PM PDT by cmsgop ( President Mahmud Ahmadinejad Must Purify Himself in The Waters of Lake Minnetonka)
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To: Dog Gone; elkfersupper; NerdDad; CedarDave
They claim that it was irresponsible of the company to tear a wound into the geological bowels of the earth at such great depths. As a result, the earth has been incontinent since May 29.

The rig just "lost circulation" and then found it.

9 posted on 10/15/2006 12:34:49 AM PDT by razorback-bert (I met Bill Clinton once but he didn’t really talk — he was hitting on my wife)
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To: Atlantic Bridge

Lapindo Brantas is well known in the industry for screw ups.


10 posted on 10/15/2006 12:37:21 AM PDT by razorback-bert (I met Bill Clinton once but he didn’t really talk — he was hitting on my wife)
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To: SunkenCiv

fascinating ping


11 posted on 10/15/2006 12:55:30 AM PDT by ValerieUSA
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To: blam
I read one report that said it may continue for 100 years.

That is what happens when you got Michael Moore in your neighbourhood.

12 posted on 10/15/2006 1:25:58 AM PDT by Atlantic Bridge (De omnibus dubitandum.)
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To: ValerieUSA

It's a fascinoma of the Earth.

Wow, turns out there's a dozen topics about different stages (from rumbles to sploosh), who knew?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=volcano


13 posted on 10/15/2006 1:43:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Dhimmicrati delenda est! https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: razorback-bert

This is as good a story as the lake in Louisiana that Texaco accidentally drained about 25 years ago.

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=6


14 posted on 10/15/2006 7:41:22 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone

very interesting link. thanks.


15 posted on 10/15/2006 8:04:22 AM PDT by Centurion2000 ("Be polite and courteous, but have a plan to KILL everybody you meet.")
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To: razorback-bert
The rig just "lost circulation" and then found it.

Sounds to me like those people in Indonesia need to spread out a little bit.

This same sort of thing could happen in Lea County, and anybody outside of the coffee shop wouldn't even know about it.

16 posted on 10/15/2006 5:40:39 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: Atlantic Bridge
It's okay; they're Muslim...it's Allah's will......yeah, right
17 posted on 10/15/2006 5:47:30 PM PDT by stboz
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