When Iceland Attacks!

[unid]

All the media attention on Eyjafjallajökull
appears to have made Hekla jealous
"the gateway to hell" has erupted in Iceland according to unconfirmed reports
http://www.businessandfinance.ie/cat_news_detail.jsp?itemID=1445
UPDATE:false alarm

 

[arkitect]

All the media attention on Eyjafjallajökull
appears to have made Hekla jealous
"the gateway to hell" has erupted in Iceland according to unconfirmed reports
http://www.businessandfinance.ie/cat_news_detail.jsp?itemID=1445
UPDATE:false alarm

No.
The stories have been withdrawn.


Edit: OK
See you've updated at the same time.

 

[Keebler]

I've been checking out the official Met office volcanic ash charts.

According to them, the volcano has now stopped. The charts show no more ash emanating - and the existing cloud disappearing in a southerly direction.

UK airspace is still affected at 6am tomorrow, but at the rate shown I guess we could expect UK flights to recommence late Tues. or at least during Wednesday.

this is interesting b/c the last time this volcano erupted, almost 190 years ago, it lasted ...gulp... 2 years!

and they say there is another near it which is "due" to explode.

wowsers.

 

[firestarter]

this is interesting b/c the last time this volcano erupted, almost 190 years ago, it lasted ...gulp... 2 years!

Well, the problem isn't that it's erupting, the problem is that glacial water is getting down into the crater and causing rock to fissure explosively - and that's creating all the ash.

So it may well settle down into a more steady-state eruption, which doesn't involve throwing hundreds of tons of junk into the atmosphere.