Posted: 2/14/2014 4:32:25 AM EDT
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Indonesia volcano erupts; 76,000 evacuated, most of Java's airports shut (Reuters) - More than 76,000 people fled their homes and flights were grounded across most of Indonesia's densely populated island of Java on Friday after a volcanic eruption sent a huge plume of ash and sand 17 km (10 miles) into the air. The ash cloud from Thursday night's eruption of Mount Kelud in the province of East Java moved west over the island, forcing the closure of seven airports and stranding thousands of passengers. The only major airports still operating on Java were two in the capital, Jakarta. "Based on verified data, over 76,000 people have been evacuated from five cities around the volcano ... and about 200,000 people were affected," National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Nugroho said in a text message. Mount Kelud is 90 km (54 miles) south of Indonesia's second biggest city Surabaya, a major industrial centre. Its airport was closed, along with those of Bandung, Yogyakarta, Solo, Malang, Semarang and the major oil refinery town of Cilacap. |
| As tragic and scary as these eruptions are, I find such beauty in them. I was absolutely enthralled with the stories when Mt. St. Helens erupted and have backpacked that region a couple times. Kilauea erupted a few short weeks after I left Kaneohe Bay to go to the stumps. I never got to see it. I was TDY to Iceland later on and was amazed at their history of volcanoes. They actually pumped seawater onto a lava flow in Eldfell to cool it and saved their Harbor. I know it sounds morbid, but I love these eruptions. |
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Probably more of these gases spewed out overnight than all the MAN-made stuff in history. Quoted:
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I hope the people are OK. This is going to really mess up the global warming, HCs, COs, SOs Probably more of these gases spewed out overnight than all the MAN-made stuff in history. No way! Al Gore has told me that one SUV puts out global warming gasses then all the volcanoes combine! Are we sure Halliburton doesn’t have a volcano machine? 
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The first thing I thought of. the son is just as big? |
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As tragic and scary as these eruptions are, I find such beauty in them. I was absolutely enthralled with the stories when Mt. St. Helens erupted and have backpacked that region a couple times. Kilauea erupted a few short weeks after I left Kaneohe Bay to go to the stumps. I never got to see it. I was TDY to Iceland later on and was amazed at their history of volcanoes. They actually pumped seawater onto a lava flow in Eldfell to cool it and saved their Harbor. I know it sounds morbid, but I love these eruptions. There was a recent NOVA show on the Icelandic volcanoes. Holy shit but they have some potential to really throw civiliaztion as we know it a huge curve ball. The one that erupted recently is but the little cousin to the main event, three of which are all overdue to provide quite a show. |