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El Hierro volcano
By Joe | November 6, 2011
Image courtesy Jose Bordon Tejera, a resident of El Pinar, El Hierro
Well, things are hotting up in El Hierro… if you’ll excuse the pun. From my perch on the western hills of Tenerife, I can see nothing but a dim outline of the island 60 miles away. No sign of any volcanic activity, no impressive funnel of steam and cloud reaching skywards, and no post-bonfire night sparks lighting up the November nights.
All that might be about to change though.
As is usual in this neck of the woods, forthcoming information has been ‘mixed’ to say the least. Naturally, those charged with the responsibility of juggling minimal panic and personal safety while ensuring economic stability while for the island and islanders have been a little reticent to say a fully fledged volcanic eruption is about to take place.
Others take a more prophetic view, some going as far to say that 11/11/11 is the day New Yorkers and their eastern seaboard bretheren should take a step or two away from the coast as a mighty tsunami is America-bound courtesy of a substantial chunk of El Hierro plopping into the sea.
Truth is, nobody’s really sure what is going to happen, although I believe El Hierro resident Raymond Matabosch might have it just about right on his blog post over at earthquake report.
Either way, the next few days should be very interesting and I’ll report back if our tiniest island starts throwing out the big stuff.
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