Did you feel the earth move ... ?

[Kingbaker]

It might've the after shocks......if @Nova 's made here chillies'n tomato soup again!!

[Malteser Monkey]

It might've the after shocks......if @Nova 's made here chillies'n tomato soup again!!

I think Nova got off very lightly there

[Kingbaker]

Yup.....it's go easy on @Nova day today.

[Malteser Monkey]

Yup.....it's go easy on @Nova day today.

A  WHOLE day ??

[Kingbaker]

If she becomes cheeky then I'll publish an article 51 and rescind the ''WHOLE'' deal.

[Nova]

If she becomes cheeky then I'll publish an article 51 and rescind the ''WHOLE'' deal.

Me, cheeky???   

[Malteser Monkey]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/717209/volcano-warning-panic-Tenerife-fears-Mount-Teide-about-to-blow

Ohhh well that's it run for cover

[TOTO 99]

Gotta love the Express....I hope the holiday companies sue them...

Can't beat their forecasting of a "Siberian Winter" every year either....lol.

Why would anyone believe a word they print?

Although to be fair, their reader's comments are always a giggle....

[Malteser Monkey]

I thought the Mail was the worst but they've not printed anything

[Janet]

I've just posted the following ... (the live links are on my website)

Although Involcan is still continuing its research into the cluster, the Daily Express has excelled itself by reporting panic in Tenerife because "Teide's about to blow" (link). And so, just to reiterate ...

The "cluster episode is over", Involcan says, and is almost certainly connected to hydrothermic, rather than volcanic, activity: in other words, there is no risk of an eruption. Moreover, the cluster was of tremors at a depth of between 10 and 40km, and magnitude <1, which means they were unperceived – and unperceivable – to anyone. They were registered by machines, and the following video from Actualidad Volcánica (Avcan) reproduces what they sounded like after the inaudible data values were converted to sound waves, a process known as audification.



The Express article also attempts to cause fear by implying that there is neither programme nor education about what to do in the event of an eruption, nor an evacuation protocol. All of these claims are false.  The Canarian Government held its latest of several simulation exercises only two years ago, imagining an explosive grade 5 eruption from Teide's Pico Viejo (link). In terms of education, documents are made available to schools by Protección Civil like THIS one: these things are taught to the public here from childhood!

Finally, the idea that "we need a plan" is idiotic. There is already a plan, a protocol, and a Government agency in place. We live on an active volcano so the idea that people are whistling into the wind and living on hope is simply insulting to the authorities here. The Canarian Government's Plan Especial de Protección Civil y Atención de Emergencias por riesgo volcánico en la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias (Pevolca) is enshrined in legislation, and annex 2 of the document is a public information and advice leaflet: you can read it HERE.