Showing posts with label lava. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lava. Show all posts

Friday, July 8, 2011

This Bad Boy's Name Is "Hekla."

'Gateway to Hell': Airports brace themselves for ANOTHER Icelandic volcanic eruption putting summer holidays at risk  The Daily Mail UK via Rense.  Excerpts:

Scientists are closely monitoring unusual underground activity that could signal a massive explosion at a volcano dubbed the 'Gateway to Hell.'

The Heckla volcano in southern Iceland is capable of producing four times the debris of the country's last ash-producing blast that caused flights to be cancelled across northern Britain in May.
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'No eruption has started in Hekla volcano. But it might start without any warning.' said Icelandic volcano expert Jon Frimann.
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If Heckla blows, the amount of disruption it causes will depend on it size and the speed and direction of the wind.  (Obviously, experts expect this to be a substantial eruption..)

Both of Iceland's latest eruptions provided warning signs several hours before, but Hekla is known for having a very short fuse.

'Hekla never gives you much of a warning,' said Mr Einarsson, In 2000, it began rumbling an hour and a half before the outbreak of magma, which was actually an unusually long warning. In 1970 we only got 25 minutes notice,' he added.

Sweet.  The potential or active catastrophes continue to pile on, don't they?  In honor of Hekla resurgence, here's some B-52's.  Fuck it; let's dance..

Monday, December 6, 2010

Tungurahua volcano prompts evacuation in Ecuador

The authorities in Ecuador have begun evacuating people from the slopes of the Tungurahua volcano after it started spewing ash.

Scientists say fast-moving currents of extremely hot gas and rock could be seen flowing from the volcano's crater.
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Scientists with the Ecuadorean Institute for Geophysics say the number of explosions has increased. They say the ash cloud has reached 2km (1.2 miles) in height.

People living on the slopes reported the ground and buildings shaking, and a rumbling sound coming from the volcano.
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The tourist town of Banos is one of those being evacuated.

In 1999, its 15,000 inhabitants were forced to evacuate when the Tungurahua had its last major eruption. Residents were not able to return to their homes for a year.