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Katla Earthquake May Presage Next Volcanic Explosion

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Just to add to the ink needs of European central banks, the Iceland met office reports that it has recorded a small earthquake at the Katla volcano. With Europe already pretty much bankrupt, and the only reason why Europe is still quoted being due to ECB, IMF and Fed backstops, the last thing needed by the troubled continent is the next major volcanic explosion to terminate airline travel indefinitely. As earthquakes tend to not be an indicator of volcanic stability, the most anticipated volcanic explosion in human history may finally be a fact quite soon. We are confident the HFT lobby will somehow determine that volcanic ash clouds add liquidity to the market. Stay tuned.

From Modern Suvival Blog:

On May 17, 2010 08:32 UTC, The Iceland Met office indicates that a small earthquake has occurred at the Katla location. In what could be an early indication of the event that is expected to occur (an eruption of Katla), a small earthquake is reported at the site. Although a single earthquake is not a precursor of an eminent eruption, it could be the first ’sigh’ of the awakening powerful giant.

Historically, Katla has erupted after the eruption of it’s close neighbor, Eyjafjallajokull, which first erupted on April 14, 2010 and is ongoing at this moment. Magma channels beneath to the two volcanoes are thought to be interconnected. A Katla eruption would likely be about ten times as powerful at the Eyjafjallajokull eruption and could cause worldwide disruption while expelling huge volumes of volcanic ash into the stratosphere which would circle the globe potentially for years, depending upon the magnitude of the eruption.

Not to be alarmist, but have you started  your food storage plan? Basic survival preparedness is a personal responsibility that was simply a way of life of our ancestors. Let’s not forget how.

h/t Robert

 

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Mon, 05/17/2010 - 16:35 | 356978 tip e. canoe
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wise words 

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 18:54 | 357232 knukles
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Wasn't that from Deuteronomy or 1 Corinthians?  The Escape of the Mormons?

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 16:17 | 356926 butchee
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Mt. St Helens 30th anniversary tomorrow!!!  I remember playing outside and getting ash in my eyes growing up in western Montana.

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 16:29 | 356961 Troy Ounce
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"Katla is not erupting and there are NO indications that Katla is about to erupt."

Iceland Met Office - Update May 17, 2010; 20:21 UCT

 

http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Katla2009/gosplott.html

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 16:47 | 357004 faustian bargain
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"We have the Katla situation fully contained."

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 16:50 | 357012 DoChenRollingBearing
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The official denial...

Tue, 05/18/2010 - 01:12 | 357639 Trifecta Man
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LOL

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 19:04 | 357048 Ras Bongo
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Earthquake Lights, Twitter and Los Angeles

Is an earthquake about to hit L.A.?

http://www.moneyteachers.org/LA.Earthquake.htm

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 18:29 | 357201 justbuygold
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I have been to Iceland and touched my finger to some of the samll streams that flow near some of the power stations.  The water is so hot in the stream that you can only touch it for a split second.   Now that the magma is near surface again I'm not sure I would want to be swimming in the Blue Lagoon ....lol  .  Quite frankly I wonder how many of those geothermal pipes running all over the place might just fail from extreme water heat.

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 19:58 | 357310 merehuman
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oil in gulf, Katla, peak oil, peak fiat currency, species die off, bees disappearing, glaciers melting, no jobs, chemtrails, sovereign defaults and a selfish , dumbed down populace world wide.

Nah , i dont see any problem.

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 20:19 | 357338 cougar_w
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Chemtrails are serious shit dude. You better study up.

But yeah, that other stuff who cares. Glaciers == boring.

/sarc

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 20:49 | 357377 DisparityFlux
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This may be a redundant comment.

The following link shows the erupting Icelandic volcano through a FLIR (Forward Looking IR) webcam:

http://www.flir.com/thermography/eurasia/se/data/?id=30533

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 22:15 | 357479 halvord
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The dirigible shall rise again!

The Hindenberg burned because they changed the paint. A fine example of unfettered capitalism! Pooh to those pesky regulations!

Tue, 05/18/2010 - 04:11 | 357708 Grand Supercycle
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EURUSD / EURJPY continues to show buying support on intra day chart.

EURGBP daily chart gives mild bullish warnings.

http://stockmarket618.wordpress.com

http://www.zerohedge.com/forum/latest-market-outlook-1

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