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Old May 14th 10, 04:29 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Volcano still at full blast

On May 13, 3:21*pm, Alan LeHun wrote:
In article faa3d7ec-6d99-49fc-9d49-
, says...

The volcano is still at full blast and the ash plume is still at 4-6
km high, but the ash is more coarse now than before.
The airports are at on and off service.
some remarkeable video fotage here shows the fierce force
of the volcano.


All sources seem to agree with you bar one. Seismically, the volcano
seems to have gone to sleep. Just one 1.2 and one 1.9 in the past 48
hours.

I'm not sure of the significance of increasing volcanic activity and
decreasing seismic activity.

--
Alan LeHun


Scientists are quite unsure af that matter, all they know now, that
after a wave of tremors deep under the glacier few days ago, the
volcano propably had some new magma supply.
The plume was up to 9 km yesterday and was visable from the outskirts
of Reykjavik.
I was suprised how big and bleak it was, reminded me of the first days
of the euruption.
Some of the towns and farms west of the volcano had some black rain
today.
And the nation is not amused after a almost 4 weeks of continuous foul
play
of the infamous tongue-breaker.

The travel industry is facing a disaster, not many foreigners dare to
the island and risking to be stuck there for days or weeks.

Thor, Reykjavik.