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Volcano Erupts In Iceland
Reports are coming in that a volcano in Iceland called Grimsvotn has erupted, sending plumes of smoke 15km into the air. It was accompanied by a series of earthquakes, but all of them have been minor so far, and scientists don't believe the eruption will cause problems for air travel like 2010's Eyjafjallajokull event. Local coverage in Icelandic is available, as well as early pictures of the eruption.
We're all doomed! Repent! Then end is here! ... I still have time for the doomsday stuff right?
Om, nomnomnom...
Even though this is purely coincidentally, all the believers of the May 21 "rapture" are going to cite this as evidence.
Fail.
Or isn't it a little early for this? I thought I was in the clear seeing people with Christian bumper stickers still driving their cars after 6:30.
Chewbacon
The Bible is like Wikipedia: written by a bunch of people and verifiable by questionable sources.
with H-bombs
Great. Nibiru fodder. Quick, someone tell my brother so he can start linking those videos on YouTube again. SOB!
...sending plumes of smoke 15km into the air.
15 km is nearly two times the height of Mt. Everest.
Which is very, very high up.
Hopefully it will cause more of my countrymen to make the news http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34mHZgP9vkc
The one good thing, that can never be disupted about these volcanoes, is that they expose us to the wonderful names the slavic folks give such frighteningly powerful systems.
Not only those people give asylum to known subversive people (such as Bobby Fischer) but with their volcano eruptions they are speeding up glaciers melting, causing people to believe in global warming. And whenever they run out of money because they can't do proper banking they make deals with the communists.
If they could send the fumes over Libya it could cripple the army and help the revolution - but no, they prefer bothering the good people who are planning a trip to Europe.
(Days like this one, I feel like I could do a pretty decent job at Fox news).
lucm, indeed.
Why is this on /. ???
So, I don't get it, is /this/ the end of the world?
Not the Christian Rapture, but Ragnarok! Right date, wrong set of Gods. Oops.
They probably just saw the movie Thor, causing Odin to blow mead thru his nose. Keep an eye on the sun, and any wolves you meet.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
Thankfully "Grimsvotn" is pronounceable. The last Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, was just a little difficult to talk about.
If by Slavic you mean North Germanic,[ 1] then yes.
Every time there's a volcanic eruption we are reminded by anti-volcanics just how dangerous volcanos are, that even with really thick gloves lava is simply too hot to handle, and no amount of safety regulations will mitigate the mortal danger they pose. When will society wise up and realize volcanos are far too unpredictable? Even if there weren't eruptions, no amount of science or development is going to make them economically viable.
The Admin and the Engineer
Has there or has there not been an increase in weather and seismic events on the planet of late? Starting as early as hurricane katrina, the frequency and severity of such events seem to be increasing. Of course it could be that the news is making a much bigger deal than ever before and I never noticed before and now take more notice of these things. So I wonder if there isn't some sort of data which could be made into a larger overall picture of what has been happening and how severe the events have been over the past 30 or so years.
For now, it just seems like there is a strong uptake in these events and, as I'm sure we all know, Yellowstone's super-volcano is still pushing upwards so I fear the worst is yet to come.
After the eruption of Eyajawhatever people were theorizing that it would be followed by an eruption of Katla based on records of past eruptions. But instead of Katla, Grimsvotn lit off instead. I wonder if there's any relation between the two, and if so if this means that the pressure has been relieved and Katla isn't going to do anything, or if we're building up to a spectacularly huge Katla eruption,
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More great taste. Much less filling! *And* you don't have to listen to those annoying proselytizers.
Please do not read this sig. Thank you.
On an unrelated note: English names are stupid. Really.
Come on, why 'Colbert' is pronounced as 'Col-bear'? Or what about this 'th' sound in general? It's ridiculous!
Names starting 'w' ('William', 'Watson') are laughable and ambiguous - the first sound can not be adequately transcribed in Russian, it's either hard 'w' (as in 'water') or clear 'u'. Wouldn't it better if everyone just used perfectly serviceable Russian names like Tatyana or Fyodor?
And don't get me started on differences between 'wh' and 'th'.
Keep an eye out later for empty clothing. If you're reading this, you weren't chosen. Sorry.
Cheers, DH.
Brilliant!
by time zones. Camping never did say whether that was 6pm standard time, daylight time or sun time. So let the eruptions and volcanic fun commence!
No one ever had to evacuate a city because the solar panels broke!
I recommend Erik Klemetti's blog Eruptions to anyone who wants to follow Grimsvotn in detail. He has two posts on it already: http://bigthink.com/ideas/38526 and http://bigthink.com/ideas/38530, and they include links to webcams and other information sources.
There just wern't any true believers to take to heaven.
It's also about 2500 tall giraffes high, or 1/25000th of the distance to the moon, on average. Get used to metric so you won't need comparison figures that make no sense. Or did you climb Mt Everest yourself?
I was promised a flying car. Where is my flying car?
Iceland's longest waterfall is a puny 196 meters, Norway has one that's about 600 meters (over half a kilometer) and I have no idea if that's the longest one.
Iceland < Norway :D
Hey wait now I do: :)
Vinnufossen in Norway is the tallest in Europe 860 meters high and with a free drop of 420 meters that's a free fall of water over twice the total height of the largest Icelandic one
http://world-waterfalls.com/database.php?s=N&t=H&orderby=height&sortLimit=300
Heia Norge! *Peker nese til islendingene* ;)
View the eruption from an airplane:
http://visir.is/section/MEDIA99&fileid=CLP4238
Because Icelandic giraffes are kinda low and small (happens naturally on islands), but fierce, very very fierce ice giraffes.
You don't spot an Icelandic ice giraffe*, it spots you (you might get a glimpse of it before you go to Valhall if you're lucky).
And that is the true reason one should learn metric: the knowledge, it protects.
* So how do we know they exist? The dying cries of anguish from their prey that's how.
Unless you're one of the Sámi people, you Norwegians are just a bunch of Germans who moved north while the Pharaohs were ruling Egypt.
See how this silly game goes?
You're not made of Tuesday!
Actually, the Sami only came here around 2000 to 2500 years ago, displacing other people who lived here already(The oldest signs of settlements in Norrbotten are over 11000 years old, while the oldest sami traces are around 2500 years old) The Sami are now pushing hard for stopping archaeological digs etc in the far north. The sami themselves have been traced genetically to a region just east of the urals, though politically they do all they can to try and deny that.
... For banning strip clubs.
Also, Iceland is pissed, because as they were the only ones to undergo rapture, they will be the only ones to undergo the end of the world with its assorted plagues and large parts of the popuation dying.
As said in Revelation 8:7ff. (2011 Post-Icelandic Rapture Bible):
7The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon Iceland; and a third part of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
8And the second angel sounded and, as it were, a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the Atlantic Ocean right before Iceland; and a third part of the Iceland shore waters became blood;
9and a third part of the creatures which were in the sea around Iceland and had life, died, and a third part of the Icelandic ships were destroyed.
10And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as if it were a lamp, and it fell upon a third part of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters in Iceland;
11and the name of the star is called Wormwood. And a third part of the Icelandic waters became wormwood; and many Icelandic men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
12And the fourth angel sounded, and a third part of the sun was smitten, and a third part of the moon and a third part of the stars, so that a third part of them was darkened; and a third of the day shone not, and the night likewise. Only over Iceland, for God placed a mighty pair of sunglasses over Iceland.
13And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of Iceland, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three other angels, which are yet to sound!"
Revelation 9
1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto Iceland; and to him was given the key to the bottomless pit.
2And he opened the bottomless pit, and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air over Iceland were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth; and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power, except the locusts only had power over Iceland.
4And it was commanded to them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those men on Iceland who have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months; and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man.
6And in those days shall Icelanders seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
[...]
13And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which stands before God,
14saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Loose the four angels who are bound in the great river Thjórsá."
15And the four angels were loosed, who had been prepared for an hour and a day and a month and a year, to slay a third part of men on Iceland.
[...]
18By these three was a third part of men on Iceland killed by the fire and by the smoke and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
19For their power is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails were like unto serpents and had heads, and with them they cause hurt unto Icelanders.
Other parts of Revelations detail how Satan is banished to Iceland, how Reykjavík falls and all the Icelandic merchants weep, the great battle on the Hekla and how in the end both the Icelandic part of heaven and Iceland are destroyed as God creates a new Iceland.
USE HOT GRITS WITH STATUE OF NATALIE PORTMAN (NAKED AND PETRIFIED)
I have never seen a volcano smoke. Ash, rocks, mud, steam, noxious gases yes, but no smoke.
You want smoke you gotta burn something.
(maybe the volcano came up thru a coal bed???) (no coal that I know of in Iceland).
NB: Maybe trolls are surreptitiously feeding it peat.
Nah... Björk is part húldufólk. ;)
You're not made of Tuesday!
*Campers* are *juicy*.
You're not made of Tuesday!
Eyjafjallajokull ???
...you made that up by slamming your forehead into the keyboard.
who prays for Satan? Who in 18 centuries has had the humanity to pray for the 1 sinner that needed it most? ~Mark Twain
Written from the inside the ash cloud, Reykjavik For those of you who are interested there are a few streams online of the volcano and surroundings. These are being set up so they are not all functional at this moment. Also dont expect to see much in all the webcams when the wind is blowing from certain directions. The ash cloud actually reached Reykjavík 26 hours after the start of the eruption, which is much fast than last summer during the eruption in Eyjafjöll. I will have to give you a few pointers in icelandic since the english version does not have a direct link to the webcams. Webpage: http://live.mila.is/ "Vefmyndavélar" means webcams so click that link. Currently the bottom three streams are of the volcanoe. "Grímsvötn" is the volcanic system "Hvannadalshnjúkur" is the mountain not far from Grímsvötn. And finally a little extra treat, a time vs richter map of the eartquakes in the area Again "Vatnajökull" is the glacier that Grímsvötn are in so you can click that for a more detailed map. Have fun.
At least they found one to erupt that looks quite pronounceable. I still haven't gotten the other one's pronunciation right.
Free, as in your money being freed from the confines of your account.
God's answer to killing government bureaucracies aimed at torturing industry in the name of a cure for global warming...
Don't you think...? Or don't you?