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Holy Cow, Look What Happened When Eyjafjallajökull Erupted In 1812
The Business Insider ^ | 4-16-2010 | Gregory White

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ashcloud; catastrophism; doomed; dust; godsgravesglyphs; iceland; icelandvolcano; laki; volcano
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To: Wissa

Didn’t they used to get appeased by throwing someone in?


21 posted on 04/16/2010 8:06:55 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Red Badger

Would that be ‘Gorebull Warming’?


22 posted on 04/16/2010 8:06:58 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: Red Badger

AlBore (ManBearPig) needs to get busy stoking the furnice. I hate the cold.


23 posted on 04/16/2010 8:09:50 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: beaversmom
Didn’t they used to get appeased by throwing someone in?

Threaten to throw Helen Thomas in there. That volcano would clam up in no time.


24 posted on 04/16/2010 8:12:07 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Arrogant, stupid and treasonous is no way to go through life, Barack.)
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To: R_Kangel

Mankind could be destroyed in a matter of days.


25 posted on 04/16/2010 8:13:12 AM PDT by Terry Mross (Founding Fathers.....grave....rolling over.)
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To: reagan_fanatic

LOL :)


26 posted on 04/16/2010 8:13:13 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: SoldierDad

Well the center of the earth is already “several million degrees”. LOL


27 posted on 04/16/2010 8:13:22 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Wissa; beaversmom

I suggested in a related thread sacrificing Algore to plug the volcano.
One might also use Michael Moore for good measure.


28 posted on 04/16/2010 8:14:30 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (NEW TAG ====> **REPEAL OR REBEL!** -- Islam Delenda Est! -- Rumble thee forth)
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To: beaversmom
Didn’t they used to get appeased by throwing someone in?

You're right! Throw the deniers in!

29 posted on 04/16/2010 8:15:06 AM PDT by Wissa (Gone Galt)
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To: afraidfortherepublic; a fool in paradise; lado; frithguild

“I’d blow my top too if anyone ever saddled me with a name like Eyjafjallajökull!

Hey! “Eyjafjallajökull” is my middle name!


30 posted on 04/16/2010 8:16:14 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: blam

Apparently Katla also typically erupts following this volcano.

I was thinking this was no big deal, but it may end up being such.


31 posted on 04/16/2010 8:21:08 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: beaversmom

It’s Bush’s fault. Bush and those damned SUVs.

Women and minorities will be hardest hit.


32 posted on 04/16/2010 8:21:46 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
I suggested in a related thread sacrificing Algore to plug the volcano. One might also use Michael Moore for good measure.

Hey now! You wouldn't want to MAKE the volcano angry, would you?

Toss in a couple of liberal Hollywood chippies instead.

33 posted on 04/16/2010 8:22:54 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (We've gone from phony soldiers to phony conservative protesters. Nothing about liberalism is genuine)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

I’m checking the air in my tires and flushing my toilet once a week to offset the impact to the environment...


34 posted on 04/16/2010 8:23:41 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (We've gone from phony soldiers to phony conservative protesters. Nothing about liberalism is genuine)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Actually it did end for an awful lot of people. The gas and ash from the second volcano killed a lot of people in Europe. The “year without a summer” killed a LOT more.

The scary thing is that two things seem to need to come together to really chill the planet: low sunspot activity (which is actually a symptom of the real cause, a magnetically quiet sun) and a reaaly big volcano or two going “kaboom.”

Short version: Low magnetic activity means more extra-solar cosmic rays reach Earth. Ash from a big volcano means more particles in the atmosphere to become charged by those cosmic rays, which in turn means a LOT more cloud cover. While clouds can hold heat in, too much extra cloud cover blocks so much sunlight that the Earth cools. Voila: Year without a summer.

We have both now.

PS Man’s influence is utterly insignificant compared to either of these forces, let alone both acting together.


35 posted on 04/16/2010 8:23:43 AM PDT by piytar (Ammo is hard to find! Bought some lately? Please share where at www.ammo-finder.com)
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To: cripplecreek

Oh, but that temperature MUST have fallen due to this eruption.


36 posted on 04/16/2010 8:25:41 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: blam
Never fear.....my neighbor bought a hybrid so the world is safe now. At least he and his idol, Gore, seem to think so.

Leni

37 posted on 04/16/2010 8:26:50 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: SoldierDad

According to CNN’s Rick Sanchez, its too cold in iceland for a volcano.


38 posted on 04/16/2010 8:27:21 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: a fool in paradise
I’m checking the air in my tires and flushing my toilet once a week to offset the impact to the environment...

When I grow up to be an environmental lunatic, I want to be just like you. Your single handed rescue of the world is compelling.
39 posted on 04/16/2010 8:28:48 AM PDT by ZX12R
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To: afraidfortherepublic

LOL!! good one ;-)


40 posted on 04/16/2010 8:28:55 AM PDT by wazoo1031
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