OMG! Now Hekla is Erupting!?!

Posted on April 19, 2010 by stacyherbert| 35 Comments

Stacy Summary: Apparently, Hekla has started erupting. Hekla is the volcano whose last eruption is credited with having caused the French Revolution when crops failed. Max asked about Hekla in our film about Iceland:

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35 Responses to OMG! Now Hekla is Erupting!?!

Troy Ounce | April 19, 2010 at 6:06 pm |

Will send the world into a deep freeze and cover EU with 1 meter dust.

1st
Giuseppe Bagodonutti | April 19, 2010 at 6:06 pm |

Now’s a good time to put on Led Zeppelin’s
IMMIGRANT SONG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CO7FPU7a2g
Mep | April 19, 2010 at 6:13 pm |

Rut-roh!
FiatMentalist | April 19, 2010 at 6:26 pm |

Yeah and wheres Bjork been through all this, get her on your show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41iySHgV_iI
Dedo | April 19, 2010 at 6:29 pm |

That’s the third time I’ve seen that clip,..just to watch Max trip over his flippers,….lol,.hilarious,…..
myself/oslo | April 19, 2010 at 6:33 pm |

Apparently a false alarm, according to norwegian news…
Giuseppe Bagodonutti | April 19, 2010 at 6:33 pm |

Bjork is busy trying to figure out how a TV works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d4rdat3HdA
Mep | April 19, 2010 at 6:36 pm |

Seems to be eruption confusion:

http://twitter.com/ashalerts

Story sounds like someone was either looking at the wrong web cam or misinterpreted what they were seeing.
Carmen Azul | April 19, 2010 at 6:42 pm |

the 1 meter dust story was that not about Katla volcano? We need a primer on these volcanos and what to expect.
Giuseppe Bagodonutti | April 19, 2010 at 6:42 pm |

Here’s another site with a webcam feed to Hekla…
I don’t see any eruption
http://reykjavik.mydestinationinfo.com/en/hekla-volcano-webcam
Sirial | April 19, 2010 at 6:47 pm |

The Norse gods are angry it seems.
Mother Earth | April 19, 2010 at 7:06 pm |

PErhaps there will be a use for my bale of rice after all..
R. Cain | April 19, 2010 at 7:09 pm |

Drudge not covering
not good sign
losing confidence in ‘Business Insider’ by the day
too many amateur journalists on the web

http://www.drudgereport.com/
karl | April 19, 2010 at 7:10 pm |

For the record the 1783 event was caused by Laki, not Hekla. Hekla is to the west of the current eruption. Concerns are focused on Katla which shares the same magma chamber as the current Eyjafjallajokull volcano.

That said history shows that the events can be significant. Considering the European poisonings from the 1783 event, one wonders what the impact would be today with the much larger population.
stacyherbert | April 19, 2010 at 7:12 pm |

@karl – well, if so, then that’s something that the Icelandic banker got wrong; he says in the video that it was Hekla
Mother Earth | April 19, 2010 at 7:13 pm |

Some sites say its false alert..
Mongo | April 19, 2010 at 7:13 pm |

The Hekla news are false/wrong. The webcam they are referring to was directed (accidentally) towards the already erupted volcano. I guess they were bored so they wanted some action?…
Mother Earth | April 19, 2010 at 7:14 pm |

Vulcano’s sharing rooms must be because of the crash? Are they jealous sisters?
Mother Earth | April 19, 2010 at 7:16 pm |

I urge my friend not to postpone her flight, it’s better to be stuck on Bali than to be stuck in Europe
FiatMentalist | April 19, 2010 at 7:22 pm |

Think we could charge Iceland for the carbon footprint of these erruptions? ME get on the phone to Gore see if he can come up with somthing.
karl | April 19, 2010 at 7:26 pm |

Stacey – that proves it, when can you trust anything a banker says? Hekla is a more active volcano, I witnessed the 1981 eruption, spectaclar sight. To witness the raw power of nature is humbling. Puts the nonsense of this world into perspective.
Carmen Azul | April 19, 2010 at 7:29 pm |

There is no Front Page link at the top of this page.

Max swimming in that warm water.. looks nice. & tripping in Zurich. Didn’t even muss his suit. Good report.
R. Cain | April 19, 2010 at 7:29 pm |

‘Business Insider’ (now OFF my shortcut list) cites Reuters as a reference, with no link.
but a cursory check of Reuters reveals NO reference to a second eruption.
are these guys a bunch of college drop outs, or WTF?
g7enn | April 19, 2010 at 7:39 pm |

ICELAND VOLCANO induced by H.A.A.R.P.?

http://www.parenting-healthy-children.com/Parenting.xml
Mongo | April 19, 2010 at 7:59 pm |

I don’t believe in HAARP
Ptah | April 19, 2010 at 8:04 pm |

Mongo:

What is it about HAARP you don’t believe in?
Mongo | April 19, 2010 at 8:34 pm |

@Ptah, that it is used for manipulating weather, volcanoes, earthquakes and our minds… is it also heating up my coffee? is it making me fall asleep at the computer? does it make dogs bark?
Ptah | April 19, 2010 at 8:40 pm |

Mongo:

Ah! What do you think it is for?
metoo | April 19, 2010 at 8:54 pm |

if you removed the sound this would look like a euro porn movie, kept expecting Stacey to pop up from under the water at the end with a frogsuit on
Dedo | April 19, 2010 at 10:24 pm |

@Mongo,….HAARP isn’t a belief system !
(some strrrrrrange folk out there,.scaary)
Youri Carma | April 19, 2010 at 11:22 pm |

@FiatMentalist

Very well done this parody ahah!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41iySHgV_iI

Still a good song: Björk – Declare Independence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igOWR_-BXJU
Youri Carma | April 19, 2010 at 11:46 pm |

@stacyherbert

Well the Icelander banksers got many things wrong. Wrong was their business LOL.
RiverRed | April 20, 2010 at 1:39 am |

I watched that whole money geyser episode on Youtube. Very entertaining and informative!!! THANK YOU AGAIN
Marc Authier | April 20, 2010 at 2:02 am |

“Which TV show is it ?” Love the ending !!!!! Survivor of course.
Mongo | April 20, 2010 at 7:16 am |

@Ptah, Well, I don’t think its for manipulating volcanos and creating earthquakes. Simple as that.