"Cotopaxi"--Frederic E. Church, 1862
Posted on 08/15/2015 6:55:11 PM PDT by markomalley
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency yesterday as the dangerous Cotopaxi volcano rumbled to life and prompted evacuation orders in several villages threatened by landslides.
“As a precautionary measure, a total of 400 people have been evacuated,” the president said in his radio and television address just before signing the decrees.
The volcano, which towers to 5,897 meters (19,350 feet) high, is considered one of the most threatening in the region — both because of its size and because it is so close to well-populated towns.
“The situation developing at Cotopaxi is a serious threat that has led the government to take urgent special measures to confront this eruptive process,” said Public Safety chief Cesar Navas.
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OH NO! More Global Warming
Actually volcanoes contribute to global cooling, don't they?
Tsunamis SUCK... but Volcanoes BLOW...
I climbed Cotopaxi in the early 1990s. It was belching steam periodically back then. It had a big steam release when I was standing on the edge of the 19,xxx something foot crater rim. Like 1000 matches struck under my nose. There is a great deal of glacier ice on the top 3,000 foot of the summit. There were crevasses I jumped across where I could not see the bottom. If that ice slides it could do a long distance.
“... both because of its size and because it is so close to well-populated towns.”
Yes, I also want to live close to a large, active, explosive volcano.
Another volcano I climbed that is currently dangerous is Popocapetl in Mexico. This volcano is east of Mexico City and I don’t remember exactly, but maybe only 50 miles away. I think that when the Pacific plate and the north american or south american plates start moving then the volcanoes and earth quakes become active.
Earthquakes rock!
That’s exactly what came to my mind. I was going to post it myself.
I also climbed Popo in 1957 or 8. Made it to about 400 feet from the top, but it was quite icy there and without a rope a number of us decided not to go further. At any rate it was over 17,000 and I started feeling pretty sick. Our college group had maybe 100 people but only 10 made it past were I turned around. Earlier I had been hiking past veterans there studying on the GI bill stopping for a smoke. Most of them didn’t get near the top.
Another volcano to watch now is Sakura-Jima in Japan. It is at the Be Ready to Evacuate level, but most have left already. It is on the edge of a 15 mile wide caldera bay which blew out about 22,000 years ago. Looking at long term temperature charts, you can even see there was a visible decline in temperature around that time. Here is a webcam site showing Sakurajima and other volcanoes.
http://webcams.volcanodiscovery.com/Sakurajima
With the same logic the warmists use about CO2, the volcanoes are the result of global cooling. When the globe cools, it contracts, and it squeezes Mother Nature’s zits...
Don’t know about that one, but I have actually heard some claim that alleged rising sea levels lead to more violent underwater earthquakes due to the increased weight of the water creating more pressure on the underlying seafloor at various tectonic locations such as subduction zones.
**** “Actually volcanoes contribute to global cooling, don’t they?” ****
Unless they are contributing to Global Warming ... freaks dismiss them because only “Man” can cause Climate Change.
The Sun and Earth itself are but bit players
They have already told me I am too stupid to communicate with anymore, so it’s looking up for me. ;^)
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