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Canadian navy reports a "catastrophic volcanic eruption" on Red Sea island off Yemen
International Herald Tribune ^ | September 30, 2007 | AP

Posted on 09/30/2007 8:30:23 PM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace

TORONTO: A volcano has erupted on a tiny island off the coast of Yemen, spewing lava and ash hundreds of feet into the air, a Canadian naval vessel near the island in the Red Sea reported. The Yemeni government asked NATO to assist in searching for survivors.

Ken Allan, a Navy Public Affairs with the Canadian Armed Forces, said a NATO fleet just outside the territorial waters of the island Jazirt Atta-Ir reported seeing a "catastrophic volcanic eruption" at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) Sunday. The 2-mile-long (3-kilometer-long) island is about 70 miles (115 kilometers) off the coast of Yemen.

"At this time, the entire island is aglow with lava and magma as it pours down into the sea. We do not have confirmation of how many people were on this island at the time of the eruption," Allan said in an e-mail.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; eruption; redsea; usgs; volcano; yemen
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To: happinesswithoutpeace

Canadian navy ship HMCS Toronto is conducting a search-and-rescue operation to find nine people believed at sea after a volcanic eruption on Jazirt Atta-Ir island, about 140 kilometres off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/09/30/4539828-cp.html


21 posted on 09/30/2007 8:46:13 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (All my bullets are dipped in PIG fat. How about yours?)
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To: Eagles6

One better; it’s the one surrounded by water.


22 posted on 09/30/2007 8:46:30 PM PDT by Lancer_N3502A
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To: US_MilitaryRules

Same here, there are probably several transliterations of the island name and the one in the article isn’t a common one...my guess anyway. I am trying to find a master list of all those islands and go from there.


23 posted on 09/30/2007 8:47:20 PM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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To: Lancer_N3502A

:’(


24 posted on 09/30/2007 8:48:27 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: happinesswithoutpeace

I did a search but couldn’t pull it up.


25 posted on 09/30/2007 8:49:14 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: US_MilitaryRules

Google Earth is not coughing the island up.


26 posted on 09/30/2007 8:50:28 PM PDT by txhurl (Yes there were WMDs)
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To: happinesswithoutpeace

Hey guys, Pray to Allah...want he help you?


27 posted on 09/30/2007 8:51:59 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: Sir Gawain

We all know it’s Bush’s fault.


28 posted on 09/30/2007 8:56:39 PM PDT by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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To: Clive

It needs some paint. They could probably get a really good deal at China right now.


30 posted on 09/30/2007 9:00:43 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: US_MilitaryRules

go here:
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Image_Gallery/Real-time_Images/index.htm?l=en
click “full disc under Indian ocean.....it will then go to sat view

then click....color....IR.....sector 5....play>......faster/slower

10-1-07 0300 is latest update as of now....cool sat site, nonetheless


31 posted on 09/30/2007 9:01:09 PM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: MaxMax

Excuse me, this is Gore’s fault. He didn’t tell us it was going to happen. Just that the artic was going to melt in 23 years.


32 posted on 09/30/2007 9:01:35 PM PDT by crazyshrink
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To: crazyshrink
Hey, I was just thinking of how this would be another great excuse for
the Demrats to raise taxes on the rich. Heck yea.
33 posted on 09/30/2007 9:05:05 PM PDT by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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34 posted on 09/30/2007 9:05:26 PM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: SevenofNine
I'm in Ireland and just saw the photos on Sky News.

Said they don't know how many people were on the tiny Island.

35 posted on 09/30/2007 9:12:05 PM PDT by LiveFreeOrDie2001 (Check out ---->> www.eaglebrookchurch.com <<----)
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To: CindyDawg
What kind of an island is it?

A volcanic island. ^_^

36 posted on 09/30/2007 9:23:59 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: txflake
Google Earth is not coughing the island up.

Very funny. Seriously, prayers for the inhabitants.
37 posted on 09/30/2007 9:24:24 PM PDT by khnyny
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To: LiveFreeOrDie2001

38 posted on 09/30/2007 9:25:30 PM PDT by crazyshrink
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To: crazyshrink

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/red-sea-volcanos-catastrophic-eruption/2007/10/01/1191091001007.html


39 posted on 09/30/2007 9:26:36 PM PDT by crazyshrink
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To: happinesswithoutpeace
Tsunami potential?
40 posted on 09/30/2007 9:28:06 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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