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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***”The Conquest of New Spain” (The Bernal Diaz Chronicles) by Bernal Diaz del Castillo.****
Read it several times over the last 50 years. I just gave my copy to the local library.
I’ve also read Prescott’s CONQUEST OF MEXICO AND PERU. I believe this is the one that tells about gathering sulfur from the volcano.
Bernal Dias only mentioned some of the men climbed a volcano and saw the Aztec capitol. Then remarked how it looked like a city in a fantasy book published in Spain.
Mexico’s most dangerous active volcano erupts 13 times in 1 day
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By Ben Turner published about 3 hours ago
Get ready to rummmmbbbbbblllle!
-PJ
Why was I thinking dancing flute player meme?
Dont worry, Ive seen this movie. Godzilla eventually takes him out.
He looks pretty PO’d...
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