Chile volcano blasts ash 20 miles high, forcing evacuations

[megimoo]

SANTIAGO, Chile  — The long-dormant Chaiten volcano blasted ash some 20 miles (30 kilometers) into the Andean sky on Tuesday, forcing the last of thousands to evacuate and fouling a huge stretch of the South American continent.A thick column of ash climbed into the stratosphere and blew eastward for hundreds of miles (kilometers) over Patagonia to the Atlantic Ocean, closing schools and a regional airport. Chilean and Argentine citizens were advised to wear masks to avoid breathing the dangerous fallout.Chilean officials ordered the total evacuation of Chaiten, a small provincial capital in an area of lakes and glacier-carved fjords...snip

The five-day-old eruption is the first in 9,370 years, said Charles Stern, a volcanologist at the University of Colorado-Boulder who has studied Chaiten.
He said the nearby town could end up buried, much like the Roman city of Pompeii following Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 A.D. Volcanic material from Chaiten's last eruption measured up to 5 feet in places.

"What happens after today is anybody's guess," Stern said.

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[JohnnyReb]

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"What happens after today is anybody's guess," Stern said.

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Limozine liberals, movie stars and Al Gore will take to the air in their private jets and fly all over the world telling everyone that they must become "carbon neutral" because this is the straw that will break the "Climate change" camels back. Ending every speech with "....and be sure to purchase a few carbon credits as you leave the building tonight."

[Chris_]

"What happens after today is anybody's guess," Stern said.

...not really.  Moonbats will blame the US in general and B*** specifically.