Icelandic Met Office says NO ERUPTION at Hekla volcano

Source: BNO News via ThaIndian

REYKJAVIK (BNO NEWS) — The Icelandic Meteorological Office on Monday said the Hekla volcano in the southern part of the country had not erupted.

Live footage from the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service initially appeared to show images from the Hekla volcano with a huge plume of smoke rising from it. Later, the service said the camera was accidentally pointed at the Eyjafjallajökull glacier - which continues to erupt and has caused major air travel disruptions across Europe.

An official with the Icelandic Meteorological Office in Reykjavik said he was aware of media reports, but said they were not accurate. “I’m sitting here in the middle of the Icelandic Met Office and we’ve seen nothing to indicate an eruption,” he said.

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FWI, on the map below the purple pin is Hekla, the red pin is Eyjafjallajökull and the white splotch just to the right of Eyjafjallajökull is Katla. The scariest one is Katla. Hat tip to THIS blog.

I suppose he's sitting looking at seismographs and remote camera feeds, but it still seem like a look out the window might be worth doing...

It would have been so much easier to pronounce.

...pronounced properly, I couldn't quite pull it off. The last syllable is not something you hear in English at all.

PB

I find it easier to call him "Imalooneyjob".

There is only ice.

And land.

What is this talk of volcanoes and eruptions?

AY a fyat la yo kuut

Hey ya fat, ya yokel

(Hey, you're fat, you yokel)

I know it's not correct, but it's the closest I can come--that I can remember without looking at it written--without twisting my tongue all up