Volcano erupts in Iceland, spurs 50 quakes

Source: MSNBC.com

Volcano erupts in Iceland, spurs 50 quakes
White plume shoots 18,000 feet above the glacier where the volcano is located


msnbc.com news services
updated less than 1 minute ago

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REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland's most active volcano started erupting Saturday, with a white plume shooting 18,000 feet into the sky, scientists said.

The eruption was followed by around 50 small earthquakes, the largest of which measured 3.7 on the Richter Scale, according to Iceland's meteorological office.

There was a similar eruption at the same volcano in 2004.

The Grimsvotn volcano is located underneath the Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland.

This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43121772/ns/world_news-europe/

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The end of the world has officially begun!

Nicely done.

Only an hour and a half before the other earthquakes hit and end the world.

Well, maybe not...:evilgrin:

"don't know if I'll be back again"

:-)

Tikki

MSNBC on tv staying on their regularly scheduled news free weekend programing.

News networks my ass.

:scared:




:sarcasm:



:rofl:

I just never got the helium bought in time.

...AND, I'm going out to dinner and want to time it so that I finish my meal but don't have to pay the bill.

Can Rev. Crazy maybe pinpoint that timing for me...he seems to know all about it!

hehe

p.s...more HATE from the pious and religious:

http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2011/05/21/video-homophobic-pastors-prayer-controversy-jeopardizes-same-sex-amendment-vote/

Given the way it fucked up Europe's air travel last time for some considerable period of time then I assuming you won't mind if this time its even worse, loops the earth, and fucks up all of your air travel too.

If nothing else it may of course stop NATO bombing Libya.

This is the larger volcano, isn't it?

What is the reporting on this on your side of the pond?

Iceland's most active volcano, Grimsvotn, has started erupting, scientists say.

The volcano, which lies under the Vatnajokull glacier in south-east Iceland, last erupted in 2004.

In 2010, plumes of ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano caused weeks of air travel chaos across Europe.

Scientists say the latest eruption is unlikely to cause similar problems, although it may trigger localised flooding.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13487858

They didn't anticipate the actual outcome of last time.

:hi:

by anyone.

that it doesn't impact air travel and that people in Iceland are ok.

:hi:

I hope it's not as extensive as last time.


:hi:

My next vacation is a cruise!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

It's the apocalypse, lighten up.

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Actually, the US is in the top 4 producers in 50 ag categories.

http://www.fao.org/es/ess/top/topproduction.html;jsessionid=AAD145D4DD34687D3A52AFA51EB8C1D4?lang=en&country=231&year=2005


As a Texas Aggie, I'd know that, but you may not.

...it still amazes me whenever I drive through farm-country. Shame that only a handful of corporations are running most of our agriculture these days.

You think the US imports a lot of food BY AIR?

I had no real concept of your fruit and veg being moved by road. My initial reply was actually a response to the rapture jokes which I considered to be wholly out of place on this subject.

And of course the Midwest for livestock and grains.

Agriculture is the last thing you want to rely on globalization. It's very very bad. Countries should at the bare minimum grow enough food to comfortably feed their populations.

If they don't they open themselves up to bad bad policies (again, IMF).

Strawberries yes : bananas no.

After Mexico, Canada, and Korea.

Can't afford to fly anyway, so who cares? I know I don't.

Where it quite plainly says they don't expect it to effect air travel the way the eruption did in 2010. :eyes:

Always possibilities.

Icelandic volcano ash could enter UK airspace, forecasters warn
Britain may be at risk as early as Tuesday, although the impact is not expected to be as great as it was in April 2010
Adam Gabbatt
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 22 May 2011 18.41 BST

Ash from an erupting Icelandic volcano that has already grounded planes locally could enter UK airspace by Tuesday, forecasters have warned.

The Grimsvotn volcano began erupting on Sunday, causing flights to be cancelled at Iceland's main Keflavik airport after it sent a plume of ash smoke and steam 12 miles into the air.

However experts said the eruption was unlikely to have the dramatic impact that the Eyjafjallajökull volcano had in April last year, when flights were cancelled over the UK and much of Europe for several days.

Paul Mott, forecaster at Meteogroup, said ash from the volcano could potentially reach the UK by Tuesday.

More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/22/icelandic-volcano-ash-uk-airspace

_{George W. Bush} would warn you to put plastic sheeting all over your house, and tie it all together with a LOT of duct tape.

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/iceland-grimsvotn-volcano-has-erupted

How many are reported raptor...
er, raptured?

Inquiring minds want to know!

:rofl:

:thumbsup: You guys are too funny!!!:fistbump:

You'd think he would just push a God button on his God control panel.

Hopefully, no one was seriously injured.

Had this link all ready for the Rapture threads...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceY2zAMkCqQ

Hawaii is a hot-spot volcano that burns through the earth's crust to build the island chain.
Iceland actually lies on the crack where the earth's crust drift appart, the only place above the sea where that happens IIRC. It is a very different style of volcano.

because Iceland's are covered with glaciers and therein lies part of the problem - water meeting up with magma.

What a great name for a volcano. What a language!

looking forward to a new start!

not "the gay."

A volcanic ash cloud from Iceland is expected to reach parts of the UK by the early hours of Tuesday morning, the Met Office has said.

It does not mean there will definitely be airspace closures but makes flight disruption more likely, it said.

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The Met Office, which runs Europe's Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre, earlier said there was more uncertainty over this eruption because weather was much more changeable.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13498477

Late last night UK time it was was actually heading west to Greenland.