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Iceland's farmers try to save herds from toxic ash ( Eyjafjallajokull )
ap ^ | Apr 18, 2010 | CARLO PIOVANO

Posted on 04/18/2010 11:42:55 AM PDT by george76

In Europe, the volcanic ash danger travels at high altitudes, but for Iceland's farmers the problem is very much on the ground.

Farmers across the region where the volcano erupted this week under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier have been scrambling to protect their herds from inhaling or ingesting the ash, which can cause internal bleeding, long-term bone damage and teeth loss.

Near Skogar, south of the volcano, the ash blew down from the mountain, blotting out the sunlight and covering everything - pastures, animals and humans - in a thick, gray paste.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agriculture; ash; catastrophism; eyjafjallajkull; eyjafjallajokull; farmers; iceland; skogar; volcanic; volcanicash

1 posted on 04/18/2010 11:42:55 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76
I'm always ashamed when I realize I have a one or two track mind, when so many other factors are involved in most any situation.

How does this play out with humans?

2 posted on 04/18/2010 11:48:32 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: knarf

Pompeii comes to mind.

Yellowstone is due to erupt ?

Among many other options.


3 posted on 04/18/2010 11:51:55 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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4 posted on 04/18/2010 11:53:03 AM PDT by smokingfrog (Free Men will always be armed with the Truth.)
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To: knarf
How does this play out with humans?

Not well. Not well at all.

5 posted on 04/18/2010 12:09:47 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: george76

The other (more likely) options are that this volcano’s BIG BROTHER (Katla) will go off, as it has each time Eyjafjallajokull went off in the past.

Recent reports are that the volcanic activity at Eyjafjallajokull are diminishing somewhat.

No one really knows what will happen.


6 posted on 04/18/2010 12:14:45 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: george76

If the ash clouds persist I wonder what effect it will have on temps and growing seasons up North?

Buy Southern farmland! Wheat futures would be an interesting bet as well.


7 posted on 04/18/2010 12:18:15 PM PDT by darth (c)
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To: vimto

First they decide not to pay back their loans and then they block Europe with their ash


8 posted on 04/18/2010 12:37:44 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: UCANSEE2; Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro; RebelTex; BIGLOOK

I would not go there since I can not pronounce Eyjafjallajokull


9 posted on 04/18/2010 12:40:39 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

I was thinking of going to Iceland this summer but it appears that is off the itinerary. :(


10 posted on 04/18/2010 12:57:01 PM PDT by Skywalk (Transdimensional Jihad!)
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To: darth
Read about the Year Without a Summer which was caused by the eruption of Mt. Tambora in Indonesia in April 1815, a year earlier. It was the largest eruption in recorded history and launched 38 cubic miles of ash into the atmosphere. That's a cube of ash 3.4 miles on each side! Massive crop failures resulted.

The amount of ash being thrown up in Iceland is very small compared to Tambora, Pinatubo and St. Helens. But it is in the Northern Hemisphere. Maybe we'll see the effect next year.

11 posted on 04/18/2010 1:03:08 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Skywalk

The western side of Iceland, including the capitol, are free of ash. Only the east side is covered, less than half the island. Check the various ash maps showing the path of the ash fall. But I do not know where the Katla volcano is, that is the one that is likely to go next, given past history.


12 posted on 04/18/2010 1:08:34 PM PDT by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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To: TruthConquers

That’s my concern, that and the air travel if that Katla goes off.

I should have gone a couple years ago when I got the passport to do so. It would have been a shoestring budget affair but at least I would have done it. lol


13 posted on 04/18/2010 1:09:45 PM PDT by Skywalk (Transdimensional Jihad!)
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There is an Icelandic festival in Canada every first weekend in August near Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is held at a town called Gimili on Lake Winnipeg. That would be the closest I know of. The usual parade, shiners, Amma’s Kitchen where you can sample Icelandic food. My mom was born in this area. Still lots of people of Icelandic descent live there. They came during a famine in Iceland from the 1880’s. That would be the next closest I know of. No hot springs or glaciers, though. Heckla Island is near, a local resort that I went to long ago.


14 posted on 04/18/2010 1:18:01 PM PDT by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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To: TruthConquers

Yeah, that’s the issue. I want to go to Iceland for its unique environments (though the pretty women would be a bonus ha) for photography, video, etc. I had some great shots from my trip through Yellowstone, Grand Teton NP and I can only imagine the photos I’d have from a trip around Iceland.

There are some Icelandic horses I can ride in the states, which was one of my other goals but I am just going to have to postpone it until this clears up, I guess.


15 posted on 04/18/2010 1:31:34 PM PDT by Skywalk (Transdimensional Jihad!)
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To: Skywalk

I did think the festival was a long shot, but not generally known about. Good luck in the future, then. My hubby, too, loves to take pictures. The pictures from Iceland would be spectacular.


16 posted on 04/18/2010 1:37:08 PM PDT by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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Thanks george76.
 
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17 posted on 04/18/2010 6:14:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: george76

LOL - here’s a thread on that (FR has a thread on EVERYTHING, heheh).

Video on How to Pronounce the Name of Iceland’s “Eyjafjallajökull” Volcano

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2495803/posts

Good Luck - I gave up, LOL.


18 posted on 04/18/2010 10:16:09 PM PDT by RebelTex (FREEDOM IS EVERYONE'S RIGHT! AND EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY!)
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To: knarf
The 1783 eruption in Iceland ended up killing a fifth of the population. Fluorine poisoning ( The Mist Hardship) accounted for a lot of it. That is the eruption Ben Franklin saw the results of in Paris.
19 posted on 04/18/2010 10:30:27 PM PDT by Brugmansian
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