Mariners report new island in South Pacific

CNN ^ | November 9, 2006 | Unattributed

[MeanWestTexan]

Mean West Texas

1. No income tax. No graduated tax of any kind.
2. Complete banking privacy.
3. No muslims. Any other religion, or lack thereof, is fine.
4. Everyone over 18 must own and wear sidearm.

I think if the rest of the constitution later.

Who has a boat?

[najida]

Sure,
just don't hog all the pumice, ok?

[Toby06]

If you'll promise to stop hogging all the covers like you usually do. :)

[Strategerist]

One good volcano sends more gook into the air than all of man's automobiles in all of history.

Depends on what you mean by "gook" but in the case of Carbon Dioxide, that's completely false.

Automobiles, Factories, etc. put over 150 times more CO2 in the atmosphere per year than the average per year total output of CO2 by every volcano on earth combined.

[najida]

It ain't me hoggin' the covers!

[Cold Heart]

BTTT

[FastCoyote]

"Oh no,

There goes Tokyo..."

Mothra !
Godzirra!

[Explodo]

Provide some proof to back that statement up. Please.

[RebekahT]

LOL, that's EXACTLY what I thought!!!

[Explodo]

"Automobiles, Factories, etc. put over 150 times more CO2 in the atmosphere per year than the average per year total output of CO2 by every volcano on earth combined."

Proof to back up this statement.

[mewzilla]

Check out the pumice raft pics on the following link :)

Tonga volcanic eruption seen by yacht crew

[OldArmy94]

Hey, this talk about island countries reminds me..where is that oil platform located that is an independent nation? North Sea?

[DejaJude]

In the story, they had the link to the blog. It had even more pictures.

[95 Bravo]

"No, it's where KONG lives."
Drat! Beat me to it! :)

[DejaJude]

Thanks for posting that. One of these days, I'll learn how to do it. Did you read this part of the story?
Frederik Fransson the skipper reported, "You might have heard about the sailor's superstition that you should 'never leave on a Friday'. Well, we did and the sea turned to stone, it is hard to get a stronger sign than that.

The sea turning to stone sounds like something out of mythology.

[Strategerist]

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/What/VolGas/volgas.html

Comparison of CO2 emissions from volcanoes vs. human activities.

Scientists have calculated that volcanoes emit between about 130-230 million tonnes (145-255 million tons) of CO2 into the atmosphere every year (Gerlach, 1999, 1992). This estimate includes both subaerial and submarine volcanoes, about in equal amounts. Emissions of CO2 by human activities, including fossil fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring, amount to about 22 billion tonnes per year (24 billion tons) [ ( Marland, et al., 1998) - The reference gives the amount of released carbon (C), rather than CO2.]. Human activities release more than 150 times the amount of CO2 emitted by volcanoes--the equivalent of nearly 17,000 additional volcanoes like Kilauea (Kilauea emits about 13.2 million tonnes/year)!

[Toby06]

That's a really cool pic, and yeah, a hell of a sign!

[Centurion2000]

SWEET ... THE US needs to put a flag out there and claim the damn thing ASAP. Another strategic location for stuff.

[angcat]

What the heck is that?

[Toby06]

On either side is the floating pumice, in the middle is the channel cut by their boat.

The story is here: http://www.matangitonga.to/article/tonganews/natural_events/tonga_eruption_081106.shtml