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The Big Wobble by Gary Walton 1/10/2020

http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/01/mexicos-colossus-popocatepetl-volcano.html

Mexico's colossus Popocatépetl volcano spews cloud of ash and rocks 3,000m (9,800ft) into the sky (Video)

The Mexican colossus, the Popocatépetl Volcano, whose name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain and towers to 5426 m 70 km SE of Mexico City to form North America's 2nd-highest volcano is currently spewing a volcanic ash plume that rose up to an estimated 3,000m (9,800ft) into the Mexico sky.

Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano erupted on Thursday with a dramatic show of lava and a cloud of ash and rocks that reached 3,000m (9,800ft) into the sky. No-one was hurt. Popocatépetl is an active stratovolcano, 70km (43 miles) south-east of the capital, Mexico City. Its name means "smokey mountain" in the indigenous Náhuatl language.


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A volcano in the Philippines also is erupting:
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Thousands evacuated as Taal Volcano violently erupts in the Philippines
By Associated Press
January 12, 2020 | 2:05pm

TAGAYTAY, Philippines — A small volcano near the Philippine capital that draws tourists for its picturesque setting in a lake erupted with a massive plume of ash and steam Sunday, prompting the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and forcing Manila’s international airport to shut down.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said Taal Volcano in Batangas province south of Manila blasted steam, ash and pebbles up to 6 to 9 miles into the sky in a dramatic escalation of its growing restiveness, which began last year.

The volcanology institute raised the danger level around Taal three notches on Sunday to level 4, indicating “a hazardous eruption may happen within hours or days,” said Renato Solidum, who heads the volcanology institute.  ... More
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All these recent eruptions have to be due to climate change.
There's no other rational explanation...

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All these recent eruptions have to be due to climate change.
There's no other rational explanation...

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Obviously. More taxes are called for.
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Obviously. More taxes are called for.
and trot out some teenagers to tell us we need to pay.
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