[Terez]

According to Pat Robertson...

[Aptorian]

Terez, on 16 April 2010 - 07:56 PM, said:

@Apt - Pinatubo, 1991. You're not that young are you?

Out if sight out of mind...

This is Iceland after all, Denmark still has a significant connection with the island. Also, in 1991 I was 10 years old. The only thing on my mind back then was goatsex and cartoons.

[Abyss]

CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN. CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN GODDAMMITT!!!
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu BIG FRIKKIN VOLCANO IN ICELAND wgah'nagl fhtagn"

- Abyss, ...did try to warn you all...

[Illuyankas]

Pfft, just airdrop a fishing boat on it.

[Anomander]

Morgoth, on 16 April 2010 - 04:26 PM, said:

Additionally, though it's hope it will only last for a few weeks, the eruption can go on for more than a year.

In such a case though would the eruption be steady? If this damn thing affects my summer travel plans I'll be seriously pissed.

[Abyss]

Illuyankas, on 16 April 2010 - 08:57 PM, said:

Pfft, just airdrop a fishing boat on it.

Now you're just being silly.

It's patently obvious we should just nuke Iceland from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

- Abyss, notes otherwise it's game over, man, game over.

[Illuyankas]

Fishing boats are canonically Cthulu's only weakness. A nuke will do nothing unless it's made out of trawlerium alloy.

[Kanubis]

Abyss, on 16 April 2010 - 09:02 PM, said:

Illuyankas, on 16 April 2010 - 08:57 PM, said:

Pfft, just airdrop a fishing boat on it.

Now you're just being silly.

It's patently obvious we should just nuke Iceland from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

- Abyss, notes otherwise it's game over, man, game over.

You haven't tasted Icelandic Lamb then have you? That meat, without doubt the most fantastic meat on the planet, is worth suffering a thousand volcano eruptions and financial meltdowns for.

[Aptorian]

I'm sure there is some semi-canon story where chthulu or another Lovecraft Horror gets nuked and all it does is turn the creature radioactive.

[Tsundoku]

MTS, on 16 April 2010 - 04:20 PM, said:

Ok seriously, how do you pronounce that? My head is hurting just looking at it. The closest I'm getting is Ejafalafel.

Reading that just makes me hungry.

EDIT: when I first read the thread title, I thought it was just a drunken keyboard mash.

This post has been edited by Sombra: 17 April 2010 - 07:05 AM

[Morgoth]

Anomander, on 16 April 2010 - 09:01 PM, said:

Morgoth, on 16 April 2010 - 04:26 PM, said:

Additionally, though it's hope it will only last for a few weeks, the eruption can go on for more than a year.

In such a case though would the eruption be steady? If this damn thing affects my summer travel plans I'll be seriously pissed.

I doubt it will continue to spew out this much ashes. I'd guess that the effects of it continuing for that long will be felt mainly on Iceland. Still, we'd probably be bothered by quite a bit of acidic rain the coming autumn.

[D'rek]

Illuyankas, on 16 April 2010 - 08:02 PM, said:

So apparently it's James May's fault, according to this Icelandic news website. Honestly? I can see it.

The Icelandic news is ignoring the fact that their own news station could feel the seismic activity from under the volcano in March and is instead blaming it on an event after that...?

[Morgoth]

D, on 17 April 2010 - 01:50 AM, said:

Illuyankas, on 16 April 2010 - 08:02 PM, said:

So apparently it's James May's fault, according to this Icelandic news website. Honestly? I can see it.

The Icelandic news is ignoring the fact that their own news station could feel the seismic activity from under the volcano in March and is instead blaming it on an event after that...?

It's not like Icelanders ever were the brightest of people considering they're generally descendants of vikings with a poor sense of direction.

[Abyss]

oh sure, you joke now, but when the Goat With A Thousand Young is stabbing you in the liver with its ash-covered stabby goatcock, we'll see who has the last laugh.

mark my words, these are the End Times, now with even MORE ash-covered stabby goatcock.


- Abyss, ...yes, that's 'ash-covered stabby goatcock'... Lovecraft wrote it first, i'm just the messenger...

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Were I a more paranoid person, I'd say 2012 is creeping towards us...

But I'm not. This is just a case of the devil's work.

[Garak]

I hate talk shows and the morons around here. I'd stone them to death if I could. So the latest "news" from them would boil down to this:

-the goverment should give us hourly updates on "the Cloud" because we have not been informed enough about it's danger. yes, it's refered to as "the Cloud".
-it can last up to two years and cover the world in ash
-the world will be covered in a cloud of ash and we will freeze to death
-how will we travel abroad now that the planes are grounded?
-the government should check the earth and water for poisoning, that they should monitor the radiation levels
- crisis centers should be set up
-masks should be issued to people
-and they talked with a senator of our who is "stranded" in brussels because the planes aren't flying
-there will be acid rain that will melt us all
-somehow this is dangerous to the planet.... despite it being natural

And so on and so forth.

Now sensible people with a working brain can tell this si bullshit coming from people who are talking just for the heck of it. Considering each Easter and x-mas around here there are thousands of people making pilgrimages to the remains of various saints and spending a day and a night in a line, no matter the weather and they trample each other for fun as well - I'm not counting on there being many sensible people around here, sadly. The media should be shot and damn this freedom of the press - all it's doing is letting the press come up with bullshit like this.

Now, if you'll excuse me, my cat is demanding I pet her. I must obey my divine feline overlord.

EDIT: Oh yeah and they said they don't really know what to do since this has never happened before. Umm, excuse me?

This post has been edited by Garak: 17 April 2010 - 11:18 AM

[caladanbrood]

Sounds fun doesn't it!!




This is a very interesting thread, I didn't know very much about it at all. Thank you to all!

[Dag]

Aptorian, on 16 April 2010 - 07:41 PM, said:

Am I the only one who is absolutly fascinated by this?

If I didn't have 3 flights booked for next week, I'd find it fascinating as well, but... this way, my feelings about it are rather @#dammit*§#grrr@fuuuuuuu!§$%

Abyss, on 16 April 2010 - 07:52 PM, said:

Fools! FOOLS!!! Look at the shape of it. Look closely. Can't you SEE???

Hmmmm... now that you mention it... it does look like a giant hand... should we blame Macros for this one...?

[Jusentantaka]

Garak, on 17 April 2010 - 11:09 AM, said:

I hate talk shows and the morons around here. I'd stone them to death if I could. So the latest "news" from them would boil down to this:

-the goverment should give us hourly updates on "the Cloud" because we have not been informed enough about it's danger. yes, it's refered to as "the Cloud".
-it can last up to two years and cover the world in ash
-the world will be covered in a cloud of ash and we will freeze to death
-how will we travel abroad now that the planes are grounded?
-the government should check the earth and water for poisoning, that they should monitor the radiation levels
- crisis centers should be set up
-masks should be issued to people
-and they talked with a senator of our who is "stranded" in brussels because the planes aren't flying
-there will be acid rain that will melt us all
-somehow this is dangerous to the planet.... despite it being natural

And so on and so forth.

That's what makes this so much fun. The ridiculous shit people are spewing about it is just hilarious.

Though I'm waiting for the latest 'this is why global warming is a lie!' inbredity off of cspan before I let out my final laughgasm and forget about it.

[Darkwatch]

Technically ash is dangerous to life, not the planet.
But you need a MASSIVE amount of ash for it to become a true threat, or at least a threat to humans.
That entails the eruption of a supervolcanoes. Ejit-whatever is not a supervolcano.