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2010-05-17 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Scientists forecast decades of ash clouds (from Iceland volcanos)

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Posted by phil_b 2010-05-17 06:25|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 A curse for the airlines & a blessing for surface based shipping.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-05-17 09:58|| 2010-05-17 09:58|| Front Page Top

#2 ...And maybe it will derail Al Gore's money-making man-made snake oil global warming ~~meme~~ scheme.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-05-17 10:17|| 2010-05-17 10:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Ireland needs to keep an eye out, too. There is some historical evidence that major eruptions in Iceland have created tsunamis that have struck Ireland.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-05-17 13:53|| 2010-05-17 13:53|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm very much afraid not, John. AGW is bunk. And the earth IS entering a cooling phase. But this high latitude volcanic ash will simply be used by the Goracle to explain away the coming lower temperatures and buildup of arctic ice. Just watch. Those BS artists believe it's heads they win, tails WE lose.

Posted by Omolush de Medici1656 2010-05-17 14:10|| 2010-05-17 14:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Laki's output of sulphur dioxide dwarfs the 1990 eruption of Pinatubo in the Philippines, which is famous for halting global warming for several years. While that eruption produced 17 mega tonnes of sulphur dioxide, Laki was pumping the same amount out every three days at its peak, says Self. He estimates Laki's power was over 100 times greater than the current eruption.

"The 1783 eruption pumped out so much sulphur gas, creating a huge cloud of sulphuric acid droplets which began to drift over Europe travelling eastwards over the whole world," he says.

The noxious fog travelled down through Norway, Germany, France and across to Britain, causing panic when farm labourers began dropping like flies. People at this time had no idea where the fog had come from or that sulphur dioxide was mixing with water vapour in the lungs to choke victims. Research into parish records has led to estimates of more than 20,000 deaths in Britain alone during the summer of 1783.

Posted by phil_b 2010-05-17 17:15|| 2010-05-17 17:15|| Front Page Top

#6 The irony is that over century timescales we can predict volcanic eruptions with rather more accuracy than changes to the climate. Yet we are completely unprepared for a repeat of the 1783 eruption.

Posted by phil_b 2010-05-17 19:03|| 2010-05-17 19:03|| Front Page Top

#7 ...obviously that calls for more grant money. /sarc off

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-05-17 19:21|| 2010-05-17 19:21|| Front Page Top

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