Showing posts with label Eyjafjallajokull. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eyjafjallajokull. Show all posts

Friday, August 22, 2014

#Bardarbunga #ashtag - Icelandic authorities remain on high alert as #Bárðarbunga volcano area experienced most serious earthquakes of week today. Seismologist quoted in Expressen.se says there's 50% chance of full-scale outbreak, one that that could match or exceed Eyjafjallajokull eruption of 2010; #ashtag










Icelandic authorities remain on high alert Friday afternoon U.S. time as some of the strongest earhquakes of the week have been measured within the past few hours, as the Bardarbunga volcano remains at serious risk of erupting. 
I first started following this story closely on Tuesday after a friend in Sweden emailed me a link to an article in Expressen.se quoting an experienced seismologist named Reynir Bödvarsson said that in his opinion, there's 50% chance of a full-scale outbreak that could match or exceed the Eyjafjallajokull eruption of 2010 that wreaked so much havoc with world travel and had economic consequences that people couldn't have imagined before they happened.
To say nothing of being stranded in another country with limited funds after your plane flight is cancelled, with no idea when you can get home.


Stor vulkan på Island riskerar kraftigt utbrott

While there are currently no signs of magma moving to the surface, within the poast 24 hours the Icelandic Met Office reported: 
"Intense earthquake activity continues at the Bárðarbunga volcano – a situation that has persisted since 16 August. There are no signs that the seismicity is decreasing."

It's Bárðarbunga in Icelandic.

English language updates from the Icelandic Met Office , i.e. weather serviceis here: 
http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/vatnajokull/

Live webcam from Bardarbunga: http://vedur2.mogt.is/grimsfjall/webcam/
As you check it out, keep in mind how late the sun is visible there this time of the year, where they are now 4 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight, where I am now.

You can also stay updated on the latests developments while you're on the go via Twitter
at https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=Bardarbunga&src=typd or via @yay_news YouTube's streaming: https://www.youtube.com/user/yaynews

Sunday, August 22, 2010

BBC News' Siobhan Courtney on 'planned attack' resulting in Pornographic videos flooding YouTube

I came across this disturbing story on the BBC's website this afternoon after watching the Manchester United-Fulham match at Craven Cottage that resulted in a thrilling 2-2 tie.

I'd gone to the BBC's website to see if there was anything new on
the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, and there was, though nothing I can embed here yet as I'd hoped.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11050737

As of 2 p.m. today, there is not a single American media reference to this story on
Google News, even though the BBC reported this on Thursday, and yes, I know that Google owns YouTube.

Seriously, are there really that many newspaper editors and TV producers on vacation right now that this story could slip through without being ever being mentioned in this country?

Of late, the American news media has needed no prompting to do a story on
YouTube regarding whatever the latest sensation is, the stupider the better so it seems, but this story that parents ought to know about is being smothered.

I never really thought of myself as old-fashioned, per se, but my sense of things is that now as in the past, nobody wants a watchdog that
doesn't bark.

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BBC-TV

Pornographic videos flood YouTube

By Siobhan Courtney
Interactive reporter, BBC News
Page last updated at 17:09 GMT, Thursday, 21 May 2009 18:09 UK

The BBC's Interactive reporter Siobhan Courtney talks about the investigation into the 'video attack'.

Video-sharing website YouTube has removed hundreds of pornographic videos which were uploaded in what is believed to be a planned attack.

The material was uploaded under names of famous teenage celebrities such as Hannah Montana and Jonas Brothers.

Many started with footage of children's videos before groups of adults performing graphic sex acts appeared on screen.

YouTube owner Google said it was aware and addressing the problem.

Read the rest of the story and see news video here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8061979.stm?ls

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The Daily Mail


YouTube deletes hundreds of porn clips disguised as Hannah Montana and Jonas Brothers videos
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1305218/YouTube-deletes-hundreds-pornographic-clips-disguised-Hannah-Montana-Jonas-Brothers-videos.html