[Frank_2001]

Threaten it with legal action!;)

[GraceG]

Well what will the Gore think when it blows and starts Little Ice Age II?

[Does so]

Krakatau?

Big deal.

[Hugin]

Aw jeez, not again!

[Straight Vermonter]

What has this thing ever done to get people so riled up?

[SueRae]

Carbon credit bonanza, paging Al Gore!

[Textide]

This volcano is being very, very bad.

[Never on my watch]

According to Andi Arief, presidential advisor on Disaster Issues...

Is this the guy who replaced Rahm Emanuel? /sarc

[Lazamataz]

America slowly plunging into tyranny, with an avowed enemy of freedom at her helm.

Economic collapse on a global scale.

And now a major eruption of a volcano, which is sure to cause significantly lower harvests.

Why does it feel like 1928? Only we’re Germany?

[Mister Da]

To remain carbon neutral, I suggest that all Global Warmers exhale 20% less until the volcanoes subside.

[ETL]

"A volcano on Krakatoa is still erupting. Perhaps most famous for the powerfully explosive eruption in 1883 that killed tens of thousands of people, ash from a violent eruption might also have temporarily altered Earth's climate as long as 1500 years ago. In 1927, eruptions caused smaller Anak Krakatau to rise from the sea, and the emerging volcanic island continues to grow at an average rate of 2 cm per day. The latest eruption of Anak Krakatau started in 2008 April and continues today. In this picture, Anak Krakatau is seen erupting from Rakata, the main island of the Krakatoai group."

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090713.html

[ETL]

"The geography of Indonesia is dominated by volcanoes that are formed due to subduction zones between the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate. Some of the volcanoes are notable for their eruptions, for instance, Krakatau for its global effects in 1883,[1] Lake Toba for its supervolcanic eruption estimated to have occurred 74,000 Before Present which was responsible for six years of volcanic winter,[2] and Mount Tambora for the most violent eruption in recorded history in 1815.[3]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Indonesia

[ETL]

"Krakatoa [center of lower image] (Indonesian: Krakatau), also known as Krakatau, is a volcanic island made of a'a lava[2] in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. The name is used for the island group, the main island (also called Rakata), and the volcano as a whole. The island exploded in 1883, killing approximately 40,000 people, although some estimates put the death toll much higher. The explosion is still considered to be the loudest sound ever heard in modern history, with reports of it being heard nearly 3,000 miles from its point of origin. The shock wave from the explosion was recorded on barographs around the globe."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa

[ETL]

"A map of Krakatoa after the 1883 eruption,
showing the change in geography."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa

[ETL]

Re: Subduction zone

"In geology, subduction is the process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate, sinking into the Earth's mantle, as the plates converge. A subduction zone is an area on Earth where two tectonic plates move towards one another and subduction occurs. Rates of subduction are typically measured in centimeters per year, with the average rate of convergence being approximately 2 to 8 centimeters per year (about the rate a fingernail grows).[1]

Subduction zones involve an oceanic plate sliding beneath either a continental plate or another oceanic plate (that is, the subducted plate is always oceanic while the subducting plate may or may not be oceanic). Subduction zones are often noted for their high rates of volcanism, earthquakes, and mountain building. This is because subduction processes result in melt of the mantle that produces a volcanic arc as relatively lighter rock is forcibly submerged."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subduction_zone

[almcbean]

“Andi Arief, presidential advisor on Disaster Issues’

Obama: “So, Andi, what are your thoughts on the November election results?”