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One of Mexico's most active volcanoes roars to life with two spectacular eruptions
Global News (You Tube) ^ | 12/16/2018 | Global News

Posted on 12/16/2018 9:55:06 PM PST by Paul R.

Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano lit up the sky with a large flash from an eruption on Saturday night. The volcano spewed ash and smoke into the night sky. On Sunday morning eruption, a second eruption followed.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: braking; catastrophism; localnews; mexico; popocatepetl; volcano
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1 posted on 12/16/2018 9:55:06 PM PST by Paul R.
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
Thanks Paul R. This isn't a catastrophe, but I don't have a "Mild Localized Inconvenience" list. :^)

2 posted on 12/16/2018 9:58:16 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hahaha!

More seriously, I’d guess that due to this one being fairly active, not too many people hang around closely.


3 posted on 12/16/2018 10:00:46 PM PST by Paul R.
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To: Paul R.

The “spectacular eruptions” looked more like volcanic burps to me. But I’m sure the locals are worried they may strengthen/worsen.


4 posted on 12/16/2018 10:02:57 PM PST by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: Paul R.

Pop goes the Popocatepetl volcano


5 posted on 12/16/2018 10:03:04 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

In elementary school I found a book around one of the classrooms (I don’t recall which grade, but based on the building I was in at the time, it had to be 1, 2, or 4) about Paricutin, a volcano that popped up in a cornfield in Mexico back in 1943. In the epilogue (remember, the book was around in the 1960s) discussed how geothermal energy was going to be generated from the volcano, when it went dormant.

images:

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&source=hp&q=Paricutin+Volcano&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=1

general:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Paricutin+Volcano

video (apparently simulated eruption):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XHDZYhVeQ4


6 posted on 12/16/2018 10:03:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Paul R.
I climbed Popocatepetl, Ixtachuhatl and Orizaba in the early 1990’s. Popo was erupting steam at the time, but was still open to climbing. It smelled like a thousand matches being struck under your nose at the same time. The ice around the inside of the crater was stained yellow from the sulfur. There was a lake of melted water in the bottom of the crater that was bright blue. At almost 18,000 ft elevation, the choking fumes were difficult to deal with.
7 posted on 12/16/2018 10:06:03 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Paul R.

In the youtube video angle, I climbed the “Ventorillo” route on the right side of the image that has the outcropping of another old vent. I descended on the left side edge of the image which was the normal route.


8 posted on 12/16/2018 10:09:51 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Paul R.
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano lit up the sky with a large flash from an eruption on Saturday night. The volcano spewed ash and smoke into the night sky. On Sunday morning eruption, a second eruption followed.

Hmmm. I wonder if they will use that, as an excuse to organize a few more caravans, oops, I mean invasions? 👎

9 posted on 12/16/2018 10:13:16 PM PST by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: Paul R.

“Mommy, why is the volcano erupting?”
“Erupting volcanoes mean God is angry, Nina.”
“Why is God angry, Mommy?”
“It’s probably something you did.”


10 posted on 12/16/2018 10:14:38 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: Paul R.

It could be a little disconcerting, at best, to have it erupt if one were nearby. :^) The farmer who had Paricutin just appear one day didn’t expect that to happen right in his backyard when he got up that morning. Before he left for good, he put up a sign saying “this volcano operated by” his name. 20 sq miles got buried, including two towns. The church of Paricutin sticks up out of the old lava floes, and people still go there (not for services, for visits). Considering what happened, and the number of years exposed to the elements, it’s not in all that bad a shape.

https://assets.atlasobscura.com/media/W1siZiIsInVwbG9hZHMvcGxhY2VfaW1hZ2VzLzZmMTBjZjAyZjAxNjhkZmEwMF80NjA3NjI5NzUzX2E0ZjYyMDRhZmJfYi5qcGciXSxbInAiLCJ0aHVtYiIsIjEyMDB4PiJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcXVhbGl0eSA4MSAtYXV0by1vcmllbnQiXV0


11 posted on 12/16/2018 10:18:03 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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Popocatepetl:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Popocatepetl+volcano&spell=1&ie=UTF-8&btnG=Search

Image search:

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&source=hp&q=Popocatepetl+volcano&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=1

videos:

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=vid&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&source=hp&q=Popocatepetl+volcano&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1


12 posted on 12/16/2018 10:19:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Paul R.

Popocatepetl is often erupting when I am there.


13 posted on 12/16/2018 10:21:11 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets ......)
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To: Paul R.

Vincente Fox’s mouth?


14 posted on 12/16/2018 10:24:08 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: gleeaikin

List of volcanoes in Mexico
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Mexico

Oh, this is wild:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par%C3%ADcutin

[snip] Though no one died directly from the eruption, three people were killed when they were struck by lightning generated by pyroclastic eruptions. [/snip]


15 posted on 12/16/2018 10:31:15 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

The lava in the video probably reached down the mountain 3,000 to 4,000 ft down the slope from the crater rim. It looks like it was taken from the highway that goes between Popocatepetl and Ixtachatl.


16 posted on 12/16/2018 10:32:13 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: SpaceBar

There’s one in the Philippines that went off a couple of times over the weekend, also.


17 posted on 12/16/2018 10:40:34 PM PST by PrairieLady2
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To: MtnClimber

Glad I’m here and it’s where it is. :^)

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/popocatepetl/news/72324/Popocatepetl-volcano-Mexico-strong-explosion-last-evening.html

http://images.volcanodiscovery.com/uploads/pics/popo-2018-12-16-00-58-30.jpg

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/typo3temp/pics/d1e3f3cb71.jpg


18 posted on 12/16/2018 10:40:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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VolcanoDiscovery: Popocatepetl volcano eruption evening of 15 Dec 2018

VolcanoDiscovery: Popocatepetl volcano eruption evening of 15 Dec 2018

19 posted on 12/16/2018 10:43:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

I have been mountain climbing on 5 continents and have climbed 9 volcanoes on 3 continents. Popocatepetl was the second volcano I climbed.


20 posted on 12/16/2018 10:43:33 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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