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Volcanic Ash Relentless As New Tremors Rock Iceland
Reuters ^ | 4-18-2010 | Omar Valdimarsson

Posted on 04/18/2010 6:22:14 AM PDT by blam

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To: NavyCanDo

did Bambi really ask that?


41 posted on 04/18/2010 6:53:46 AM PDT by silverleaf (Karl Marx was NOT one of America's Founding Fathers)
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To: blam

Calling Dr Saknussemm!!! Calling Dr Saknussemm!!! Please pick up the courtesy phone.

“Lidenbrock translates the note, which is revealed to be a medieval note written by the (fictional) Icelandic alchemist Arne Saknussemm, who claims to have discovered a passage to the centre of the Earth via Snæfellsjökull in Iceland.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Journey_to_the_Center_of_the_Earth


42 posted on 04/18/2010 6:56:03 AM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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To: bert
"BTW.....thanks for staying on top of this catastrophe for us"

You're welcome. I'm a catastrophist afterall.

43 posted on 04/18/2010 6:56:23 AM PDT by blam
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To: Ditter

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/19179699

How to Pronounce Eyjafjallajokull

Fri Apr 16, 6:30AM PT - ABC News 2:09 | 113268 views

An interpreter explains how to say the Iceland volcano’s name.


44 posted on 04/18/2010 6:57:19 AM PDT by EBH (Our First Right...."it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,")
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To: blam
"The ash is not expected to pose a health risk as long as it stays in the upper atmosphere, the World Health Organization said. "

Don't the laws of physics dictate that the ash will eventually fall to earth?

45 posted on 04/18/2010 7:00:17 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Ditter
"I haven’t heard a single news person try to pronounce the name of this volcano."

I would have expected a nickname by now. Want to try?

46 posted on 04/18/2010 7:00:35 AM PDT by blam
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To: Richard Kimball

Oh, there’s more to it than the latest natural catastrophe.

They’ve had several literal torch and pitchfork events due to their ongoing economic collapse, straight out of Dr. Frankenstein. Torch-bearing citizens broke down the door to a television studio where the Prime Minister of Iceland was giving the traditional New Year’s Eve address to the country, last year.

Apparently it’s just too much to allow us to know about all that. Can’t stir up the malcontents, you know.


47 posted on 04/18/2010 7:00:49 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Ezekiel

You are correct. I remember seeing the pics in National Geographic as a kid and I was astounded.


48 posted on 04/18/2010 7:02:22 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: silverleaf

did Bambi really ask that?

Yep.

President Barack Obama. “Leaders of the Republican Party ... called the passage of (the health care reform bill) ‘Armageddon.’ Armageddon! ‘End of freedom as we know it.’ So after I signed the bill, I looked around to see if there were any asteroids falling or some cracks opening up in the earth. Turned out it was a nice day. Birds were chirping. Folks were strolling down the Mall.”

http://www.creators.com/opinion/larry-elder/obama-to-critics-where-s-armageddon.html


49 posted on 04/18/2010 7:03:24 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: silverleaf

The Russian plane had to land due to low fuel. Far less efficiency at low altitude.


50 posted on 04/18/2010 7:03:34 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: cripplecreek
I remember how fascinated I was with the birth of Surtsey.
51 posted on 04/18/2010 7:05:07 AM PDT by united1000
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To: EBH

All righty then! ;)


52 posted on 04/18/2010 7:05:36 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: blam

After you, :D


53 posted on 04/18/2010 7:07:35 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: silverleaf
I don’t think “a lot” of Icelanders are homeless, but “a lot” of them are hunkered down inside buildings with their livestock (who must be getting hungry and thirsty)

A lot of them lost their homes. They may not be out on the streets, but they're homeless in a sense, as a result. Their mortgages were sourced offshore and denominated in other currency, and when the whole IceSave thing blew up, their mortgages skyrocketed, and I do mean skyrocketed.

Chalk it up to just another financial "innovation" that blew up someone's face.

54 posted on 04/18/2010 7:07:41 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: blam

I Jaffa Jalla Joe Cool.


55 posted on 04/18/2010 7:08:52 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: blam

President Barack Obama. “Leaders of the Republican Party ... called the passage of (the health care reform bill) ‘Armageddon.’ Armageddon! ‘End of freedom as we know it.’ So after I signed the bill, I looked around to see if there were any asteroids falling or some cracks opening up in the earth. Turned out it was a nice day. Birds were chirping. Folks were strolling down the Mall.”

Don’t ever tempt the Lord


56 posted on 04/18/2010 7:09:11 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: united1000

Iceland is really one of the few places outside the states I would really like to see.


57 posted on 04/18/2010 7:09:59 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: cripplecreek

That’s why the world needs a Boeing Pelican type plane.


58 posted on 04/18/2010 7:10:57 AM PDT by bvw
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To: blam

Will someone enlighten me?
I thought all- powerful mankind- can destroy a planet with a can of Aqua-Net, not a Death Star. So— why can’t human environmental wackos stop this volcano? All- powerful humankind or no??
Meanwhile- as nature makes her statement- we are supposed to feel guilty about automobiles,deodorant,cows and fire.
‘Scuse me- but before all that terrible progress- weren’t there volcanoes filling up the atmosphere with toxic clouds?


59 posted on 04/18/2010 7:13:04 AM PDT by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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To: cripplecreek
I have always been fascinated with Iceland too. Not sure why.
60 posted on 04/18/2010 7:13:04 AM PDT by Ditter
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