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Japan's Mount Aso volcano erupts: Weather agency
The Strait Times ^ | 9-13-15 | unknown

Posted on 09/13/2015 6:34:25 PM PDT by windcliff

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mount Aso, a volcano located on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu, erupted on Monday, Japan's Meteorological Agency said, sending up huge plumes of grey ash and smoke.

Japan lies on the "Ring of Fire" - a horseshoe-shaped band of fault lines and volcanoes around the edges of the Pacific Ocean - and is home to more than 100 active volcanoes.

(Excerpt) Read more at straitstimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: aso; eruption; erupts; japan; mountaso; mtaso; ringoffire; volcano; volcanoes
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To: freedumb2003

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/14/japanese-volcano-mount-aso-on-island-of-kyushu-erupts


21 posted on 09/13/2015 7:07:36 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: laplata

About 15 or so . We don’t need to evacuate .


22 posted on 09/13/2015 7:09:33 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: smokingfrog

[The total population of Japanese macaques has been estimated to be 114,431 monkeys.]

Wouldn’t the monkeys sense when a natural disaster is about to happen and run to safety?


23 posted on 09/13/2015 7:10:34 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: sushiman

Good.


24 posted on 09/13/2015 7:12:47 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

I had no idea there were that many.

What does roasted monkey taste like?


25 posted on 09/13/2015 7:14:05 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: windcliff

Japan is in a very precarious situation. Geologically, they catch it from every direction. The Pacific plate is diving underneath Japan, causing periodic earthquakes, and tidal waves from quakes in other locations is also a possibility, and the friction of one plate diving under another causes heat in addition to the weak spots in the earth’s crust, resulting in volcanoes. I can’t come up with a specific geological explanation, but that’s the situation in basic terms. Can’t find my geology book...

Now we also have a solar minimum cycle starting, which historically is related to greater geologic activity, including some of the worst earthquakes and volcanoes in history. One of those was along the New Madrid fault in the early 1800’s, 1811 or 12 if I remember correctly.

A number of similar locations are in South America, particularly in Chile. There, the Pacific plate is rotating in a counter clockwise direction, same as along the San Andreas fault in California. These faults are not smooth and straight, rough and jagged instead. When pressure builds and it suddenly lets go, the entire region lurches a certain distance at once, instead of the slow creep of maybe half an inch a year as usual, that’s an earthquake. One documented years ago, I think along San Andreas, moved the California side of the fault 6 feet at one time.

Both are occurring in Japan. When the plate diving under Japan suddenly lurches, they have some pretty nasty quakes, and the friction from that plate diving down causes volcanoes, and I hate to say it but they will be facing more of this in the next 30 years or so, we’re already into a cycle of minimum solar activity. That’s why the past 2 years have been pretty serious winters here in the US. Another being predicted for this year. Nepal had a major 7.8 magnitude quake in April, probably related to this as well.

Here’s a pretty good article about that one.

http://www.wired.com/2015/08/nepals-quake-may-primed-area-another-big-one/

Here’s a good but rather technical article about the 200 year sunspot/solar activity cycle

http://personal.inet.fi/tiede/tilmari/sunspot5.html

A number of good articles on climate in general and what’s actually happening:

https://nextgrandminimum.wordpress.com/category/history/dalton/page/3/

Why am I posting this? We all need to start getting ready. This will catch most of the planet off guard if all they listen to is buffoons like Obama. Climate change is for real, but it’s the exact opposite of the agenda he’s pushing and we can do absolutely nothing about it. The sun drives the planet’s weather, same as every other planet, and we have as much control over that as a mouse in Paraguay has over the space station.

Crops will start failing in their usual latitudes, we’ll be growing things here in Texas that won’t even think about producing now. Geological activity will increase, and the resulting volcanoes will produce huge ash clouds capable of blocking out sunlight entirely for months at a time. Maybe years...Nothing grows at all without sunlight.

I sympathize with the people of Japan, they’ve had enough problems recently, including floods in the past week or two. But we can all look for more in the future. Look up some info about the Yellowstone Caldera...it’s close enough to both the San Andreas and Oregon fault lines either could set it off. It’s been estimated it could produce enough ash to cover at least 1/3 of the US in a layer 6 feet deep. And it’s long overdue...

Fun ain’t it...


26 posted on 09/13/2015 7:14:29 PM PDT by Paleo Pete (I'm with the bomb squad. If you see me running, CATCH UP!)
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To: windcliff

“The earth has a fever. “

And when yer bay-bee has a feefur, you take it to the dock tor.


27 posted on 09/13/2015 7:15:35 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: smokingfrog

[What does roasted monkey taste like?]

Chicken. Everything taste like chicken. :)


28 posted on 09/13/2015 7:16:46 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

The dingo ate my bay-bee.


29 posted on 09/13/2015 7:20:25 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: sushiman
I live 15 -20 minutes from Aso-san !

I live 15 to 20 minutes from Apo-san, (28 miles) There is no known record of the last time that one went off. 🇵🇭

30 posted on 09/13/2015 7:24:34 PM PDT by Mark17 (Heaven, where the only thing there that's been made by man are the scars in the hands of Jesus)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Bush’s fault.

Well, at least it's not San Andrea's fault this time.

31 posted on 09/13/2015 7:31:47 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: windcliff; All

Anyone know if the lava is heading towards the Sendai Nuclear plant?


32 posted on 09/13/2015 7:32:23 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: windcliff
This is the Nuclear Power Plant near the Volcano.


33 posted on 09/13/2015 7:34:02 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: stars & stripes forever
Chicken. Everything taste like chicken. :)

The machines did their best...

34 posted on 09/13/2015 7:52:50 PM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: sushiman

You must have quite a view. Stay safe.


35 posted on 09/13/2015 8:09:53 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: sushiman

Thanks for the link.


36 posted on 09/13/2015 8:12:44 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; windcliff
And when yer bay-bee has a feefur, you take it to the dock tor.

An' de dock for will describe.....

MORE COWBELL!

Or, since this is Japan....

MORE COWBERR!

37 posted on 09/13/2015 8:17:35 PM PDT by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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To: uglybiker; SevenofNine

Godzirra!


38 posted on 09/13/2015 8:18:41 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: smokingfrog
What does roasted monkey taste like?

Long pig.

39 posted on 09/13/2015 9:46:35 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: smokingfrog
What does roasted monkey taste like?

Chicken.

40 posted on 09/13/2015 9:50:50 PM PDT by dfwgator
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