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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Breaking: Earthquakes indicate Chaiten Eruption about to Intensify |
| 2008-05-24 |
| There have been 3 earthquakes in the last few hours in the same area as quakes that preceded the original eruption. It's likely the Chaiten eruption is about to intensify. Typically a plinian eruption, which this is, ends in a final large eruptive event. This eruption is already VEI5 and may well end up a VEI6 or larger, making it the largest volcanic eruption since Krakatoa. Nothing on Google news, so this is a Burg exclusive. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #8 I'm just an interested amateur. BTW, the USGS has a nice plugin for Google Earth that displays earthquake locations in near real time. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2008-05-24 22:43 |
| #7 It did? I thought that was the Sub Prime Credit Crisis that did that. Or the ozone hole. (Is there still an ozone hole? I'm so confused.) |
| Posted by: eLarson 2008-05-24 15:25 |
| #6 Darth, no the global wormening crowd will just say we have to redouble our efforts to cut down CO2, since Gaia is obviously angry and spitting up to show her displeasure. Besides, global warming contributes to earthquakes and volcanoes, don't ya know? |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-05-24 15:04 |
| #5 Yeah, Mr. Cheney's really pissed that Stone picked Dreyfuss to play him in the Bush flick. Told us to "voice his displeasure". You didn't hear it from us. If you say you did, we'll deny it. |
| Posted by: Halliburton: Earthquake/Tsunami Division 2008-05-24 11:23 |
| #4 If it does blow hard, Global |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-05-24 08:15 |
| #3 Thanks. To save time for the utterly clueless, like me, here are some interesting links: NASA images, 3 from 5/23 The Volcanism Blog |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-24 07:37 |
| #2 phil_b, Are you a real expert* in these things or just an interested amateur? * i.e. not someone the media wheels on. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-05-24 07:30 |
| #1 Thanks for the heads-up. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-05-24 06:38 |