Second, more powerful Icelandic volcano likely to explode soon

daily beast ^ | 4/21/10 | Martin Hickman

[Nachum]

Despite grounding 100,000 flights across Europe , battering a beleaguered airline industry, stranding hundreds of thousands of travellers, disrupting schools and businesses, and giving homes under flight paths their first peace and quiet in decades, the current volcano eruption may be only a teaser of chaos to come.

A far bigger Icelandic volcano, Katla, is tipped to erupt in the coming months, potentially causing much more savage and sustained disruption to industry and society. Eyjafjallajokull erupted on 14 April, forcing European governments to impose a no-fly zone. Each time Eyjafjallajokull has erupted in the past 2,000 years – in 920, in 1612 and between 1821 and 1823 – Katla has exploded within six months.

[Windflier]

A volcano cannot be appeased by throwing it virgins, and it can't be appeased by driving a Toyota Prius.

Blasphemer! Denier! Heretic!

[Lakeshark]

and it can't be appeased by driving a Toyota Prius.

Not even into the volcano?

[unkus]

Maybe we’ll be taxed to stop global volcanoes.

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They’ll make up some idiocy and go for it.

[Windflier]

Laki is the one where the SHTF.

Do tell...

Care to elaborate?

[mylife]

A few weeks ago Obama was mocking this stuff...

There’s been plenty of fear-mongering, plenty of overheated rhetoric. You turn on the news, you’ll see the same folks are still shouting about there’s going to be an end of the world because this bill passed. (Laughter.) I’m not exaggerating. Leaders of the Republican Party, they called the passage of this bill “Armageddon.” (Laughter.) Armageddon. “End of freedom as we know it.”

So after I signed the bill, I looked around to see if there any — (laughter) — asteroids falling or — (applause) — some cracks opening up in the Earth. (Laughter.) It turned out it was a nice day. (Laughter.) Birds were chirping. Folks were strolling down the Mall. People still have their doctors.

[Windflier]

Apparently, the biggest explosion was in 1793, there was soo much SO2 that the sky turned red and misty. Leading to widspread famine and freezing the Mississippi River solid as far as New Orleans!

Were the twin sisters responsible for that eruption, or was it Laki?

[unkus]

Any ideas on how long crop production would be affected?

Best to add to one’s existing stocks of food starting right now.

[listenhillary]

I archived your post on my profile page. It was that good.

[Windflier]

"...it can't be appeased by driving a Toyota Prius."

Not even into the volcano?

Stuff 'em with liberals first, and you may have something there.

[editor-surveyor]

“Not even into the volcano?”

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You might be onto something there!

Sacrificing A Pious might do the trick.
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[dragnet2]

I find myself cheering for the Volcano's.

Me too...

Go volcanos!

[MaxMax]

I'll be hitting the store tomorrow and stocking up on sale items.
Usually I give the items a month away from expiration to the food bank
to keep a good rotation. Although many items can be stored beyond the dates.

[editor-surveyor]

“So do crabs ask Lloyd Bridges”

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I didn’t know he hung around with that kind of women....
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[Windflier]

Any ideas on how long crop production would be affected?

I recall reading that the eruption 200 years ago caused "the year without a summer".

I suppose we can use that as a yardstick until we do our homework.

[al baby]

Yup he hung out with Charlie Sheen lots of times be fore he died

[Lakeshark]

A particulary pious Priuss would do it for sure.........color: Green.

:-)

[editor-surveyor]

“Couldn’t come at a worse time, politically, or economically.”

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Or better, depending on your POV!

Tough days ahead for the climate hoaxers.
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[unkus]

Sacrificing A Pious might do the trick.
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I saw one of those Pioses with a bumper sticker: “Man Made Pollution Is A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION”

[Windflier]

I'll be hitting the store tomorrow and stocking up on sale items.

Think I'll tell the wife to stop giving away so many of our old canned goods, or at least slow down. We may need 'em.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Awesome! When do the meteors arrive?
I love this stuff.