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Major Volcanoes Along the Ring of Fire
Are Going Off Like Firecrackers
11:00AM EDT 8/4/2016 MICHAEL SNYDER
So far, we have seen the most
dangerous volcano in Mexico erupt, and three major volcanoes in Indonesia all
erupted within the space of just 72 hours.
Mexico and Indonesia are both
considered to be part of "the Ring of Fire," and all along the
perimeter of the Pacific Ocean volcanoes are starting to go off like firecrackers
right now.
According to Volcano Discovery,
25 volcanoes in areas that are considered to be within the Ring of Fire have
erupted recently.
Our planet appears to have entered a
time of increased seismic activity, and those that follow my work regularly
know that this is a theme that I revisit
repeatedly.
Sadly, most Americans are not paying
too much attention to this increase in seismic activity, but the truth is that
it has very serious implications for the west coast of the United States.
It did not make a big splash in the
mainstream media in the United States, but this week Mt. Popocatepetl erupted
and coated homes and vehicles in Mexico City with a thick layer of volcanic
dust.
And now some scientists are becoming
concerned that this recent activity may be building up to "a major disastrous eruption."
Residents of Mexico City woke to
find ash coating cars and buildings after the Popocatepetl volcano belched out
another toxic cloud.
The volcano is considered
one of the world's most dangerous due to its proximity to the city
with more than nine million inhabitants.
Around 25 million people live within
62 miles of the crater of the 5,426-meter magma mount, who could also be
affected.
There are fears the peak is building
towards a major disastrous eruption after activity increased over the past few
years, although, it has been periodically
erupting since 1994.
There is a very good reason why Mt.
Popocatepetl is considered to be the most dangerous volcano in Mexico. If there
ever is "a major disastrous eruption", millions upon millions of
people will be directly affected and it will bring Mexico's economy to a
screeching halt. The following comes from one of my
previous articles:
Popocatepetl is an Aztec word
that can be translated as "smoking mountain," and more than 25
million people live within range of this extraordinarily dangerous mountain.
Experts tell us that during the time of the Aztecs, entire cities were
completely buried in super-heated mud from this volcano. In fact, the
super-heated mud was so deep that it buried entire pyramids. In the event of a
full-blown eruption, Mexico City's 18 million residents probably wouldn't be
buried in super-heated mud, but it would still be absolutely devastating for
Mexico's largest city.
Meanwhile, the nation of Indonesia
has been rocked by three significant volcanic eruptions in just a three day
period.
Giant clouds of ash engulfed the
skies as Mount Sinabung became the third volcano to erupt in Indonesia, in the
space of just three days.
Mount Rinjani on Lombok island near
Bali erupted on Monday, with the Sinabung volcano on Sumatra island and Mount
Gamalama in the Moluccas chain of islands following suit late yesterday.
There are approximately 130 active
volcanoes in Indonesia, but this is still very unusual even for them.
But of even greater concern for
Indonesia (and for the rest of the planet) is the magnitude 5.8
earthquake that shook Mount Tambora on
July 31.
Back in 1815, an eruption at Mount
Tambora was the largest that has ever been recorded, and there are concerns
that this recent very large earthquake may be a sign that another mega-eruption
is on the way.
If you are not familiar with the
1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, it was truly a historic event. More than 70,000
people died from the immediate blast, and the climate of the entire planet was
cooled substantially for years afterwards. The following description of that
eruption comes from Wikipedia:
After a large magma chamber inside the mountain
filled over the course of several decades, volcanic activity reached a historic
climax in the eruption of 10 April 1815.[5] This eruption had
a volcanic
explosivity index (VEI)
of 7, the only unambiguously confirmed VEI-7 eruption since
the Lake
Taupo eruption
in about AD 180.[6] (The 946 eruption of Paektu Mountain might also have been
VEI-7.)
With an estimated ejecta volume
of 160 km3 (38 cu mi),
Tambora's 1815 outburst is the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history.
The explosion was heard on Sumatra,
more than 2,000 km (1,200 mi) away. Heavy volcanic ash falls
were observed as far away as Borneo, Sulawesi, Java,
and the Maluku Islands.
The following year became known as
"the year without a summer" because the global climate cooled down so
dramatically. There were crop failures all across the northern hemisphere, and
as a result the world experienced the worst famine of the 19th century.
Someday, there will be another
eruption of that magnitude at Mount Tambora or elsewhere along the Ring of
Fire, and the world will experience another horrifying famine.
It is just a matter of time.
And let us not forget that the
entire west coast of the United States also sits along the Ring of Fire.
In my novel and
in my new book I
warn about the coming eruption of Mt. Rainier. But that is certainly not the
only volcano on the west coast that we need to be concerned about. In recent
months there has also been increased seismic
activity at Mt. Hood and at Mt. St.
Helens.
We have been very fortunate not to
have had any major volcanic eruptions in the continental United States since
the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980, but scientists assure us that we are
well overdue for the next one.
In addition, the Yellowstone
supervolcano may not be considered to be directly along the Ring of Fire, but
it has also been exhibiting very strange behavior this
year as well. When it finally erupts, all of our lives are going to change in a
single moment.
So there are definitely some big
reasons why we should be concerned about all of these volcanoes that are
currently erupting around the world.
It may not be tomorrow, but
eventually Americans are going to see firsthand how a major volcanic eruption
can permanently alter their lives.
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