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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: Hammerhead
WHOOAAAAA!!!! HUNDREDS OF FEET In the air???!!!!.....wow.

The Mt. St. Helens eruption of 1980 spewed a huge column of ash to a height of 12 miles in less than 10 minutes. I suspect this eruption near Yemen isn't even close to being in the same league. ...but I guess we'll see.

41 posted on 09/30/2007 9:33:56 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo ("Hidin' in a corner ...of New York City, lookin' down a .44 in West Virginy")
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To: khnyny

That was not intended to be funny.


42 posted on 09/30/2007 9:34:32 PM PDT by txhurl (Yes there were WMDs)
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To: happinesswithoutpeace
Pics from the HMCS TORONTO.
43 posted on 09/30/2007 9:37:15 PM PDT by ForGod'sSake (ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
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To: happinesswithoutpeace
Catastrophic?
Hundreds of feet in the air?

Can't muslims get anything even close to accurate?

44 posted on 09/30/2007 9:39:16 PM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: txflake

Oh, ok. It’s not the first time I’ve given someone too much credit. Sorry.


45 posted on 09/30/2007 9:45:55 PM PDT by khnyny
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To: happinesswithoutpeace; Cindy; Allegra; A message; AVNevis; Awestruck; Bennett46; bert; Beth; ...


Thank you for the ping, Happinesswithoutpeace. Cindy and Allegra, I'm also pinging you to this story because I thought you might be interested.

Earthquake Ping List. If you would like to have your name
added to this list or removed from it, please FReepmail me.


46 posted on 09/30/2007 9:52:13 PM PDT by bd476
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To: ForGod'sSake

That is flipping awesome...


47 posted on 09/30/2007 9:53:32 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: ForGod'sSake; crazyshrink

Wow. Thanks.


48 posted on 09/30/2007 9:56:14 PM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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To: crazyshrink

Oops, there went that volcano’s carbon credits.


49 posted on 09/30/2007 10:05:17 PM PDT by del4hope (May God save us from a Queen)
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To: happinesswithoutpeace
I think this is the island in the "Red Sea".


50 posted on 09/30/2007 10:09:08 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media.)
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To: happinesswithoutpeace

Tectonics, without which none of us would be here to post about it.


51 posted on 09/30/2007 10:09:21 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: happinesswithoutpeace

It seems to me that I’ve read of a prediction of such a thing in the last week or two . . .

sort of generalized to the area but specific about a volcano . . . maybe some implication about Iran. I forget.

Anyone else see such an item?


52 posted on 09/30/2007 10:09:29 PM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: Quix

This?

http://uk.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUKJAK273847._CH_.242020070930


53 posted on 09/30/2007 10:18:28 PM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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To: happinesswithoutpeace; Jeremiah Jr; Lijahsbubbe
This one?

Country: Yemen
Subregion Name: Red Sea
Volcano Number: 0201-01=
Volcano Type: Stratovolcano
Volcano Status: Historical
Last Known Eruption: 1883
Summit Elevation: 244 m 801 feet
Latitude: 15.55°N 15°33'0"N
Longitude: 41.82°E 41°49'0"E

The basaltic Jebel at Tair stratovolcano rises from a 1200 m depth in the south-central Red Sea, forming an oval-shaped island about 3 km long. Jebel at Tair is the northernmost known Holocene volcano in the Red Sea and lies SW of the Farisan Islands. Youthful basaltic pahoehoe lava flows from the steep-sided central vent, Jebel Duchan, cover most of the island. They drape a circular cliff cut by wave erosion of an older edifice and extend beyond it to form a flat coastal plain. Pyroclastic cones are located along the NW and southern coasts, and fumarolic activity occurs from two uneroded scoria cones at the summit. Radial fissures extend from the summit, some of which were the sources of lava flows. The island is of Holocene age, and explosive eruptions were reported in the 18th and 19th centuries.

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0201-01=
54 posted on 09/30/2007 10:23:11 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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To: happinesswithoutpeace

Thanks much.

But, no.

I think it was someone’s

1. complex scientific sort of calculation
or
2. dream or vision or prophetic message of some sort.

I just can’t recall. I guess I carry too much such ‘trivia’ around in my noggin in bits and drabs.


55 posted on 09/30/2007 10:24:53 PM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: PA Engineer

Thanks.


56 posted on 09/30/2007 10:29:17 PM PDT by txhurl (Yes there were WMDs)
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To: bd476
More over here:Red Sea Volcano
57 posted on 09/30/2007 10:32:14 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: ForGod'sSake

Cool pictures. I can just imagine after the first two shots:

“Ow - my eyes”.
“Turn the night vision off you idiot!”


58 posted on 09/30/2007 10:33:34 PM PDT by geopyg (Don't wish for peace, pray for Victory.)
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To: ForGod'sSake
Pics are nice, how about Video from the HMCS Toronto to look at as well.
59 posted on 09/30/2007 10:34:33 PM PDT by kingu (No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
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To: PA Engineer; txflake

If the lat and long at the bottom is from that island, you’re way off. See post #54.


60 posted on 09/30/2007 11:14:18 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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