Seven Volcanoes In Six Different Countries All Start Erupting Within Hours Of Each Other

[Opmmur]

Seven Volcanoes In Six Different Countries All Start Erupting Within Hours Of Each Other
Chris Carrington
The Daily Sheeple
November 21st, 2013



A new island has appeared in the Pacific. A submarine eruption just off Nishino-Shima Island Japan has erupted for the first time in 40 years. The Japanese Navy noticed the explosions as boiling lava met sea water giving rise to plumes of steam and ash.

Almost 7,000 miles away in Mexico, the Colima volcano blew its top after a period of relative calm. A steam and ash cloud rose two miles into the sky and the grumbling of the mountain could be heard in towns a few miles away.

In Guatemala the ‘Fire Mountain’ belched out lava and sent up a moderate ash cloud causing an ash fall over nearby towns. The explosions and shock waves occurring in the volcano can be felt by residents over 6 miles away. Doors and windows are reported to be rattling, but there has been no damage so far.

In Vanuatu the Yasur volcano is giving some cause for concern. Although the explosions are quite weak the continuous ash that is coming from the mountain is starting to build up on farming land.

Over to Italy, Mount Etna is putting on quite a display. The current eruption started a few days ago and has been getting stronger as time moves on. A massive eruption lit up the sky and disturbed residents yesterday. The ash cloud was high enough to see flights canceled. The lava flow was the biggest in years, and the town of Zafferana which lay in its path saw some damage. Lava diverters were put into place, and most of the town escaped unscathed.

The Etna eruption (Nov 17th)

In Indonesia a four mile high ash cloud is making life hard for residents. Mount Sinabung came back to life in 2010 after dormancy of hundreds of years. Occasionally coming to life after its 2010 awakening, the rumbling of the volcano prompted the evacuation of over 6000 people as scientists feared a major eruption. There has been no lava flows so far but the ash cloud is growing.


Mount Sinabung ash cloud

Still in Indonesia but on the island of Java this time, Mount Merapi exploded yesterday. Hundreds of people were killed when it last erupted in 2010. There is no news of casualties at this point.

So, we have eruptions big enough to prompt evacuations. Flights are canceled, and a new island pops up off the coast of Japan. I would have called that newsworthy myself but obviously I’m wrong. If I was right it would have been common knowledge right? Reports may have been on the news right?

So many volcanoes throwing so much gas, ash and particulates into the air can have an effect on climate, this is a scientific fact. I’m not saying that these volcanoes herald the start of a new ice age but the planet certainly seems to be getting a bit more active of late.

Continued large eruptions put a huge amount of particulate matter into the atmosphere, and these particles reflect sunlight away from earth and when there is enough of them the temperatures can drop.

The Mount Pinatubo eruption lowered temperatures by around 0.5°C across the Northern Hemisphere.

Considering that we are in a cooling period anyway, having so many volcanoes going off at the same time is not good. Aside from the devastating effects the lava and ash can have on the lives of those living near to them, the global impacts can be enormous.

Lost crops due to ash fall and lower temperatures can lead to hunger and famine, as happened after the Tambora eruption in 1815.

Economic losses due to lost crops and canceled flights runs into millions of dollars a day, as with the Icelandic eruption of Eyjafjallojkull (pronounced: aya fiat la u cud la) in 2010.

The spasms of the earth come without warning, but at the same time those spasms should be a wake up call to all of us that change can happen in the blink of an eye.

Better be prepared for it.

Sources:

Tower of ash overshadows life beneath erupting volcano - environment - 19 November 2013 - New Scientist

Etna volcano shoots ash into sky in spectacular nightime show - News - World - The Voice of Russia: News, Breaking news, Politics, Economics, Business, Russia, International current events, Expert opinion, podcasts, Video

Yasur volcano (Tanna Island, Vanuatu) activity update: ash emissions, weak strombolian explosions

Fuego volcano (Guatemala): increasing lava flows

http://www.volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=264040

- See more at: Seven Volcanoes In Six Different Countries All Start Erupting Within Hours Of Each Other | The Daily Sheeple

 

[BlastTyrant]

Worlds gonna explode!

 

[Opmmur]

The day it rained rocks: Sicily is showered with stones as Mount Etna spews volcanic ash for 20 miles
Britain grinds to a halt with a few inches of a snow.

• 
  
  • People in Giardini-Naxos, Italy, put up umbrellas to protect themselves
  • It is the latest in a string of eruptions by Europe's most active volcano
  • Film-maker: 'You can hear it thundering and your windows vibrating'
  • Most deadly in 1669 killed 20,000 people - but most eruptions are harmless

By Dan Bloom
So spare a thought for the people of Sicily - where it has been raining sharp black rocks.

The torrent began on Saturday when Mount Etna spewed out pumice stones, dust and ash into the sky - but some of those living in the shadow of Europe's most active volcano simply carried on as normal.

Scroll down for video

The Link: Mount Etna erupts and spews volcanic ash for 20 miles showering Sicily with stones

Ash: Mount Etna has erupted again, raining rocks on homes and cars in the Sicilian town of Giardini-Naxos

Stones: People have been putting up umbrellas to protect themselves from the shower of volcanic rocks

Raining ash and rocks: Residents are used to the eruptions - and even put up umbrellas to protect themselves

Eerie: The black rain has created a bizarre scene in Sicily, where townsfolk are used to the eruptions

It's raining ROCKS in Sicily thanks to Mount Etna eruption

Townsfolk are seen clearing their windscreens, driving through the dust-laden streets and even putting up umbrellas.

No residents had to be evacuated and the only disruption was when one road was closed for half an hour 'as a precaution'.

More...

• 
  
  
  • Spring in Sicily...and an epic encounter with Etna, the island's very own lava lout

Eruption: Smoke billowed from the crater of Mount Etna, Sicily, on Saturday. It is 11,000 feet high

Two of the flight paths serving nearby Catania Airport, 20 miles from the crater, were closed briefly - but not one plane had to be diverted.

A video of the otherwordly rain, which lasted about 45 minutes, has been seen more than 150,000 times on LiveLeak.

Italian film-maker Turi Scandurra's shoes crunched through the streets of his native town Giardini-Naxos, which is less than 20 miles from the volcano and has fewer than 10,000 residents.

Mr Scandurra, 32, told MailOnline: 'Ash falls from the sky about once a year but never this strongly. Usually we have some little dust but you don't get these big stones.

'As soon as it started I was trying to film the build-up on my terrace, then I looked up and the sky was huge and black. I covered my head with a sweatshirt and went out.

'The ash is not heavy but it's extremely sharp. Many cars got scratched and windshields got chipped as the stones are quite big.

'None of us were scared because Etna always reminds us of its presence. Sometimes you can hear it thundering and your windows vibrating - even the doors inside the house shudder.'

Mount Etna stands almost 11,000 feet above sea level, looming over the whole Italian island of Sicily.

Its last eruption on November 17 was even more dramatic than Saturday's blast and the mountain spewed out rivers of lava.

It has been active for thousands of years, although its first eruption of modern times was thought to be in 475 BC.

Mount Etna starts spewing huge ash cloud

Black rain: A piece of fruit stands out against the background of sharp stones which fell from the sky

Ash: A woman is seen cleaning the ash from her porch in Giardini-Naxos. Etna erupts regularly near the town

The cloud of ash turned the sky black - and the stones which fell were bigger than any seen before

The road in Giardini-Naxos has been turned black by the eruption, which was the latest by Mount Etna

Film-maker Turi Scandurra said the stones were light but sharp, forcing residents to take cover

Some people in the town were undeterred, driving their cars through the thick layer of ash

Fiery: Etna's last eruption on November 17 spewed molten lava down the side of the volcano. It has been erupting regularly for more than 2,000 years, occasionally killing thousands of people

It is so well-known it was written about by the Ancient Roman poet Virgil, who called its eruptions a 'roar of frightful rain'.

Eruptions are rarely dangerous, but they can kill. Etna's most deadly moment came in 1669, when a series of blasts killed 20,000 people and destroyed the town of Catania.

But farmers stayed in the area because the constant eruptions made the ground fertile.

Etna's blasts are known as Strombolian eruptions - caused when gas bubbles in molten magma accumulate underground and rise to the surface.

These pockets of molten earth then burst in a fiery show, sending plumes of lava and smoke hundreds of feet into the air.

 

[Earthmasque]

There are, on average, between 50 and 60 volcanic eruptions on Earth every month.

 

[C_jami]

That's scary. Like the new island in Pakistan ...

 

[TnWatchdog]

I can't imagine living next to a volcano...go to bed at night and have ash coming thru the roof or lava flowing between your toes. Are all of these volcanoes going off trying to tell us something?