Ku'u and Nal

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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2004/04/20/429824-ap.html

Are you guys safe from this?

Possible eruption of Pacific volcano may disrupt plane traffic





HONOLULU (AP) - Government geologists Thursday warned aircraft flying over the Northern Mariana Islands Thursday that a possible eruption of a volcano on an uninhabited American island could disrupt a heavily traveled air route.

Swarms of seismic activity from Anatahan volcano started early March 31, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Anatahan erupted from May to August last year, covering its island in several feet of ash but causing no casualties or damage to communities. Regional and international flights had to be rerouted for two days at the peak of last year's eruption.

Saipan, the capital of the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, is about 80 miles south of Anatahan. About 70,000 people live on the islands about 3,800 miles southwest of Hawaii.

An estimated 25,000 commercial jetliners a year _ about one every 20 minutes _ fly over the Northern Marianas, which have nine active volcanoes. A major eruption could threaten air traffic not only there, but also along even busier corridors between Asia and Australia.

Ash clouds, which can spread out and drift for days over thousands of miles, can endanger aircraft by clogging engines, lowering visibility and keeping instruments from operating properly
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sorry Prof - didn't see this .. don't really come here much anymore.

I don't recall hearing anything about that eruption ... chances are, we'd get nothing from that eruption because of our north easterly trade winds. I'd say we're safe from that volcano ...

However, the volcano we're living on is very very active ..
 
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