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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: SunkenCiv

I climbed Paricutin in the 90’s. The ruins of the church were pretty fun to look at too.


61 posted on 12/17/2018 4:41:03 AM PST by Sawdring
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To: Paul R.

Whatever you do, don’t google “spectacular eruption”. Trust me.

CC


62 posted on 12/17/2018 5:47:50 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: outofsalt
The fear is that Popocatépetl could have a MAJOR eruption, which could threaten millions of people in the cities of Mexico City and Puebla. And a major eruption will cause global cooling, as we remember from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in 2010, which caused unusually high rainfall in California in the winter of 2010-2011.
63 posted on 12/17/2018 6:49:07 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: SaveFerris
"What if Vicente Fox was taken back down there and thrown in?"

The Erth is angry; maybe we should throw all the caravan invaders in as well.

64 posted on 12/17/2018 6:55:09 AM PST by Truth29
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To: SaveFerris

“thrown in” probably erupt violently as only virgins can stop an eruption.


65 posted on 12/17/2018 7:02:41 AM PST by oldasrocks
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To: oldasrocks

Then they are in big trouble


66 posted on 12/17/2018 7:10:40 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: SunkenCiv
Interesting, have you been to Antarctica, just curious.

Only Jon Cary does something like that, on the governments dime. That's the only continent I haven't been on, waiting for the government to pay for my boondoggle too.
67 posted on 12/17/2018 7:10:56 AM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: MtnClimber

The first Europeans to climb Popocatepetl were conquistadors under the command of Hernan Cortés in 1519, as they marched toward the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan. In the film Captain from Castile, starring Cesar Romero as Cortés and Tyrone Power as one of his men named Pedro de Vargas, a large plume of smoke can be seen rising in the distance in many outdoor shots. This was Paricutin, which erupted during filming in Mexico in 1947.

The flick is enjoyable to watch, and a reasonably accurate account of the conquest of Mexico, especially for a historical drama from that period. The soundtrack includes the rousing march Conquest, which the USC marching band plays after the Trojans win a ballgame.


68 posted on 12/17/2018 7:14:34 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: MtnClimber

Popocatepetl, Ixtachuhatl and Orizaba

Which one of these is the one Cortez’ men climbed to get sulfur for gunpowder, and first saw the Aztec capitol in the distance?


69 posted on 12/17/2018 7:17:21 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: SunkenCiv

When I was very young, in the late 60’s-early 70’s, we read a book about that volcano in elementary school. One of the few things I remember from school.


70 posted on 12/17/2018 7:38:06 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Paul R.

Increased ground vibrations from the thousands of Honduran, El Salvadorian, and other central American migrants walking from their home nations to the US-Mexican border was found to be a factor in setting off the volcano’s eruption.


71 posted on 12/17/2018 7:47:33 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: ShadowAce

I’m not sure - what little info. I found suggests more of a regional effect, with no reference to a particular volcano. Alaska, for example, was unusually warm, in the winter of 1976-77, while the central and eastern US shivered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_of_%2777


72 posted on 12/17/2018 8:43:11 AM PST by Paul R.
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To: MtnClimber

Cho Oyu is a beautiful snow peak in the Himalaya. I saw it from Tingri in 1988 when I was trekking to the Everest base camp on the Tibet side. Just trekking no mountain climbing.

Teamed up with two Canadians in Tingri and we hired a yak driver whose yak carried our packs. He was our guide and arranged our lodging in a local village and in a nomads tent en route.

Ate the local food which was tsampa, tsampa, and more tsampa. Trekking at high altitude and trying to eat the local food that would gag a maggot is a sure formula to lose weight. I lost 20 lbs by the time I got back to Hong Kong 3 weeks later.

Precious memories how they linger.


73 posted on 12/17/2018 9:39:21 AM PST by Uncle Lonny
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To: Uncle Lonny

“Precious memories how they linger.”

And what great memories to have-——mine are dull in comparison.

.


74 posted on 12/17/2018 9:45:47 AM PST by Mears
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To: Rastus
Glad I missed it.

75 posted on 12/17/2018 11:28:44 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Sawdring; PghBaldy

:^) I should have tried climbing mountains when I was at my peak. /rimshot


76 posted on 12/17/2018 11:33:37 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: tired&retired

Not long ago I heard a loony lib blame an earthquake on climate change, so why not?


77 posted on 12/17/2018 11:51:46 AM PST by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Here’s a fascinating video documentary of the eruption of Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines.

NOVA In The Path Of A Killer Volcano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPFgfmwDUKg


78 posted on 12/17/2018 1:04:56 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: SunkenCiv

Heh, the cool thing about climbing that volcano is you get to slide down the side of it when you are done looking around at the top. The ash on the side doesn’t contain anything much bigger than a nickle. The bottom of the volcano was still hot to the touch when I was there.


79 posted on 12/17/2018 1:33:53 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: SunkenCiv

I do believe that is THE BOOK I have been looking for for years!

If so, I read it back in the 60s and have always been fascinated by Volcanoes ever since.

Thank You!


80 posted on 12/17/2018 4:14:39 PM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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