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Marcus. -> Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/13/2008 11:29:30 AM)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A volcano erupted Saturday with little warning on a remote island in Alaska, sending residents of a nearby ranch fleeing from falling ash and volcanic rock. The Okmok Caldera erupted late Saturday morning, just hours after seismologists at the Alaska Volcano Center began detecting a series of small tremors. The explosion flung an ash cloud at least 50,000 feet high, said geophysicist Steve McNutt.

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colliefan -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/13/2008 2:03:15 PM)

Oh, the horror of it; imagine the carbon footprint of the event. About half that of albore flying somewhere on his private jet.



rcjames -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/13/2008 4:26:02 PM)

(Mar 13:8) For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.


Thanks
RC



Marcus. -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/13/2008 5:13:09 PM)

I thought this was interesting because I haven't heard of any volcanic eruptions up there recently.



TaoPoohBear -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/14/2008 12:07:51 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Marcus.

I thought this was interesting because I haven't heard of any volcanic eruptions up there recently.


All Alaska eruptions 2003-2008 (17)
The Alaska Volcano Observatory

24 in 10 years
62 in 20 years

Interesting site, Thanx!



Marcus. -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/14/2008 1:23:35 PM)

Thanks Pooh!



mapachito13 -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/14/2008 2:22:24 PM)

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ORIGINAL: colliefan

Oh, the horror of it; imagine the carbon footprint of the event. About half that of albore flying somewhere on his private jet.


Let's fine Alaska for allowing such a thing to happen! What were they thinking. Couldn't they just put a filter on it? [;)] I was wondering why it felt warmer today....or is that because it's summertime?



TaoPoohBear -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/14/2008 6:41:21 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Marcus.

Thanks Pooh!

I love research, and never have enough "bright ideas" on my own![:D]
This Forum's been a great "learning experience" for me.[:)]



Jhud -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/14/2008 6:42:56 PM)

I think we can say with a high degree of certainty that this volcano is the result of global warming.



GroupW -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/14/2008 6:43:04 PM)

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ORIGINAL: TaoPoohBear

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ORIGINAL: Marcus.

I thought this was interesting because I haven't heard of any volcanic eruptions up there recently.


All Alaska eruptions 2003-2008 (17)
The Alaska Volcano Observatory

24 in 10 years
62 in 20 years

Interesting site, Thanx!


If I remember right, it's seismically about the most active place on the planet. It was nice of God to put it someplace where it wouldn't do much damage ;)



Jhud -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/14/2008 6:45:20 PM)

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If I remember right, it's seismically about the most active place on the planet. It was nice of God to put it someplace where it wouldn't do much damage


You obviously aren't a polar bear.



GroupW -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/14/2008 6:46:57 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Jhud

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If I remember right, it's seismically about the most active place on the planet. It was nice of God to put it someplace where it wouldn't do much damage


You obviously aren't a polar bear.


Which makes the other meat-bearing mammals in my neighborhood very, very happy.



Jhud -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/14/2008 7:02:40 PM)

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Which makes the other meat-bearing mammals in my neighborhood very, very happy.


Isn't 'meat-bearing mammal' redundant? [;)]



GroupW -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/14/2008 7:05:02 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Jhud

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Which makes the other meat-bearing mammals in my neighborhood very, very happy.


Isn't 'meat-bearing mammal' redundant? [;)]


Yes, and it kind of repeats itself, too.



Peter_Gunn -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/14/2008 7:40:13 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Jhud

I think we can say with a high degree of certainty that this volcano is the result of global warming.


No...it's GWB's fault...like everything else! I heard Al Gore saw him push a button that made it erupt!



PaleHawkWoman -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/14/2008 11:25:40 PM)

Alaska is part of the Ring of Fire seismic band going around the Pacific Ocean Rim. It comes up the Andes, through Central America, the San Andreas Fault in the Sierra Nevadas, through Alaska, and around to Japan, the Phillipines, Indonesia, and Polynesia. Antarctica has a huge dormant volcano buried under 2 miles of glacial ice. The Yellowstone area in Wyoming has been called a super caldera which could wreak massive destruction over the entire North American continent if it were to erupt.

Humbling to consider, is it not?



mapachito13 -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/15/2008 10:45:41 PM)

I might be wrong but I think they have more large earthquakes in the area of Indonesia and Polynesia (that particular portion of the Ring of Fire that PaleHawkWoman pointed out) due to the collision of many different plates.

In CA we're waiting for Mammoth mountain to erupt since it is a dormant volcano. They've had a lot of tremors their at times which made the locals skittish one year. That would make the skiers very [:@] though! Unless you're into the new extreme sport of lava skiing or lava boarding!



Sophie11 -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/16/2008 8:39:09 AM)

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ORIGINAL: mapachito13

In CA we're waiting for Mammoth mountain to erupt since it is a dormant volcano. They've had a lot of tremors their at times which made the locals skittish one year. That would make the skiers very [:@] though! Unless you're into the new extreme sport of lava skiing or lava boarding!


Don't fall down! [&:]



TaoPoohBear -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/16/2008 11:45:05 AM)

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ORIGINAL: mapachito13
In CA we're waiting for Mammoth mountain to erupt since it is a dormant volcano. They've had a lot of tremors their at times which made the locals skittish one year. That would make the skiers very [:@] though! Unless you're into the new extreme sport of lava skiing or lava boarding!

You're living next to a caldera the size of Los Angeles! Next to Yellowstone, it's one of the largest calderas on earth.
Talk about "Surf's Up"!
By the way, what's up with the spaceship? Or is that a lava surfer?[:D]
(edit - That's the skilift, isn't it? I've been in Nebraska too long![:D])



uncabeeil -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/16/2008 12:56:02 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Jhud

I think we can say with a high degree of certainty that this volcano is the result of global warming.

I disagree. It's obvious that the planet is trying to save itself from freezing by releasing all those greenhouse gases.



colliefan -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/16/2008 8:19:29 PM)

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Alaska is part of the Ring of Fire seismic band going around the Pacific Ocean Rim


it is not part of a Todd Bentley revival?



PaleHawkWoman -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/16/2008 9:56:34 PM)

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ORIGINAL: colliefan

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Alaska is part of the Ring of Fire seismic band going around the Pacific Ocean Rim


it is not part of a Todd Bentley revival?


That's cute, collie! So, were you born with that warped sense of humor or is it an aquired skill?



mapachito13 -> RE: Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash (7/17/2008 12:50:24 AM)

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ORIGINAL: TaoPoohBear

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ORIGINAL: mapachito13
In CA we're waiting for Mammoth mountain to erupt since it is a dormant volcano. They've had a lot of tremors their at times which made the locals skittish one year. That would make the skiers very [:@] though! Unless you're into the new extreme sport of lava skiing or lava boarding!

You're living next to a caldera the size of Los Angeles! Next to Yellowstone, it's one of the largest calderas on earth.
Talk about "Surf's Up"!
By the way, what's up with the spaceship? Or is that a lava surfer?[:D]
(edit - That's the skilift, isn't it? I've been in Nebraska too long![:D])


[:D] Thank God there's a couple of hundred miles between my house and that!

Either that's a security light or Mammoth's already gone with that image permanently burned into the camera feed! Oh well, there's always Aspen!



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