Off the coast of Holland? http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/PTUK21.TIF

Graham
Penzance

On 10 Jun, 20:23, Graham Easterling
wrote:
Off the coast of Holland?http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/PTUK21.TIF

So the secret is out!

I used to fly regularly over that part of the North Sea and we always
had to check for any reports of volcanic ash.
I never encountered any problems myself, but I can't speak for my
former colleagues though.

Jack

wrote in message
I used to fly regularly over that part of the North Sea and we always
had to check for any reports of volcanic ash.
I never encountered any problems myself, but I can't speak for my
former colleagues though.

I wouldn't dismiss the possibility. I've long been intrigued by the Eifel
range of dormant volcanoes in Western Germany which, historically, are
active every 10 - 20,000 years and last erupted only 10,000 years ago. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eifel

I'm not sure if the crust has moved far since the last eruption (probably
not) but, longer term, it presents some interesting possibilities of an
Hawaii-style chain of volcanoes, which are a product of the same
plume/hotspot mechanism, with newer volcanoes stretching away from the
present ones - into the Thames Estuary, perhaps?

- Tom.

"Tom Bennett" wrote in message
...
wrote in message
I used to fly regularly over that part of the North Sea and we always
had to check for any reports of volcanic ash.
I never encountered any problems myself, but I can't speak for my
former colleagues though.

I wouldn't dismiss the possibility. I've long been intrigued by the Eifel
range of dormant volcanoes in Western Germany which, historically, are
active every 10 - 20,000 years and last erupted only 10,000 years ago.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eifel

I'm not sure if the crust has moved far since the last eruption (probably
not) but, longer term, it presents some interesting possibilities of an
Hawaii-style chain of volcanoes, which are a product of the same
plume/hotspot mechanism, with newer volcanoes stretching away from the
present ones - into the Thames Estuary, perhaps?

Yes, I've heard of this.
!0,000 years is less than a blink of an eye in geological terms.
Presumably they are classed as 'dormant' rather than 'extinct'.
You never really think of such an area so close to the UK as being
geologically active, I wonder if they are being monitored, how much
damage could an eruption cause?
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:45:50 +0100, "Col"
wrote:

...
You never really think of such an area so close to the UK as being
geologically active,
...

We do. In the last twenty-five years we've had at least two earthquakes
here as have other parts of the UK including one this year in Kent(?).

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

"Alan White" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:45:50 +0100, "Col"
wrote:

...
You never really think of such an area so close to the UK as being
geologically active,
...

We do. In the last twenty-five years we've had at least two earthquakes
here as have other parts of the UK including one this year in Kent(?).

Well I meant in terms of the 'speectacular' events.
The devastating earthquakes, San Francisco style or
enmormous volcanic eruptions.

I mean everywher is 'geologically active' to some extent.
Don't you even get 'moonquakes'?
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:58:09 +0100, "Col"
wrote:

Well I meant in terms of the 'speectacular' events.
The devastating earthquakes, San Francisco style or
enmormous volcanic eruptions.

Weren't houses severely damaged in Kent this year?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6603129.stm

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

Alan White wrote:
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:58:09 +0100, "Col"
wrote:

Well I meant in terms of the 'speectacular' events.
The devastating earthquakes, San Francisco style or
enmormous volcanic eruptions.

Weren't houses severely damaged in Kent this year?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6603129.stm



That wasn't an earthquake, it was the Folkstone Boom Box Boys having a
rave !

Joe
Wolverhampton

Slightly OT, but you can see the remains of an extinct volcanic caldera on
the Ardnamurchan peninsula in Western Scotland, it' really quite impressive
about 4km across, stumbled across it in wikipedia. Shows up very nicely on
Google Maps Satellite pic:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF...&t=k&z=12&om=1

"Joe Egginton" wrote in message
...
Alan White wrote:
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:58:09 +0100, "Col"
wrote:

Well I meant in terms of the 'speectacular' events.
The devastating earthquakes, San Francisco style or
enmormous volcanic eruptions.

Weren't houses severely damaged in Kent this year?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6603129.stm



That wasn't an earthquake, it was the Folkstone Boom Box Boys having a
rave !

Joe
Wolverhampton

A better link here to Sat pic
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF...22,0.2314&z=12

"STUART ONYECHE" wrote in message
.uk...
Slightly OT, but you can see the remains of an extinct volcanic caldera on
the Ardnamurchan peninsula in Western Scotland, it' really quite
impressive about 4km across, stumbled across it in wikipedia. Shows up
very nicely on Google Maps Satellite pic:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF...&t=k&z=12&om=1

"Joe Egginton" wrote in message
...
Alan White wrote:
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:58:09 +0100, "Col"
wrote:

Well I meant in terms of the 'speectacular' events.
The devastating earthquakes, San Francisco style or
enmormous volcanic eruptions.

Weren't houses severely damaged in Kent this year?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6603129.stm



That wasn't an earthquake, it was the Folkstone Boom Box Boys having a
rave !

Joe
Wolverhampton