Etna, violent eruption just now

And then there is Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands. Cumbre Vieja is honeycombed with fissures caused by the rising of molten magma heating and vaporizing water which then erodes the inside of the volcano. This phenomenon has severely weakened the internal structure of the volcano, making it extremely unstable. During its last eruption in 1949, the southern volcano caused a massive crack to appear, and the entire western portion of Cumbre Vieja slipped a few metres towards the Atlantic Ocean.

In 2001, geologists Steven Ward and Simon Day put forward a scientific paper showing how that the entire western flank will eventually give way, possibly even during its next eruption; sending million tonnes of rock crashing into the ocean. Ward and Day's research, which took other examples of this phenomenon into account, suggested that the impact of this "lateral collapse" would generate a colossal wave – dubbed a "mega-tsunami", which could reach a local amplitude of between 650-1500 metres. This wave would then rapidly travel westwards reaching a speed of approximately 720kph. Although it would diminish in size by the time it made landfall on the eastern seaboard of America, it could still be as high as 50 metres (to give a sense of perspective, the statue of liberty is 93 metres tall), devastating everything in its wake up to 25km inland.

In comparison with this projected scenario, the Indian Ocean tsunami that occurred on 26th December 2004, reached a height of only 24m at Bandeh Aceh – the region worst affected by the disaster, which was totally obliterated. If this event unfolds in the manner that Ward and Day have projected, then this "mega-tsunami" would be the greatest natural disaster in recorded history.

Ward and Day's research on this scenario is here: [link to websites.pmc.ucsc.edu (secure)]

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Volcanoes are racist.. we should round them all up & send them to sensitivity training, just sayin'.

is this the first of many

Edgar Cayce Mt. Edna prophecy.

As I recall, Edna kicks off the earth changes show.

Volcanos can spew so much ash into the sky, they will cool the planet. Grendel loves that!

a fine needs to go out for global warming and carbon emissions. I guess it's Italy's fault.

maybe they need to call God or Mother earth into court?

Volcanoes are racist.. we should round them all up & send them to sensitivity training, just sayin'.

Pompeii was a 1 off event. Surely ?

Anyway, These days we have "Thunderbirds International Rescue" in case anything serious happens. You know, Like Fuku or Chernob.

volcano eruption with lava get 10 stars

How much "Carbon Tax" does Etna pay ?

This thing is spewing more carbon in a few hours than the entire population of Europe in a a whole year.

Shame that volcano. Stand in front of it with protest signs "Save The Planet From Global Warming" etc.

Where is Grotty Thunberger. How dare that volcano steal childrens futures!

Ban Volcano's!

And whats worse...lava is ORANGE.

Orange lava BAD.

Then it turns BLACK.

Black lava matters.

Hi,

My sister live in Italy, she sent me news about Etna.
There is a powerful eruption right now, I will post English news if I find.
Here is a translation of the link below :

The sudden eruption of Etna that began shortly after 17:00 this afternoon degenerated in the last minutes into a violent paroxysm. Very high lava fountains rise for hundreds of meters above the South-East crater while a very fast lava flow descends towards the valley. Live images, initially spectacular, are now scary.

[link to www.meteoweb.eu]

Orange (Lava) Man Bad!

a fine needs to go out for global warming and carbon emissions. I guess it's Italy's fault.

maybe they need to call God or Mother earth into court?