No, this was a different kind of blow-up.
"Iceland fears other volcano will erupt" by Gudjon Helgason, Associated Press | March 22, 2010
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A volcano in southern Iceland has erupted for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volcano nearby.
The most exciting part of the trip so far.
The eruption at the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, located near a glacier of the same name, shot ash and lava into the air, but scientists called it mostly peaceful.
It occurred just before midnight Saturday at a fissure on a slope — rather than at the volcano’s summit — so scientists said there was no imminent danger that the glacier would melt and flood the area.
And how much do want to bet the fart-misting frauds call it global warming?
TV footage showed lava flowing along the fissure, and many flights were canceled because of the threat of airborne volcanic ash. All domestic airline flights in Iceland were canceled because airborne ash might interfere with aircraft engines, although Reykjavik appeared to have clear visibility.
Three Icelandair flights from the United States — departing from Boston, Seattle, and Orlando — bound for Keflavik airport in Reykjavik were due to arrive late yesterday. Earlier, a flight was turned back to Boston, leaving about 500 people waiting for hours....
The latest eruption occurred after thousands of small earthquakes rocked the area in the past month.
I guess those earthquakes were not important enough to merit any coverage at all from the Boston Globe. Instead I get stories about Nazis and "terrorists." Not only that, Chili has also slid off the cliff in terms of coverage.
Pall Einarsson, a geophysicist at the University of Iceland’s Institute of Earth Science, and Gudmundsson said the eruption could trigger a more damaging eruption at the Karla volcano, which lies under the thick Myrdalsjokull icecap and threatens massive flooding and explosive blasts if it erupts.
Well, we better get off the island quick then, huh?
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Back to Europe, quick!
