It should update when you refresh this page.
There is a definite cluster of activity. Yow.
Posted on 05/10/2010 9:02:27 AM PDT by phxdan
Katla is NOT erupting and there are NO indications that Katla is about to erupt. Information on this page is for the Eyjafjallajökull eruption.
Now I am scared!
According to what I’ve read, Katla blows her cork after the one most of us cannot pronounce does.
She has the last 3 times, and followed the smaller one just shortly afterwards, but I’ve never read just what “shortly” means in this case. Days? Weeks? Months?
I just call it Eyja. Y’know, like Lielu from The Fifth Element.
http://eldgos.mila.is/english/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/
live video of the erupting volcano in Iceland that I’m not gonna try to spell the name of...
There sure are a bunch of ash holes in Iceland.
looks like you found the same website my friend in Iceland directed me to...:)
so, what. Is the antichrist going to pop out of the Volcanoe or something?
It is fun to poke around as I don’t have a clue what most of the non iconic links mean.
Unfortunately, it seems I was incorrect: the graphics I posted do not update with a refresh to this page. To see the latest info for all of Iceland, go to the source link: http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/
“Eyja” I can handle.
Don’t see the connection to Leeloo though, and I do remember the movie. Guess I’m missing something, but it is Monday.
Within a year as far as i can tell from googling volcano websites. But, realize that the "last 3 times" goes all the way back to the year 900. The unpronouncable volcano doesn't blow very often.
Katla blows about every 50 to 80 years. The last major eruption was back in 1918. There was possibly a very tiny eruption of katla that did not even break through the ice in the 1950s and again in 1999. But in 1918, the last time it had a major eruption, there was essentially no air travel unless you want to count hot air balloons, so nobody knows how bad it might be. It's described on most sites as "ten times bigger than Eyjafja(etc). Most vulcanologists think Katla is overdue for a major eruption, which makes the tie-in with Eyjafja(etc) pretty disconcerting. The smart money would be on a major eruption of Katla within the next 12 months or so.
For practical purposes, this means 2 things. (1) its probably a really bad idea to travel to europe for the next year or so. You might easily be stranded there for an unknown period of time. (2) the investment play would be long term put options on european travel industry companies like airlines or major resorts.
I do stand corrected. It was not Katla, but Laki, which is blamed for the famine in Europe. (There are plenty of sources available which make this mistake, and they got me) Having said that, Katla can produce the type of eruption which is a “once in a hundred years” type of event, think Pinatubo. Eruptions of this magnitude have a greater impact on climate than anything civilization can muster, even including Al Gore. Here are some nice lists of Geological Events: http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/platetec/topten.htm
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Hey, that's catchy.
How can someone be called a false prophet, when their predictions are for the future?
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