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Originally Posted by jimbuna
So much for the early/initial estimation  |
Indeed, was rather optimistic in my opinion, I guess they were hoping the winds would shift or that this eruption would be a brief one.
Steamwake, I've been thinking the exact same thing, in fact IIRC I posted a thread on it a few weeks back, but the conclusion that we, and it seems the USGS came to, is that it's because of better reporting and the sad fact that most of these bigger quakes are happening in populated areas so far this year, that has made it seem like there's more big quakes going on than usual:
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2439
And Tribesman, that doesn't surprise me, it's got a lot of magma to shift no doubt, it's going to be a tricky time for air traffic around Europe although if the wind shifts then some airspaces might be able to reopen, and others will have to close. I don't think it'll go the whole month though, if I had to put a time frame to it...and I admit I'm rather loathe to, but for the heck of it, I'm going to say a week, maybe two. Hopefully sooner, but as the airport representatives were all saying this morning, it's in the hands of nature.