On Sat Apr-25-2015 13:29, Paul Hayton (3:770/100) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    PH> On 04/23/15, Roger Nelson pondered and said...   
      
    RN> The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupted yesterday. Two blasts in   
    RN> 24 hours on April 22nd sent plumes of ash and sulfurous gas shooting at   
    RN> least 33,000 feet high. One of the eruptions occured at night and put on   
    RN> a spectacular display of rare and mysterious volcanic lightning.  Visit   
    RN> http://spaceweather.com for a picture of the lightning and a discussion   
    RN> of its underlying physics.   
      
    PH> Hi Roger,   
      
    PH> I saw footage of this on our nightly TV news bulletin, it was very   
    PH> impressive. Chile is right to declare a state of emergency. Looks   
    PH> more like a state of meltdown!   
      
   I don't know if it's Chile, or Costa Rica in Central America, but I've heard   
   one of those two countries has an eruption ever 20 or so minutes.  I think   
   it's Costa Rica, so it is no stranger to volcanic activity.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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