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.

[wyokostur]

sooooo...if earthquakes are caused by slutty women...what causes volcanoes to erupt???

[flying Elvis]

Chicken Little would fit right in on FR at times:

Katla has erupted 20 times in the last 1000 years and somehow European civilization has survived.

Katla 1955 (small subglacial eruption)
Katla 1918 12 October 24
Katla 1860 8 May 20
Katla 1823 26 June 28
Katla 1755 17 October ~120
Katla 1721 11 May ~100
Katla 1660 3 November ~60
Katla 1625 2 September 13
Katla 1612 12 October
Katla 1580 11 August
Katla ~1500
Katla 15th century
Katla 1416
Katla ~1357
Katla 1262
Katla 1245
Katla ~1179
Katla 12th century
Eldgjá-Katla ~934
Katla ~920
Katla Late 9th century or early 10th century

[editor-surveyor]

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

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Its above his pay grade!
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[AZLiberty]

Professor McGuire, who sits on the Government’s Cobra emergency committee, pointed out that Katla was 10 times bigger than Eyjafjallajokull. It also has a much bigger ice cap, and it is the mixture of melting cold water and lava that causes explosions and for ash to shoot to high altitudes.

I guess nuking the ice cap wouldn't be PC, would it?

[GonzoGOP]

Sorry, the Gia cultists will say the earth is simply trying to purge itself of the human parasites.

The main flaw of the greens is treating the Earth like a living thing. The Earth is a big ball of molten iron with a thin crust of crud floating on the surface. We live on the crud. A crud covered iron ball doesn't have emotions. A crud covered iron ball doesn't worry about the stuff living on the crud. A crud covered iron ball cannot be angered or appeased. It just orbits around another big ball of fusing helium nuclei (that also doesn't give a rat's rear end about us) and occasionally has an earthquake or volcano to let out a little heat.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Katla Kan’t Wait!

[mylife]

I hope he has a serious pucker factor.

[editor-surveyor]

“Of course Pharoah ignored all those plagues so I imagine obama et al will be no different.”

Does Rahm have a rod he can cast down to turn into a serpent?
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[Windflier]

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

Or better, depending on your POV!

I was just sitting here wondering what sort of things one might invest in, in advance of this sort of catastrophe. I'll bet there are lots of others pondering the same thing at this very moment.

I know......"Volcano Bracelets! Forged in the fires of Mt. Katla - guaranteed to keep you and your loved ones safe from the devastating effects of volcanic eruptions!"

[Jack Hydrazine]

I think it is pronounced Eye Yaff Yalla Yerkel. But yours is good enough for union work.

[caww]

These are nothing compared to what will be...nothing at all. Besides as iceland got dark scientists all over the world were looking at the new photos of the sun red hot...fabulous shots...nothing dark about it.

[thefactor]

Virgins. We should do our best to alleviate that condition.

[unkus]

You’re right. But, I was explaining how the Earth worshipers think. You’re just preaching to the choir here, son.

Except one thing: God created this earth and it’s not “crud”.

[mylife]

He speaks just like the devil.

Tomorrow he will forgo the volcanoes to tell us that we are polluting the air, and that we need a tax.

[unkus]

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

‘
Its above his pay grade!
.

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Something to think about: If the second volcano blows and it creates a lot of havoc, it might put a damper on a lot of 0bama’s plans.

[Jack Hydrazine]

All those melting glaciers could raise the sea level and flood an ant hill or something.

[caww]

I actually think the plume over Europe was God intervening in some nasty Islamic doings, or preventing a plan of some other diabolical nature....shutting down the air travel..tsk tsk...who do people thing they are fooling with!

[American Constitutionalist]

" sooooo...if earthquakes are caused by slutty women...what causes volcanoes to erupt??? "

Ugly liberal women ?

[Jack Hydrazine]

Tomorrow night. Lyrid meteor shower peaks out in the early dawn hours on Thursday the 22nd (early tomorrow morning).

[unkus]

See my post 55.