[markomalley]

Obviously, on a serious note, prayers go out to the folks in the danger zone.

But, more importantly, how much is the IPCC going to tax the Philippine government and is Algore jetting over (in his G-5, of course) to sell these folks the carbon offsets so they can pay for their greenhouse gas emissions?

[markomalley]

Merry Christmas

[KoRn]

/mark

[ASA Vet]

PI Ping

[mreerm]

it would be interesting to get the carbon emission numbers for this event, then evaluate the increased output against the old doomsday projections of the AGW gang.

wouldn’t it be interesting to find that, w/ mans contributions, the world was expected to implode in 5 years, but the output from this even would put us on a track having us implode in 5 minutes..............

[HChampagne]

We are just now getting over Mt. Pinatubo's giant 1991 tantrum and the planet managed to survive. Here is what Wiki has to say about that one: The effects of the eruption were felt worldwide. It ejected roughly 10 billion metric tonnes (10 cubic kilometres) of magma, and 20 million tons of SO2, bringing vast quantities of minerals and metals to the surface environment. It injected large amounts of aerosols into the stratosphere—more than any eruption since that of Krakatoa in 1883. Over the following months, the aerosols formed a global layer of sulfuric acid haze. Global temperatures dropped by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F), and ozone depletion temporarily increased substantially.

[uglybiker]

... the intensifying activity might force us to raise the alert level to its highest level but it would happen only when Mayon shoots a straight ash column containing pyroclastic materials and molten, burning rocks as big as houses or buses from its crater, accompanied by intense rumbling and jittering of the ground felt as far as this city,” said resident volcanologist Eduardo Laguerta.

I guess that means Level 5 follows the old phrase: "Put some jam in your pockets 'cuz you're about to be toast".

[Mount Athos]

when a big volcano shoots ash that high doesn’t it cause cooling for us down here?

[happinesswithoutpeace]

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[maine-iac7]

ping

[Lorianne]

I think we should fine the Phillipines ... beaucoup bucks.
Demand Climate Justice!

Merry Christmas!

[Flavius]

Philippine residents flee Mayon Volcano area amid eruption fears - 17 Jan 09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X307L_yvBxo

[Moltke]

OK, that’s it! Mankind can no longer remain inactive and just stand by when all these volcano eruptions threaten our very existence!

I call upon the UN to set up an international committee of eminent scientists that will provide clear guidance as to how vulcanism can be contained to pre-1990 levels - or it’s the end for all of us! No costs should be spared; our economies and standard of living are clearly insignificant compared to this new global threat.

Women, children, and developing nations hit hardest. And it’s clearly the fault of America and Western Europe, the wicked nations that have perpetrated and profited from global vulcanism for far too long. We need to establish a magma cap-and-trade scheme before it’s too late.

[sig226]

I hope everyone is getting away from there.