I looked to see if Katla was a supervolcano, like Yellowstone. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100417003940AAxFAe4
Apparently not. Or should I say: apparently not yet :( Jones -----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton Gnorts, Vorts! Just as the Three Mile Island incident followed "The China Syndrome", Iceland's volcano mimics "The Scream": http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1266403/Iceland-volcano-space -The-dramatic-ash-plume-engulfing-Britain-seen-above.html http://tinyurl.com/y7anbha The blood red sky of Edvard Munch's masterpiece may represent the results of a volcano eruption; but, it hangs in my office to represent my emotional state trying to play consultant to a bankrupt transit system. BTW, Eyjafjallajökull in the past has preceded the eruption of the far more dangerous Katla: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7070239.ece Excerpt: "Eyjafjallajokull has blown three times in the past thousand years," Dr McGarvie told The Times, "in 920AD, in 1612 and between 1821 and 1823. Each time it set off Katla." The likelihood of Katla blowing could become clear "in a few weeks or a few months", he said. <end> A temporary respite from global warming? T
