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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Millions are told to get ready to evacuate as one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes in Mexico is set to erupt with smoke, ash and molten rock already spewing into the sky grounding planes forcing nearby schools to close
2023-05-23
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Officials set warning level for Popocatepetl volcano to one step below red alert

  • Some some 25 million people live within a 60-mile radius of the volcano's peak
Posted by:Skidmark

#15  Of Geographical Fugue fame

My learning for today!
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-05-23 23:56  

#14  ^ It has happened before. You could call it a Year Without a Summer
Posted by: SteveS   2023-05-23 23:37  

#13  @#4 - Not only that, a volcano can spew so much C02 that the tree huggers won't know what hit 'em.

And if we get a bad eruption that causes a global temperature drop, say good-bye to any decent crop harvests with the sun being blocked for at least a year.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-05-23 22:00  

#12  Of Geographical Fugue fame. Got to do it as a kid (minus the choreography, gottseidank... or maybe I've just repressed that part).
Posted by: Slats Chuting6646   2023-05-23 20:55  

#11  Next year will be a good one for morels.
Posted by: no mo uro   2023-05-23 15:36  

#10  Volcanoes have more effects on the weather than humans but try to explain that to a climate fanatic
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom    2023-05-23 13:41  

#9  Someone ran out of virgins? Should check among the male tictok population.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-05-23 12:25  

#8  Smoke from Alberta has been horrible the past few days here in Colorado.
Posted by: DarthVader   2023-05-23 12:06  

#7   /\ 5 Huge forest fires in Alberta, prevailing north-west winds.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper    2023-05-23 11:46  

#6  Etna on Sicily is also going off.
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-05-23 09:38  

#5  Why has the sun been so RED across the US recently? It has made for gorgeous photos in swathes of the country this past week... but the reason is sinister
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-05-23 09:30  

#4  ^2 Except this time - if the explosion(s) spew enough particulate matter high enough - the global temperature will drop. An inconvenient truth.
Posted by: Warthog   2023-05-23 09:11  

#3  Gaiaâ„¢ is angry...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-05-23 08:02  

#2  Get ready to hear the inane utterances about climate change in 5...4...3....
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-05-23 07:20  

#1  Migrant flow from Central America appears to be tapering slightly.

Yes, always the optimist.

Posted by: Besoeker   2023-05-23 07:19  

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