Posted on 04/15/2012 10:37:19 PM PDT by smokingfrog
MEXICO CITY - Popocatépetl, the nearly 18,000 foot volcano that hovers like a sentinel on the southeastern fringe of Mexico's capital, awakened again Sunday, punctuating an especially shaky seismic season.
Popo, as the mountain is widely called, spewed at least seven exhalations overnight Saturday and through the day Sunday, sending vapor, smoke and gas billowing into the clear sky. The most serious occurred just after 9 a.m. Sunday, sending a vapor cloud a mile into the air.
Mexico's National Disaster Prevention Center issued a precautionary warning to residents, advising them to stay alert for a worsening situation and to keep at least seven miles away from the volcano's crater.
The service predicted continuing "moderate exhalations, some with ash, sporadic low to moderate explosions with likely burning fragments emitted close to the crater, and flaming magma within the crater visible at night."
Popo's latest fuming comes amid a series of earthquakes striking southern and central Mexico in the past three weeks. Several 6 magnitude quakes struck Wednesday, but no damage. A midday 7.4 quake on March 20 damaged hundreds of buildings in Oaxaca and Guerrero states and sent hundreds of thousands of residents scrambling into Mexico City's streets.
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"Wake up, Pop. You can't sleep your life away."
Global warming?
Naw, it’s that ‘frackin’ thing, and Bush’s fault, fer sure.
Nah. Now they have a better excuse to cross the border. “ah yes gringo, I move to America because of volcano”
Is there an estimate for the number of tons of CO2 that has been released into the atmosphere by this eruption? How much money does Mexico owe Al Gore for this event?
The service predicted continuing “moderate exhalations, some with ash, sporadic low to moderate explosions with likely burning fragments emitted close to the crater, and flaming magma within the crater visible at night.”
I was hopeing this was the weather forcast for Qom Iran.
Pictures?
Heck, my dog can do better than just seven.
I’m thinking, with approx 22 million people, Mexico City would not be the place to have a massive volcanic eruption.
Now there's something you don't see describing Mexico City very often. I lived in the NW suburbs of Mexico City for a couple of years 20 years ago. I used to leave the house every morning at 0600 for a run through the barrio. On about 360 days of the year all one could see looking south was darkness. The other five days Popo stood out like a monster sentinel, almost scary. All of mankind's good works in reducing the "carbon footprint" is wiped out everytime one of these volcanoes erupt and spew into the atmosphere.
Back in 1520, is Popo the mountain the Spaniards climbed to get sulfur for their gunpowder, and also got their first view of the Aztec Capitol?
I don’t know about them getting their sulphur from Popo. I’ve often wondered what went through Cortez’ mind when he and his troops exploring this primitive land first sighted Teotihuacan. Even by 16th century European standards, those pyramids were pretty sophisticated.
I don’t know about them getting their sulphur from Popo. I’ve often wondered what went through Cortez’ mind when he and his troops exploring this primitive land first sighted Teotihuacan. Even by 16th century European standards, those pyramids were pretty sophisticated.
I’d be packing-up or calling Allied Van Lines by now, sf!
Thanks for the tip, PM.
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