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Number of volcanoes erupting right now greater than 20th century YEARLY average
IceAgeNow ^ | 4AUG2015 | Robert Felix

Posted on 08/16/2015 12:16:41 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine

“Is the number of volcanic eruptions worldwide increasing?

“Yes,” answers Michael Snyder in this startling article.“

During the 20th century, there were a total of 3,542 volcanic eruptions globally. That works out to approximately 35 eruptions per year. That may sound like a lot, but according to Volcano Discovery there are 36 volcanoes erupting around the world right now. In other words, the number of volcanoes erupting as you read this article is greater than the 20th century’s yearly average.“

And all of this is part of a larger trend. In 2013, we witnessed the most volcanic eruptions worldwide that we had ever seen in a single year, and 2015 is already threatening to be another one for the record books. All over the planet, volcanoes that have long been dormant are beginning to wake up, and this is greatly puzzling many scientists.”

Snyder goes on to discuss the consequences of a VEI 7 or VEI 8 eruption, wherein he envisages the Earth being flung back into a “pre-civilisation state.”

“The truth is that volcanoes are far, far, far more of a threat to our climate than human activity is,” says Snyder. “All throughout history, volcanic eruptions have instantly changed the climate in a dramatic way.”And that would profoundly affect agriculture.

“Global food production is just barely keeping up with global food demand,” Snyder points out. “In fact, in some years the world actually eats more food than it produces. Global food reserves are at perilously low levels, and so a (volcanic) “year without summer” would be absolutely cataclysmic.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; economiccollapse; eruptions; ilenesnyder; magneticfield; magneticreversal; michaelsnyder; oceans; oceanvolcanos; robertfelix; volcano; volcanoes; volcanos; zerohedge
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To: vetvetdoug
Here is the Cerro Aconcagua north face with the Polish Glacier Route shown.

https://www.google.com/search?q=cerro+aconcagua+polish&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=635&tbm=isch&imgil=wkksI6VRO4ZxvM%253A%253BaM00RfsV6yBNvM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fcrewtreks.com%25252Faconcagua.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=wkksI6VRO4ZxvM%253A%252CaM00RfsV6yBNvM%252C_&usg=__JBKQbJrJFWzkYgIZR2vgEOHxwTo%3D&ved=0CCcQyjdqFQoTCLem2-TDrscCFUaSDQod-_oPcw&ei=Uf7QVfe5HcakNvv1v5gH#imgrc=Gu57Y21i9tv7NM%3A&usg=__JBKQbJrJFWzkYgIZR2vgEOHxwTo%3D

81 posted on 08/16/2015 2:22:18 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For views of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: null and void

I think Heche has been back & forth on that subject. She seemed to be a mess with DeGeneres. DeGeneres seems to have gone through quite a few “partners” trying to find just the “right” one.


82 posted on 08/16/2015 2:23:38 PM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
What it is

on NewsMax

83 posted on 08/16/2015 2:32:52 PM PDT by arthurus (It's true.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Penguins are being roasted!


84 posted on 08/16/2015 2:45:18 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Global Warming is Mother Nature’s fault.


85 posted on 08/16/2015 2:51:37 PM PDT by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: MtnClimber
I've heard that climbing the Cerro Aconcagua is like walking on marbles. Two steps forward and one backward.
86 posted on 08/16/2015 3:33:52 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Many months ago, I mentioned that the outer core and lower mantle move around more, when the geomagnetic field moves around more. More seismicity, volcanism, methane leaks, less ozone, more particulate matter in the air, drought, etc. That combined with less solar activity makes for a less predictable good time with lots of fluctuations!

Pray thanks! Have fun. Enjoy the slide.


87 posted on 08/16/2015 3:43:22 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Kartographer

Ping.


88 posted on 08/16/2015 3:49:49 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
the number of volcanoes erupting as you read this article is greater than the 20th century’s yearly average

The current number may be greater than the 20th Century's average, but what about the variation about that average? What was the maximum number in a year? What percentage of years had a number greater than the current number? We need more than a single number to tell whether exceeding the average is meaningful.

89 posted on 08/16/2015 3:58:00 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney ( book, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY, available from Amazon)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Drought Information - Maps
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Drought/

This is at least the third year that California has publicized that El Nino would stop the drought.


90 posted on 08/16/2015 4:19:22 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: JoeFromSidney

Have no idea if it is within natural variation.


91 posted on 08/16/2015 4:19:36 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Wherever I go I hope there’s RUM!


92 posted on 08/16/2015 4:21:01 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: vetvetdoug
To get to base camp on the Polish Glacier side is 30 miles and two stream crossings that can only be done first thing in the morning when the glacier melt is at its lowest. To get to base camp it took three days going in and two days going out hauling gear on mules rented from farmers.

On the lower part of the glacier there is much gravel on top of the ice. The normal route on the south side probably has more loose gravel. Higher up it was just ice so it was ice axe and crampons (metal spikes on boots).

At high camp around 19, 600 ft we got pinned in our tents for one day by high wind and cold temperature, 60 mph/-25F. On summit day we started at 3 a.m. with headlamps, reached the summit at 4 p.m. and got back to high camp at 11 p.m. I lost 25 lbs on this climb. Setting up each camp was two load carries of about 75 lbs. We took a rest day between every load carry.

93 posted on 08/16/2015 4:30:54 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For views of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: vetvetdoug

I forgot to add that the air was so thin that you had to regulate your pace so as to not consume all oxygen. When you go too fast you get tunnel vision as a warning that you are about to pass out. Going to base camp at 14,000 ft was a pretty normal pace with mules carrying 150 lbs each. On load carries to set up higher camps we counted breaths per step with the heavy loads with 75 lb loads and two trips to set up each higher camp. Lower down it was two breaths per step and up to high camp was three breaths per step. On summit day we were light, but near the summit it was four breaths per step.


94 posted on 08/16/2015 4:41:16 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For views of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber
On summit day we started at 3 a.m. with headlamps, reached the summit at 4 p.m. and got back to high camp at 11 p.m. I lost 25 lbs on this climb. Setting up each camp was two load carries of about 75 lbs. We took a rest day between every load carry.

Interesting! Was it fun? Just curious -- what's it like? Grand vistas? Neat camaraderie? Just the sheer challenge?

I can't imagine going to that trouble to climb a mountain, but that's just me. Most people would hate what I think is fun (intense flip-turn lap swims for 20, 25 minutes a pop). I figure mountain climbing must be fun in some way, or gratifying, or you wouldn't go to the trouble. Just wondering ... what do you like about it?

95 posted on 08/16/2015 4:53:09 PM PDT by Finny (Be ready to own what you vote for. Voting "against" is pretend. You can only vote "for.")
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To: Jack Hydrazine

All they need is one or two of the Cascade volcanoes to go off.


96 posted on 08/16/2015 6:08:11 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (CA the sanctuary state for stupid.)
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To: Finny

Fun after it was done, terrifying before. Seven people died in the two-month climbing window where weather may be good. Most deaths were from altitude related health problems like cerebral edema and pulmonary edema. We had a pulse oxymeter to measure pulse rate ans O2 saturation every morning. Any issues and the climber would stay at the lower camp until acclimated. Up high and we could see the curvature of the earth and at sunset the shadow of the mountain would stretch to the horizon.


97 posted on 08/16/2015 6:14:51 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For views of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber
Wow!!

Thanks for the insight! I can see why it would be engaging.

98 posted on 08/16/2015 7:01:00 PM PDT by Finny (Be ready to own what you vote for. Voting "against" is pretend. You can only vote "for.")
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I blame global warming


99 posted on 08/16/2015 8:04:42 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Palins are better parents than Clintons.)
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To: MtnClimber
Of the volcanoes erupting now, I have climbed two, Popocatepetl (Mexico) and Cotopaxi (Ecuador). Both were having steam eruptions when I climbed them.

You could have been famous...

≡≡8-O

100 posted on 08/17/2015 3:54:34 AM PDT by Does so (SCOTUS Newbies Will Imperil America...)
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