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Volcanic Eruption in Iceland
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| 21.03.2010
| Leifur
Posted on 03/20/2010 6:24:33 PM PDT by Leifur
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To: Steve Van Doorn
New pictures, it seems the eruption crack is about a kilometer in lenght (click in military terms), and is on or next to the popular walking route over Fimmvörðuháls. Now I wish I had walked there.
Now there is pretty good change that this will be a small eruption that will not be to devastating, except maybe to the walk route mentioned previously. In fact, it could become a little bit of an attraction to come and see it, at it seems to be in a smaller scale than feared.
Strangely some panic came upon the international flight system that chanceled flights to and from Iceland and over the country. It sounds like they have never experienced a volcanic eruption before.
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posted on
03/21/2010 3:53:38 AM PDT
by
Leifur
To: All
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posted on
03/21/2010 6:00:53 AM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: winoneforthegipper
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posted on
03/21/2010 7:27:38 AM PDT
by
Quix
(BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
To: Leifur
Amazing part about the pic is there is still a lot of ice on the hill. I would have thought most of the ground around the fissure would have warmed up even in a small eruption.
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posted on
03/21/2010 4:00:07 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
To: Leifur; winoneforthegipper
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posted on
03/21/2010 4:09:45 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
To: Steve Van Doorn; Leifur
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posted on
03/21/2010 5:36:16 PM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: Steve Van Doorn; Leifur; Quix
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posted on
03/21/2010 7:10:46 PM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: cripplecreek
I would not want to go there now..... seems like a hot potato now...
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posted on
03/21/2010 8:11:44 PM PDT
by
American Constitutionalist
(There is no civility in the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USA)
To: Leifur
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posted on
03/21/2010 8:16:26 PM PDT
by
American Constitutionalist
(There is no civility in the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USA)
To: Quix
Yes , interesting in deed, interesting timing since it's on the same day as the vote on the HealthScam bill.... maybe the GOD of Israel is showing us something ?
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posted on
03/21/2010 8:21:36 PM PDT
by
American Constitutionalist
(There is no civility in the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USA)
To: All
To: American Constitutionalist
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posted on
03/22/2010 10:19:00 AM PDT
by
Quix
(BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
To: rdl6989; blam; gleeaikin; 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
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posted on
03/22/2010 5:12:19 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt." [Otto von Bismarck])
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posted on
03/22/2010 5:12:58 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt." [Otto von Bismarck])
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
03/22/2010 5:15:35 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt." [Otto von Bismarck])
To: SunkenCiv
I bought some extra tuna tonight just in case we have another year without a summer.
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posted on
03/22/2010 8:59:53 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Wow, that’s a lotta tuna.
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posted on
03/23/2010 6:51:55 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: Palladin; SunkenCiv; All
In 1783 Iceland had a major continuous eruption at the Laki fissure. Magma was shooting up as high as 200 feet along a 25 mile fissure. Much fluorine gas was emitted. It killed 90% of the livestock through ruining pasturage with abrasives and poison. About 10,000 people also died. Benjamin Franklin noticed the cooling and blue atmosphere in Europe at the time and suspected it was caused by something in Iceland. Destruction of crops in Europe may have helped increase hunger and trigger the French Revolution. Let us hope this volcano does not get too bad.
To: gleeaikin
"Destruction of crops in Europe may have helped increase hunger and trigger the French Revolution. Let us hope this volcano does not get too bad."That would be on heck of a Black Swan Event.
We'd have a nationwide (worldwide) problem like hurricane Katrina was in New Orleans. Is it even practical for the government to try to have food stocks in storage for such an event?
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posted on
03/24/2010 5:46:03 AM PDT
by
blam
To: gleeaikin
Very interesting facts.
I wish Ben Franklin was still around to slap down Al Gore.
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posted on
03/24/2010 1:52:32 PM PDT
by
Palladin
("It gon' be lak Christmas!"...DeCarlo Flythe)
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