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I dont want to panic anyone, but........

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lincstash · 16/04/2010 22:26

Mount etna might be about to pop as well. This could seriously mess up summers for several years, like Mt St Helens did.

A series of earthquakes occurred on April 2-3 along a fault near the north flank of the volcano - 175 earthquakes in all producing some impressive results - and scientists have noted increased "rumblings" at Etna since. This has culminated in explosions and ash April 7-8.

Most of the ash appears to be made from merely crushed rock of previous eruption - accidental material rather than new juvenile magma, but all of this suggests that Etna could be headed for a new eruptive period.

There has also been an increase in the gas emissions from the volcano - all signs that new magma may be rising in the conduit and a new eruption is approaching.

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southeastastra · 16/04/2010 22:27

i guess we are nearly in 2012

TeamEdward · 16/04/2010 22:29

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Disenchanted3 · 16/04/2010 22:30
lavenderbongo · 16/04/2010 22:30

Wow - that is exciting - I guess I am glad I currently live in the southern hemisphere!

luciemule · 16/04/2010 22:30

why, oh why, did I read this post?! I am still hoping that december 2012 won't be the end......but I'm building an Arc just in case .

MaureenMLove · 16/04/2010 22:30

Magma - I love that word. Don't know why, just do. It's such a shame, I can't use it more. Although now I can!

Disenchanted3 · 16/04/2010 22:30

Ermmm what would happen if it did?

frumpygrumpy · 16/04/2010 22:31

Pleeeease can we stop all this now.

Lets carry on as normal.
We can't change it.

Disenchanted3 · 16/04/2010 22:31

Maureen do you say it like Dr Evil from Austin Powers?

MaureenMLove · 16/04/2010 22:32

DD will be particularly gutted, since she'll be completing her GCSE's in 2012. Seems a bit pointless to bother studying, if it's all going to be over, just a couple of months after she's been successful/failed miserably!

GypsyMoth · 16/04/2010 22:32

its another volcano,not the end of the world....yet!

MaureenMLove · 16/04/2010 22:33

Never seen it, so I guess not! Probably more like Lister from Red Dwarf!

Hassled · 16/04/2010 22:35

Sorry, what's with 2012? Was there a memo?

geraldinetheluckygoat · 16/04/2010 22:35

oh well, pointless doing the ironing then, really.

TeamEdward · 16/04/2010 22:36

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MaureenMLove · 16/04/2010 22:37

Sod the ironing, what about the diet!

retiredgoth2 · 16/04/2010 22:38

Mount Etna?

I used to have an Aunt Edna

That's nearly the same.

Is it a sign?

paddingtonbear1 · 16/04/2010 22:38

Mt St Helens last erupted in 1980 didn't it? I don't actually remember much about it, although I must have been 11 or 12 at the time.

luciemule · 16/04/2010 22:39

Hassled - end of the Mayan calander, leading people to belive that in december 2012, the world will start to break up and there'll be earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves etc and basically, nobody will survive. Chirpy hey?!

Disenchanted3 · 16/04/2010 22:41

I wish I never watched that shit friggin film, it set my anxiety off big time.

paddingtonbear1 · 16/04/2010 22:41

lovely!

Francagoestohollywood · 16/04/2010 22:41

It's the Vesuvio we should be scared of and the Campi Flegrei.

MaureenMLove · 16/04/2010 22:41

I've got a boat and access to various scuba diving equipment. Do you think that'll be any use?

I don't actually know how to scuba dive, but I'd like to think DH and DD will give me a crash course, if necessary!

paddingtonbear1 · 16/04/2010 22:41

dh and I watched a docu about supervolcanoes. That was quite scary!

animula · 16/04/2010 22:43

No.

Winter has lasted too long already.

On the plus side, "the year of no summer" produced Frankenstein and Dracula.

Actually, maybe that indicates something not so good ... .