Posted on 03/20/2010 6:24:33 PM PDT by Leifur
Breaking News: A volcano just erupted in southern part of Iceland, under the glacier Eyjafjallajökull. They are starting to clear farms in the lowlands below the glacier, and ash has started to fall in the area. There has not been though much earth tremors following this.
Farmers in the area are seeing fire in the glacier and the stench is reportedly very strong. These are the most affected areas, the red is in most danger of beeing flooded with toxic water at high speed:
http://mbl.is/frimg/5/25/525555.jpg
The greatest danger following this is that the volcanic eruption will melt the glacier and a huge amount of melted glacier water will flood down the floodplaines, and the grown lands in the Southern flat lands of the country below the clacier. Some farmers have just under an hour to abandon their farms and get to safety.
Most farms are though on small hilltops, so depending on how great the eruption is, and where the meltwater will mostly flow, the devastation can be all from mostly grown land and roads to severe economic damage at a hight of an extended financial crisis extended by a impotent government and blackmailing from the EU nations especially the UK and the Netherlands.
Information from the wikipedia site:
"Eyjafjallajökull [glacier] is one of the smaller glaciers of Iceland. It is situated to the north of Skógar and to the west of the larger glacier Mýrdalsjökull.
The last eruption was from 1821 to 1823, causing a fatal glacier run. The crater of the volcano has a diameter of 3–4 km and the glacier covers an area of about 100 km². The south end of the mountain was once part of the Atlantic coastline. As the sea has since retreated some 5 km, the former coastline has left behind sheer cliffs with a multitude of beautiful waterfalls, the best known of them being Skógafoss.
In strong winds, the water of the smaller falls can even be blown up the mountain. Between 3rd and 5th of March 2010 there were measured close to 3000 earthquakes at the epicenter of the volcano. Most were very small but some could be detected in the nearby towns.[1]
These tremors were thought to be maybe a precurser of an eruption, that now is coming to fruition.
Thanks gleeaikin.
There is considerable activity in Iceland, that Eyjaf, might be getting ready to perform. A new fissure and possibly a third have now formed rather quickly today and the gps stations around the area are all inflating quite rapidly.
Extreme attention should be paid.
http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/gps/predorb/golapred.html
INTERESTING.
THX THX.
Very interesting readings coming out of yellowstone!!!!
http://www.seis.utah.edu/helicorder/ymr_webi.htm
A half a dozen or so Christian prophetic sources just in the last 3-5 days have sent yet another warning around about looming famine. They first did such with a relatively ‘distant’ in time perspective a decade or 2 ago.
This time, they weren’t sounding like they thought it was a long ways off.
THX.
WHAT’S YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THEM?
They reset this webicorder so I am not up on it as I was during the last swarm, but between 8 and 9 that very well could be a harmonic tremor. It looks more like a classic seismograph recording of one not normailly charted like that on a web based application, but it’s classic if it is.
Then the other spikes are quakes. Are we heading towards another swarm? not sure, but it has to be kept an eye on!
hmmmmm.
thx.
yeah, I was gone the last few days. But check out the last few days of YMR there has been a lot of activity.
Be safe, Leifur. Thanks for the post.
Awesome scenery and picture. Thanks.
Hope you are well and safe. We are praying for you and everyone in your country. May all be kept safe, and evacuate in time, if necessary.
Thank you for the great heads-up last month.
Keep safe.
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