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17 Apr 2010 11:44

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World: Ashes to ashes: If you’re in Europe and want to fly, it sucks to be you

  • 18,600 number of flights that were
    canceled yesterday due to the erupting Iceland volcano
  • 16,000 number of flights that will be
    canceled today for the very same freaking reason source
  • » How long could this go on, anyway? The ash, which has a very damaging effect on aircraft (think what Lava soap does to your hands, except with an expensive plane), could be in cloud form for the next 24 hours at least; it’s causing chaos for European travelers, who have been forced to travel by boat, car, train or anything non-plane-related.
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15 Apr 2010 10:13

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World: Twitter’s having fun with the Icelandic volcano eruption today



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15 Apr 2010 09:56

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World: Volcanoes are scary. This one is in Iceland is affecting flights

  • The last time we erupted in anger like this, we trashed a hotel room, so we can’t imagine what the Earth is upset about, but we know it must be something really bad. source
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16 Feb 2010 23:52

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U.S.: Unlucky Mount St. Helens climber found; no, he didn’t survive.

  • Boom, it busted off and I saw him clawing for the edge with a startled look on his face, and then he disappeared. I was looking right at him, he was only 10 feet away … then he just disappeared.
  • Climber Scott Salkovics • On the death of fellow climber, Joseph Bohlig, who fell 1,500 feet to his death inside Mount St. Helens yesterday. The cornice that held him up fell out from under him, literally making him fall inside the volcano.  Salkovics was just watching Bohlig get his picture taken by a friend. source
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02 Jan 2010 11:00

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World: Mount Nyamuragira blows: Eruption threatens rare chimpanzees

  • 40 chimps in Congo could lose their habitat as a result source
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19 Nov 2009 10:56

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World: In Congo, their planes crash into lava for some reason

  • 10 injured after a plane ran into freaking LAVA source
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28 Mar 2009 17:08

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U.S.: The erupting Mount Redoubt is making a pretty tall impression

  • 50,000 foot-high volcanic ash. Whoa. source
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30 Jan 2009 09:11

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U.S.: Alaskans, get your eye goggles; a volcano’s about to blow!

  • Every time this happens, we do get a run on dust masks and goggles. That’s the two main things for eye and respiratory protection.
  • Phil Robinson • manager of an Alaska Industrial Hardware store in Anchorage, on preparations being taken for the impeding eruption of the Redoubt Volcano 100 miles southwest of Anchorage. Volcanoes generally give off warning signs allowing people time to prepare. • source
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