Kent Brockman: So, professor, would you say it’s time for everyone to panic?
Professor: Yes I would, Kent.
Posted on 08/23/2014 8:34:53 AM PDT by FlJoePa
Iceland raised its aviation alert to red Saturday as a subglacial eruption began at the restless Bardarbunga volcano, which has been rattled by thousands of earthquakes in the past week, the country's Meteorological Office said.
Seismic data indicated that lava from the volcano was melting ice beneath the Vatnajokull glacier, Iceland's largest, Met Office vulcanologist Melissa Pfeffer said.
She said it was not clear when, or if, the eruption would melt through the ice — which is between 100 to 400 meters (330 to 1,300 feet) thick — and send steam and ash into the air.
The eruption led Iceland to raise its aviation alert level to red, indicating an eruption that could cause "significant emission of ash into the atmosphere." Red is the highest alert warning on a five-point scale.
Aviation authorities declared a no-fly zone around the volcano but did not shut Icelandic airspace.
Pfeffer said scientists were flying over the glacier Saturday to look for changes on its surface. Scientists were also monitoring a hydrological station downstream from the volcano for flooding — a common result of volcanic eruptions in Iceland.
Authorities evacuated several hundred people earlier this week from the highlands north of the Vatnajokull glacier as a precaution. The remote area, 200 miles (320 kilometers) east of Reykjavik, is uninhabited but popular with hikers.
Iceland sits on a volcanic hot spot in the Atlantic's mid-oceanic ridge and eruptions occur frequently, triggered when the Earth's plates move and when magma from deep underground pushes its way to the surface.
A 2010 eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul volcano produced an ash cloud that caused a week of international aviation chaos, with more than 100,000 flights cancelled. Aviation regulators since have reformed policies about flying through ash, so a new eruption would be unlikely to cause that much disruption.
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We will expect daily updates and local observations thread out of you.
Wherever I go I hope there’s RUM!
:)Ya.
Oh, jeez, man. Don't give 'em any ideas.
1816 year without a summer.
Kent Brockman: So, professor, would you say it’s time for everyone to panic?
Professor: Yes I would, Kent.
Yup. A lesser solar cycle and now add to that volcanic ash.
Similar to the way global warming was a natural occurrence so is global cooling. And it has indeed been a very cool summer...at least in my neck of the woods.
Not only that, but I just changed my air filter in my furnace.
Hmm. I am flying to Poland next week. I hope nothing to delay air travel. I was in Baraloce Argentina when Mt. Puyehue went off in Chile. That was not a pleasant experience.
Emergency legislation to enact C02 taxes will solve the problem. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has proof that evil Republicans have created conditions conducive to an eruption.
lol
Bush’s fault!
In New England, I believe some people called 1816
Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death. Seriously, that’s what some locals of that time period called it.
There was just another 4.7 quake there.
To the rallying cry of- "Bardarbunga!"
You Rang? (Posted here seven years ago)
Here it is:
Eighteen Hundred And Froze To Death (The Infamous 'Year Without Summer')
Just out of curiosity what happens if there is enough pressure to blast the ice into the stratosphere?
Re:You Rang: (Posted here seven years ago)
Thanks. Enjoyed reading accounts of 1816 weather.
Thanks for that link... I sorta remember reading it the first time.
Since some LiberalLogic types will claim GloBull Worming, fracking, SUVs, the wrong light bulbs, plastic grocery bags and phosphates in Dawn detergent for any ill Gaia suffers from Bardarbunga...may I then remind ALL that DearLeader was supposed to “HEAL THE EARTH” “SLOW THE RISE OF THE OCEANS” yada yada yada...so, to me, this is yet another Obama EpicFAIL.
Word.
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