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2004-11-05 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-11-05 4:18:47 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Wonder if this is the same valcano that erupted (a few years ago)under a glacier.The flooding was so bad,boulders the size of houses were rolling down stream.

Posted by raptor 2004-11-05 7:50:20 AM|| 2004-11-05 7:50:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Cool

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-05 11:44:45 AM|| 2004-11-05 11:44:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Well Iceland's over the Kyoto limit for the next 3,500 years.

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-05 12:14:41 PM|| 2004-11-05 12:14:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Raptor, it is. The volcano, a lake in the volcanos caldera and the ice cap over are in a cycle (7 years-ish) where the lake overflows, releases pressure on the volcano that then erupts and melts the ice cap. Must be a one hell of a sight.

Posted by phil_b 2004-11-05 3:16:19 PM|| 2004-11-05 3:16:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Anybody speak Icelandic? What the hell does the name "Grimsvotn" mean?

Posted by mojo 2004-11-05 3:46:38 PM|| 2004-11-05 3:46:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 It goes back to 1842 when the Grimm brothers got likered up and attacked the Althing with lead weighted ballot box.

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-05 5:04:52 PM|| 2004-11-05 5:04:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 vÃ¶tn means lakes (singular, vatn) probably in reference to the caldera.

Grim may be a contraction of "grimmr" meaning fierce. Or it could be the name of a character in a Saga.

There is a nearby mountain called GrÃmsfjalli (~ Mount Grim).

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-11-05 5:33:38 PM|| [http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentEvents/] 2004-11-05 5:33:38 PM|| Front Page Top

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