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Icelandic Volcano 25 miles from capital erupts for first time in 6000 years
| March 24th, 2021 at 4:37:19 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |  People are pouring out of Reykjavik to see the eruption. JFK to Keflavik is 2253 nautical miles for people who want to see for themselves. In comparison JFK to SFO is 2247 nautical miles. From March 26, 2021, all travelers - regardless of origin - are welcome to visit Iceland if they can show either: certificate of full vaccination against COVID. Iceland has only 29 deaths from COVID, or roughly 5% of the death rate of the US. |
| March 25th, 2021 at 6:45:57 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5112 | I think this is not the 'usual' volcano that erupts there I am getting the impression that vulcanism is on the increase in the world these days, but it could easily be that I am getting that impression because of youtube. I was interested in Mt. Etna erupting, went to youtube for that. Now youtube knows my interest and every thing going on with volcanoes, I get something from youtube to watch I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| March 25th, 2021 at 6:54:18 AM permalink | |
| JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 971 |
Be careful. You are being radicalized by the Google machine. The mind hungers for that on which it feeds. |
| March 25th, 2021 at 7:17:38 AM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4969 | I too was wondering if this was the same volcano that was purging a few years ago and affected travel between U.S. and Europe. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| March 25th, 2021 at 7:27:35 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5112 | I have thought of signing out of google before I watch youtube I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| March 25th, 2021 at 7:44:49 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 |
That will just arouse the suspicion of the people in the black helicopters overhead. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| March 25th, 2021 at 6:45:39 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
This volcano is about 80 miles from the one ten years ago that stopped all the flights. It has not erupted in 6000 years, and no volcano in the region has erupted for 900 years. It is much closer to the city than the one in 2010. |
| April 4th, 2021 at 9:39:07 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5112 | check the title of this youtbe video that came up today, and check out the answer when I google "how many volcanoes erupt any given time earth"
I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| April 4th, 2021 at 10:18:49 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Since first erupting Jan. 3, 1983, Puu Oo was continuously active over its 35-year history, except for more than 100 brief pauses lasting from a few hours to two months. The end came suddenly with a catastrophic collapse in April that left the vent and surrounding flow fields devoid of lava through the rest of 2018. I drove up Mt. Etna. It is erupting most days. Many volcanoes are erupting for years at a time. |
| May 7th, 2021 at 1:55:54 PM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5112 | check this out at 5:00 minutes in I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |