Canadian navy reports a "catastrophic volcanic eruption" on Red Sea island off Yemen

International Herald Tribune ^ | September 30, 2007 | AP

[happinesswithoutpeace]

TORONTO: A volcano has erupted on a tiny island off the coast of Yemen, spewing lava and ash hundreds of feet into the air, a Canadian naval vessel near the island in the Red Sea reported. The Yemeni government asked NATO to assist in searching for survivors.

Ken Allan, a Navy Public Affairs with the Canadian Armed Forces, said a NATO fleet just outside the territorial waters of the island Jazirt Atta-Ir reported seeing a "catastrophic volcanic eruption" at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) Sunday. The 2-mile-long (3-kilometer-long) island is about 70 miles (115 kilometers) off the coast of Yemen.

"At this time, the entire island is aglow with lava and magma as it pours down into the sea. We do not have confirmation of how many people were on this island at the time of the eruption," Allan said in an e-mail.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

A ping for your list.

[SevenofNine]

I got BBC news alert on this damnnnn

[Uncle Miltie]

The Jooooooooos did it!

< / islamicwacko>

[CindyDawg]

Who is there? What kind of an island is it?

[US_MilitaryRules]

Quick! Someone post a map of the area!!!

[dighton]

It’s a little unsettling to think what nature can hand out just like that.

[Cementjungle]

Who is there? What kind of an island is it?

I think it's called Jazirt Atta-Ir, and it's only about 2 miles long. I don't know if it's inhabited or not.

[Eagles6]

It appears to have been a volcanic island.

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.8-(

[Jet Jaguar]

[Sir Gawain]

I blame man-made global warming for creating this volcano!

[Jet Jaguar]

In the Red Sea Several small islands.

[txflake]

Not good.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

HUH ? go figure i didn’t know Canada had a navy !

[US_MilitaryRules]

I looked on some maps but can’t find the island yet. Thanks

[CindyDawg]

:’) ok, I deserved that. I wanted to know if there were people living there (prayers) and if this was one of the “tourist” islands and if we had any military there.

[geopyg]

Ten plagues to follow.

[Hammerhead]

WHOOAAAAA!!!! HUNDREDS OF FEET In the air???!!!!.....wow.

[Clive]

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[JSteff]

“HUH ? go figure i didn’t know Canada had a navy !”

Yes, they rent it from France ‘cause they are not using it.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Canadian navy ship HMCS Toronto is conducting a search-and-rescue operation to find nine people believed at sea after a volcanic eruption on Jazirt Atta-Ir island, about 140 kilometres off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/09/30/4539828-cp.html

[Lancer_N3502A]

One better; it’s the one surrounded by water.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Same here, there are probably several transliterations of the island name and the one in the article isn’t a common one...my guess anyway. I am trying to find a master list of all those islands and go from there.

[CindyDawg]

:’(

[CindyDawg]

I did a search but couldn’t pull it up.

[txflake]

Google Earth is not coughing the island up.

[shield]

Hey guys, Pray to Allah...want he help you?

[MaxMax]

We all know it’s Bush’s fault.

[CindyDawg]

It needs some paint. They could probably get a really good deal at China right now.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

go here:
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Image_Gallery/Real-time_Images/index.htm?l=en
click “full disc under Indian ocean.....it will then go to sat view

then click....color....IR.....sector 5....play>......faster/slower

10-1-07 0300 is latest update as of now....cool sat site, nonetheless

[crazyshrink]

Excuse me, this is Gore’s fault. He didn’t tell us it was going to happen. Just that the artic was going to melt in 23 years.

[MaxMax]

Hey, I was just thinking of how this would be another great excuse for
the Demrats to raise taxes on the rich. Heck yea.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

I'm in Ireland and just saw the photos on Sky News.

Said they don't know how many people were on the tiny Island.

[The_Reader_David]

What kind of an island is it?

A volcanic island. ^_^

[khnyny]

Google Earth is not coughing the island up.

Very funny. Seriously, prayers for the inhabitants.

[crazyshrink]

[crazyshrink]

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/red-sea-volcanos-catastrophic-eruption/2007/10/01/1191091001007.html

[TASMANIANRED]

Tsunami potential?

[Mr. Mojo]

WHOOAAAAA!!!! HUNDREDS OF FEET In the air???!!!!.....wow.

The Mt. St. Helens eruption of 1980 spewed a huge column of ash to a height of 12 miles in less than 10 minutes. I suspect this eruption near Yemen isn't even close to being in the same league. ...but I guess we'll see.

[txflake]

That was not intended to be funny.

[ForGod'sSake]

Pics from the HMCS TORONTO.

[Publius6961]

Catastrophic?
Hundreds of feet in the air?

Can't muslims get anything even close to accurate?

[khnyny]

Oh, ok. It’s not the first time I’ve given someone too much credit. Sorry.

[bd476]

Thank you for the ping, Happinesswithoutpeace. Cindy and Allegra, I'm also pinging you to this story because I thought you might be interested.

Earthquake Ping List. If you would like to have your name
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[TASMANIANRED]

That is flipping awesome...

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Wow. Thanks.

[del4hope]

Oops, there went that volcano’s carbon credits.

[PA Engineer]

I think this is the island in the "Red Sea".