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Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna, erupts - video
The Guardian ^ | June 16, 2014

Posted on 06/16/2014 8:11:44 AM PDT by don-o

Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna, erupts sending columns of lava and ash high into the air. The spectacular visual display was accompanied by loud explosions. Airport authorities at Catania in Sicily closed the airport to avoid the hazardous ash clouds caused by the eruption

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: etna; italy; mountetna; volcano
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1 posted on 06/16/2014 8:11:44 AM PDT by don-o
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Quick! Plug it up! All that CO2! Oh noes!


2 posted on 06/16/2014 8:12:49 AM PDT by apoxonu
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3 posted on 06/16/2014 8:13:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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4 posted on 06/16/2014 8:14:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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RE: Quick! Plug it up! All that CO2! Oh noes!

I’m waiting for the greenies to blame this on fracking...


5 posted on 06/16/2014 8:14:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Yeah, well, I’m waiting for Obama to blame it on Bush!


6 posted on 06/16/2014 8:16:11 AM PDT by bayliving (Democrat. The word ascribed to those who are intellectually dishonest with themselves.)
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To: don-o

Great pictures, thanks.


7 posted on 06/16/2014 8:18:18 AM PDT by JimSEA
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Bush’s Fault!!!


8 posted on 06/16/2014 8:21:51 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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Hugh and series if this shuts down or severely curtails air ops at Naval Air Station Sigonella.


9 posted on 06/16/2014 8:24:31 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The Arab Spring is over. Welcome to the Jihadi Spring." Jonah Goldberg)
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Etna, I ain’t glad I met ya.


10 posted on 06/16/2014 8:24:56 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Yikes!


11 posted on 06/16/2014 8:27:08 AM PDT by Ditter
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I’m sure this perfectly natural (and unavoidable) occurrence will be factored into the Global Warming Alarmist statistics for 2014.

Not.


12 posted on 06/16/2014 8:28:03 AM PDT by IronJack
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With my front porch being only twenty miles from the summit, last night was simply spectacular!


13 posted on 06/16/2014 8:28:37 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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That will just drop a bit more ash on the vineyards to give them that special Mt Etna flavor. The Etna Rosso’s are my favorites. Etna erupts almost annually.


14 posted on 06/16/2014 8:29:09 AM PDT by nobamanomore
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RE: Quick! Plug it up! All that CO2! Oh noes!

The CO2 emitted by Etna is way overshadowed by the emissions from Sicilians burning brush and scrub across the island (bunch of pyromaniacs).

15 posted on 06/16/2014 8:30:50 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: don-o
More info here:

Etna Volcano Updates

16 posted on 06/16/2014 8:32:38 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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Hugh and series if this shuts down or severely curtails air ops at Naval Air Station Sigonella.

Due to the prevailing winds that very rarely happens. Catania Airport yes, Sigonella, no.

17 posted on 06/16/2014 8:33:50 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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I’m sure this perfectly natural (and unavoidable) occurrence will be factored into the Global Warming Alarmist statistics for 2014.

Maybe Al Gore can plug it up with his fat arse!

18 posted on 06/16/2014 8:34:42 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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Do tell! It’s a small world after all.


19 posted on 06/16/2014 8:36:33 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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That blowed up real good!

20 posted on 06/16/2014 9:17:18 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
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