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I just had an ice cold Pepsi this afternoon. It was 35+C (ok, in the mid-nineties), I had just come back from a long hot walk through the kidfest day at the Artfest and I just had to have it. It was so refreshing, and cool, and invigorating. Why it was exhilarating.
Inspired by Iceland wants you to know Iceland is bursting with energy!
The eruption in Eyjafjallajökull has abated and latest reports sunday show the vent closed and no ash or lava flow. Míla camera shows small steam plume monday morning The mountain is quiet, no earthquakes right now, nor any in Katla. There have been many small earthquakes around Iceland, some in worrying places, but no consistent…
It is not true that, after the failure to put a specially made “top hat” on top of Eyjafjallajökull to stem the ash plume, there will be an attempt to put a hose on top of the mountain to capture the ash;
you know how sometimes a bank will just decide that it didn’t like how the original term of its loan worked out and it will just change the deal to something better? They can do that, it is all in the fine print. Now they’ve done it again
Útrásar Víkingar – that is what we called them, the new Masters of the Universe who set forth from Iceland in the last decade to conquer the new world of finance.
As you may recall, over 18 months ago Iceland lead the world into a minor financial crisis, with the rest of y’all toddling along later. Now Iceland takes the lead again, as a Special Prosecutor issues some indictments and the perps start walking…
Couple of new webcams checking on the volcano it is stirring again.
Well, Eyjafjallajökull is bubbling along nicely, there is still some ash coming out, but not high enough to carry as far, and less of it. And the wind is turning, so tomorrow Icelandic airports will close as the ash comes back west across the country. There is also a curiousity on the ice cap above…