Posted on 04/16/2010 7:58:58 AM PDT by blam
Holy Cow, Look What Happened When Eyjafjallajökull Erupted In 1812
Gregory White
Apr. 16, 2010, 10:18 AM
The last time Eyjafjallajökull blew its top the eruption lasted for two years, spreading smoke and ash over Iceland causing significant damage.
* The last time Eyjafjallajökull erupted, it lasted 2 years stretching from 1821-1823. It also erupted in 920 and 1612.
* The 1821 eruption spread fluoride across iceland, damaging livestock and human well-being. Glacial flooding also resulted from the eruption.
* Eyjafjallajökull's eruption usually precedes an eruption for another Icelandic volcano called Katla, as it did in 1823. Katla's eruptions are usually more violent than Eyjafjallajökul's.
* Katla is partially trapped under a glacier and its eruption would create even more flooding problems for Iceland.
* The Laki volcano, which erupted in 1783, was the worst in Icelandic history. It killed a quarter of Iceland's residents, created a poisonous plume over Prague, made New Jersey's snowfall its highest ever, and had an impact on one of Egypt's worst droughts.
* The Laki volcano is considered a central cause of the French Revolution, as it led to a poor harvest and public unrest in the country.
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Incidently, many starved to death during these previous events.
Well, there goes Globull Warming!.............
They typo-swapped the 1 and 2. Meant 1821 but typed 1812.
When I read about this being a major ash producer I immediately thought about the weather. Guess its a good thing I planned for so many cool weather crops for the garden.
I’d blow my top too if anyone ever saddled me with a name like Eyjafjallajökull!
It’s still Bushes fault and Cap and Trade will save us.../s
Why doesn’t Al Gore stop this?!
Maybe that's what they meant.
Uh... no....
The article says the eruption was 1821-1823.
The headline writer just got a little dyslexic... that's all.
Go to wiki and read the history of Iceland:
1) My observation: The reason the women there are so beautiful is they probably were probably hand picked Irish slaves brought there by the Norsemen. DNA shows women’s heritage is Celtic while the men’s heritage was Norse.
2) Iceland has time and again lost half of it’s population to either the black death or effects of the volcano since 800 AD.
Tough poeple.
And they say man is destroying the earth with pollution. We ain’t got nothing on what nature can do.
how do you typo Eyjafjallojokull?
Just smackdown your keyboard a couple times.
Oh man, when I saw the name of that volcano, I thought someone had a spaz attack and just went all nuts on the keyboard. :)
Eyjafjallajökull is a real ash hole!
they focus on Laki but most articles indicate Katla is the bad girl, they usually erupt in tandem, and Katla is overdue
We must appease the volcano gods by building more windmills!
Ya gotta wonder what is happening around the Pacific Rim....aka, the Ring of Fire.
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And the world didn't end?
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