Posted on 06/08/2005 8:08:20 PM PDT by ValerieUSA
SAN MARCOS, Mexico - The Volcano of Fire has rumbled back to life with its strongest eruptions in 20 years, spewing lava and ash clouds that had some residents who remained in their homes Wednesday casting nervous glances at the peak.
The volcano, which straddles the line between Colima and Jalisco states 430 miles west of Mexico City, has had six spectacular eruptions in the past three weeks.
The largest, late Monday, shot glowing lava three miles above the crater of the 12,533-foot volcano and showered ash over the nearby city of Colima.
“The ground shook, and there was this roar, and people came running out of their houses,” said Maria de Jesus Chavez, a 17-year-old high school student, as she sat outside her home in San Marcos.
Surgical masks distributed Authorities handed out surgical masks to prevent people from breathing the fine grit, and so far the volcano has caused no major injuries or damage.
Seismologist Tonatiuh Dominguez said the increasing frequency of the eruptions and their intensity signaled the volcano was returning to an explosive stage like one that started in 1903 and climaxed with a massive explosion 10 years later that left a 1,650-foot-deep crater at the volcano’s peak and scattered ash on cities 240 miles away.
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Here's a hot one for y'all
Will the UN fine Mexico for violating the Kyoto protocol on emissions?
Depends if the volcano was in a red or a blue zone.
Wow, all the illegals can go back to shovel all the lost dirt back into the volcano's peak.
The bad thing is that what happens in Mexico doesn't stay in Mexico.
Yes, but it will be President Bush's fault.
Isn't there a web cam for this?
I thought Howard Dean was emitting the biggest blasts of the last 20 years
I like a good laugh as much as the next guy, and there are certain things that will ALWAYS be funny as a running joke (like Stuned Beeber, etc.) but I've seen the above comment literally about 4 dozen times on every single volcano thread on FR for over a year....I think it deserves a merciful death, and it wasn't that funny in the first place.
And it's not even accurate; on balance, volcanic eruptions contribute to global COOLING, not warming; yes there's CO2, but it's counterbalanced by a lot of SO2 that blocks sunlight.
I think they'd rather use leaf blowers;)
More global warming.
Why can't Bush stop this sort of thing?
A big valcano erupts in Mexico. Two million Mexicans have died and over a million are injured. The country is in total ruins and the government doesn't know where to start with providing help to rebuild.
The rest of the world is in shock. Canada is sending troops to help the Mexican army control the riots. Saudi Arabia is sending oil. Other Latin American countries are sending supplies. The European community (except for France) is sending food and money. The United States, not to be outdone, is sending two million replacement Mexicans.
God Bless America!!!!
Eighteen Hundred And Froze To Death (The Infamous 'Year Without Summer')
I wonder what a summer like 1816 would do to the hurricane season?
That makes sense.
Thank you. Well worth the keyboard I will have to replace.
You'll have fun with this. Maybe Friday? I have the day off and will be listening.
Did you write that yourself?
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