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2007-10-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

"Catastrophic" eruption reported off of Yemen

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Posted by ryuge 2007-10-01 04:13|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 To the ME what Sumatran-Indonesian quakes means to SW Pacific + Australia. Volcanism > Catalyst for local diaspora = upset of local "status quo"/balance of power???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-01 05:07|| 2007-10-01 05:07|| Front Page Top

#2 ALso, MORE FIREBALLS/Meteor streaks seen over Guam in as many days. COLLISION OF GALAXIES + "GALACTIC CENTRE" > D *** NG IT, JUST WTH STUFF IS COMING OUT OF THUS DURNED CENTRE ANYWAY - Universe giving birth??? *SCIENCE > DAWN Space Probe set to land on Texas-sized Asteroid. See MADONNA > "RAIN" and "JESSIE".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-01 05:15|| 2007-10-01 05:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Rather unusual to have 'catastrophic' eruptions in this area. It's a strongly volcanic area, but the events tend to be small and quiet. Actually, in geologic terms this may not have been all that big, but on such a small island, any eruption could be pretty catastrophic.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-10-01 07:18|| 2007-10-01 07:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't mind us, we're just calibrating the equipment.

Posted by Haliburton Earthquake/Tsunami Division 2007-10-01 07:53|| 2007-10-01 07:53|| Front Page Top

#5 HODEIDA, Yemen (AFP) At least four Yemeni soldiers were burned to death when a volcano erupted on a Red Sea island, sparking a major rescue operation on Monday for the rest of its garrison. Survivors evacuated to the Yemeni port city of Hodeida said the soldiers were killed outright when the volcano erupted on island of Jabal al-Tair, some 150 kilometres (90 miles) away. "Four of our comrades have died, burned by the lava," said one soldier who was among the evacuees. "They were killed immediately after the eruption of the volcano at 5:30 pm (1330 GMT) on Sunday," another soldier told AFP.

The Canadian navy said the frigate HMCS Toronto joined the rescue mission at the request of the Yemeni coast guard. The vessel had been on its way to the Suez Canal on a NATO deployment when it received the request for assistance, the navy said. The Yemeni coast guard said that around 50 soldiers were on the island at the time of eruption. Most of the garrison was evacuated by the coastguard and the last three soldiers still unaccounted for were picked up the Canadian navy on Monday morning. "Some of them were wounded and have been taken to hospital," a military commander said.

There had been considerable seismic activity around the island ahead of the eruption, the Yemeni defence ministry said on its website. It said that an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale had been recorded on Friday. The 1,200 metre-high (3,937 feet) volcano last erupted in the 19th century, Saba quoted geologists as saying.

The CNN news channel broadcast footage of the eruption, showing the volcano spewing lava and ash. "It was extremely brilliant and quite bright," Ken Allen, a Canadian Navy spokesman onboard the HMCS Toronto, told CNN. "The closer we got to the area, the brighter it got. We could actually see the lava spouting... up into the sky", he said, adding that small boats were launched from the frigate to search for survivors. The Saba news agency said that "all necessary measures have been taken to ... follow the course of the eruption," adding that a team of volcanologists had been dispatched to the area.

The four square kilometre (1.54 square mile) island has been garrisoned by the Yemeni authorities since the 1990s when a longstanding territorial dispute with Eritrea over the ownership of a series of islands in the Red Sea erupted into armed clashes. The Permanent Court of Arbritration in The Hague eventually found in Yemen's favour and awarded it sovereignty over the islands.

Posted by Steve 2007-10-01 07:59|| 2007-10-01 07:59|| Front Page Top

#6 I have been aboard HMCS Toronto. Godspeed her and her crew.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-10-01 09:50|| 2007-10-01 09:50|| Front Page Top

#7 So...did Blofeld get away again?

Posted by tu3031 2007-10-01 10:04|| 2007-10-01 10:04|| Front Page Top

#8 it doesnt sound like a very big volcano, I'm sure the Yemenis were camped all over the thing though.

Posted by Sleath Gonque2433 2007-10-01 11:00|| 2007-10-01 11:00|| Front Page Top

#9 "...spewing lava and ash hundreds of feet into the air..."

It's just a baby!

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-10-01 11:59|| 2007-10-01 11:59|| Front Page Top

#10 Relax, mom, it's a volcano not a bimbo.

Posted by Chelsey 2007-10-01 12:03|| 2007-10-01 12:03|| Front Page Top

#11 OK Halliburton - you missed. apply some Kentucky windage and move it N and E.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-10-01 12:57|| 2007-10-01 12:57|| Front Page Top

#12

Lava flows and clouds of smoke and ash reach skyward after a volcano eruption on the island of Jazirt Atta-Ir.

Posted by Sherry 2007-10-01 16:45|| 2007-10-01 16:45|| Front Page Top

#13 RUMORMILLNEWS > Russia's military allegedly placed on high alert due to belief that Yemeni eruption was caused by a covert NUCLEAR BOMB DETONATION; + RIAN > Russ scientist claims Earth has good chance of getting hit by APOPHIS ASTEROID/COMET in Year 2029. D *** NG IT, ONE KILOMETER-SIZED PLUS ROCK DOTH NOT A TEXAS-SIZED ASTEROID MAKE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-01 22:21|| 2007-10-01 22:21|| Front Page Top

#14 Allah just keeps dishing out the love for his widdle Muslim chilluns.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-01 23:14|| 2007-10-01 23:14|| Front Page Top

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