Posted on 12/21/2009 9:39:27 AM PST by SeekAndFind
While the environmentalists and climate change cultists were freezing their butts off worrying about saving the planet because of global warming and atmospheric pollution caused by carbon dioxide, the planet itself didn't seem to want to be saved. Or maybe the planet has to destroy itself to save itself. Or something.
Anyway, off in the Philippines, Mount Mayon volcano has
had a total of 248 volcanic quakes and tremors since Monday.
In a statement, Phivolcs director Renato Solidum explained that 50 of these events were explosion-type, wherein minor explosions produced volcanic earthquakes and tremors.
"However, only seven were observed during times of good visibility. These explosions produced dark gray to dark brown ash columns that reached a maximum height of up to 1,000 meters above the summit before drifting southwest," Solidum said.
And what is in that ash? According to Rio Rose Ribaya of the Manila Bulletin
Experts said volcanoes emit hazardous gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, radon, hydrogen chloride, hydrofluoric acid, and sulfuric acid. Inhaling these gases may lead to anoxia, a state where oxygen is low that can lead to mental confusion, hallucination and amnesia, among other conditions.
Volcanic air pollution can also cause acute bronchitis, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the US said.
The website of the Atlanta-based pool of experts said these dangerous gases cause acute bronchitis, the inflammation of the airways of the lungs.
And of course the hot lava flow burns everything in its path on the ground.
While some on the fringe will undoubtedly blame volcanic eruption on humans, volcanoes have been belching this unhealthy stuff into the atmosphere for millions of years.
As a result of these eruptions and ensuing global pollution will the world suffer another period of global cooling and darkness as happened nearly 200 years ago after Mount Tambora in Indonesia came alive in 1815, sending thousands of tons of gases and particles into the atmosphere, leaving a thick haze which caused misery around the world for several years. NPR did a story on it two years ago.
And something did go wrong in 1816, known as "the year without summer." Temperatures dropped, crops failed and people starved.
"Hundreds of thousands of people died. People were reduced to eating rats and fighting over roots," Webb says. "Most of these people were killed by epidemic disease, [such as] typhus and other things related to starvation. They simply couldn't find enough food."
In America, New Englanders saw snow well into the summer - the average temperature in July and August was 5 to 10 degrees below normal, according to Webb.
Hmmm, can Mother Nature be fined for violating cap 'n' trade and spewing dangerous carbon dioxide into the atmosphere or will someone, anyone in Hollywood please, please buy carbon offsets for the Philippine volcano?
Philippines forces evacuation as Mayon volcano eruption threat persists
Philippines authorities are struggling to move nearly 50,000 people to safety as the Mayon volcano showed activity that could presage a major eruption.
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I say it's worth a try.
I wasn't aware there was a volcano close to Copenhagen.
Avoid tossing Algore in there. He might block the opening and the pressure would really build...
Any lack of results probably indicates you haven't tried hard enough.
Ping.
But — but — but THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE! I thought Congress had outlawed such activity??
If this volcano does commit this CRIME, it’s in soooo much trouble.
I understand a team of US Marshalls has been dispatched to keep an eye on Mayon and, if necessary, ARREST THIS MISCREANT!
More importantly, ALGORE WILL NOT BE PLEASED!
http://geography.about.com/od/globalproblemsandissues/a/pinatubo.htm
Mount Pinatubo Eruption
The Volcanic Mount Pinatubo Eruption of 1991 that Cooled the Planet
In June 1991, the second largest volcanic eruption of the twentieth century* took place on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, a mere 90 kilometers (55 miles) northwest of the capital city Manila. Up to 800 people were killed and 100,000 became homeless following the Mount Pinatubo eruption, which climaxed with nine hours of eruption on June 15, 1991. On June 15, millions of tons of sulfur dioxide were discharged into the atmosphere, resulting in a decrease in the temperature worldwide over the next few years.
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SNIP SNIP
The eruption plume of Mount Pinatubo’s various gases and ash reached high into the atmosphere within two hours of the eruption, attaining an altitude of 34 km (21 miles) high and over 400 km (250 miles) wide. This eruption was the largest disturbance of the stratosphere since the eruption of Krakatau in 1883 (but ten times larger than Mount St. Helens in 1980). The aerosol cloud spread around the earth in two weeks and covered the planet within a year. During 1992 and 1993, the Ozone hole over Antarctica reached an unprecedented size.
The cloud over the earth reduced global temperatures. In 1992 and 1993, the average temperature in the Northern Hemisphere was reduced 0.5 to 0.6°C and the entire planet was cooled 0.4 to 0.5°C. The maximum reduction in global temperature occurred in August 1992 with a reduction of 0.73°C. The eruption is believed to have influenced such events as 1993 floods along the Mississippi river and the drought in the Sahel region of Africa. The United States experienced its third coldest and third wettest summer in 77 years during 1992.
Overall, the cooling effects of the Mount Pinatubo eruption were greater than those of the El Niño that was taking place at the time or of the greenhouse gas warming of the planet. Remarkable sunrises and sunsets were visible around the globe in the years following the Mount Pinatubo eruption.
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That is crazy talk, image the toxic fumes from a burning hippie
If spewing causes global warming...isn’t it offset by blocking the sun?? Also, the wind carries these clouds of cr**...so where they are are hot spots but it’s traveling, too.
Bwaaaahaaaahaaa!
Good one!
Eruptions cause cooling. This was massively proved in 1816, the Year without a Summer.
And as a fellow New Englander, I can assure you that they rolled up their sleeves and shoveled it out of the way on their way to the beach...
Volcanos do more to damage the ozone layer than man-made CFC’s. Zero needs to give these volcanos a stern warning. Maybe Rajendra Pauchari can make a deal with the volcano for some carbon credits.
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