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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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To: sparklite2

:”D “And mommy drinks because you cry.”


21 posted on 12/16/2018 10:43:59 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SpaceBar
It would be a great place to drop him off. From an airplane maybe..

22 posted on 12/16/2018 10:44:41 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: MtnClimber
Interesting, have you been to Antarctica, just curious.

23 posted on 12/16/2018 10:46:22 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Paul R.

What if Vicente Fox was taken back down there and thrown in?

Just askin’....


24 posted on 12/16/2018 10:50:07 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: House Atreides

Oh, I know, thankfully this is not at present a “big one”, but if I was within a few miles of it, I suspect I’d be duly impressed. :-)


25 posted on 12/16/2018 10:52:44 PM PST by Paul R.
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To: MtnClimber

That sounds like quite an experience!


26 posted on 12/16/2018 10:54:57 PM PST by Paul R.
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To: Paul R.

27 posted on 12/16/2018 10:58:34 PM PST by caww
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To: SunkenCiv

No, not Antarctica. North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australis]a. The highest peak I have summitted was Cerro Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Andes by the difficult Polish Glacier Route that took 21 days beginning to end. The highest mountain I have attempted was Cho Oyu in the Himalayas, the 6th highest peak in the world and just west of Everest. I helped get gear to about 18,500 ft and caught a cold that was going around that turned to pneumonia at that altitude. I had to go lower to recover. We got our first 5 to the summit. The next day I was to be the second team to try and they got shut down by very high wind. Even if I did not get sick I would not have had a chance.


28 posted on 12/16/2018 11:01:48 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: SunkenCiv

I remember that same book when I was little. I’ve thought about that story since the Hawaiian volcano became active.

Makes you wonder where and when the next one will pop.

Must be man made global warming. </s>


29 posted on 12/16/2018 11:08:05 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: Paul R.

That was an interesting experience. Popo was just spewing steam at low levels without variation so I did not think anything about it.

More interesting was climbing Cotopaxi volcano in Ecuador and it was not spewing steam, but when we reached the summit on the highest spot on the crater rim it blew out a huge steam eruption. The wind was blowing the other direction, but we could feel the heat.


30 posted on 12/16/2018 11:13:02 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: PrairieLady2

Hahaha -now we know the real reason Miss Philippines won the Miss Universe title (in Bangkok) a few hours ago. (Who says the old superstitions are dead?)

Seriously though - which Filipino volcano erupted this weekend? A web search did not turn up much info. for me.


31 posted on 12/16/2018 11:13:09 PM PST by Paul R.
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To: SunkenCiv

That IS wild. As if the better known dangers are not enough!


32 posted on 12/16/2018 11:14:16 PM PST by Paul R.
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To: Paul R.
I know I'd never heard it before, and having seen photos and vids of the serious lightning that blasts through the pillar of smoke and fire, I wonder now how common that is. Lucky for Ben Franklin that he didn't try his gag by a volcano.

33 posted on 12/16/2018 11:19:10 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: tired&retired

This is the one, amazing that the search turned it right up.

https://www.amazon.com/Juan-of-Paricutin/dp/B001N2EIUM


34 posted on 12/16/2018 11:20:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: MtnClimber
Wow. So, only one more continent to go? :^) If you caught cold on Cho Oyu, I'd imagine there'd be some risk on an Antarctic volcano.

35 posted on 12/16/2018 11:22:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: MtnClimber

Great stuff.


36 posted on 12/16/2018 11:27:31 PM PST by Paul R.
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks

Pub date is 1953. I read it in the early 1960’s.


37 posted on 12/16/2018 11:40:34 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: SunkenCiv

I did not catch a cold on Cho Oyu because of the cold, I caught it because others had a cold and the group could not get controls in place to prevent others from getting infected.


38 posted on 12/16/2018 11:43:15 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: SunkenCiv

I have two continents to go, Africa and Antarctica.


39 posted on 12/16/2018 11:44:17 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.; All

Quick! Call the EPA! Paging Al Gore. Carbon footprint. Carbon tax! CO2 is gonna kill is all by Christmas!


40 posted on 12/17/2018 12:11:10 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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