Cluster of seismic tremors over recent days "within normal volcanic activity"

[Malteser Monkey]

I wouldn't worry about that mate....you'll probably be dead by then...

I'm sooooooooo glad you're my friend 

[LindaD]

Don't let it spoil your holiday @marbro8 - just be sun safe and get the old factor 50 on it.  I used to get worried about these things on my OHs back, underarms etc and they did seem to change occasionally, however a trip to the doc said all was ok and he has had them zapped by the docs by freezing with liquid nitrogen.  He still has to keep an eye on them but he does enjoy the sun too, he just makes sure he has plenty cream on.
As Janet says if you paid by credit card then you should be ok for getting a refund.   It's such a pain in the arse though, when Monarch realised they were going under they still take bookings AND money.
Enjoy the rest of your holiday 

[TOTO 99]

Mar mate my Mum has had quite a few off her legs and one off her back, OH had 2 off his back - not pleasant but better to get sorted then it's done !

Probably best if we warn Marb how your OH looks since the operation mate.....

[Malteser Monkey]

Probably best if we warn Marb how your OH looks since the operation mate.....

 

Ok I'll give you that one - Note to self re read messages before posting

[macdonald5]

Ten of us booked with monarch for next may as well, and only booked a couple of months ago, so we are not covered for a refund but should be covered on credit card insurance I think?

As long as you booked with credit card you will be refunded Credit card companies and supplier are jointly responsible
Many years ago we had 10 flights booked with Globespan when it went belly up
Tesco credit card refunded almost £3000 quite quickly

[Medman]

yes I have looked at those and not to worried about the return flight, I spent a couple of hours in the emergency walk in yesterday and the doctor said it didn't look like one, but after looking at descriptions of them on internet, it looks like a squamous or similar, with crusting on the top and bleeding, they just told me to keep an eye out for colour change or change in size. I'm frightened to go out of the bloody apartment without a coat on

I've had something on my back for years
....,, I call it the wife !! 

[LindaD]

I've had something on my back for years
....,, I call it the wife !! 

I can't thank you for that post @Medman - Mrs Medman widnae be chuffed

[Janet]

Given the state of my inbox this morning, The Sun has run an article saying that Teide is active and about to blow because of a surge of earthquakes. I haven't seen the paper or its article, but can confirm from expert and official sources here that Teide is indeed an active volcano, in the sense that it is not a dormant volcano. Moreover, there has been another cluster of tremors over the past week or so, and as with the cluster I reported below at the beginning of October, all have been very minor.  It is important to note there are always tremors, and this is generally considered by seismologists to be a good thing because it means volcanic pressure doesn't build up.

Most important, however, when it comes to dealing with sensationalized reports in the British press, part of which seems to salivate at the prospect of a krakatoan-level eruption on the edge of Europe, is to understand that there is constant seismic monitoring on all the islands precisely because the Canaries is an active volcanic archipelago. Independent vulcanological, seismological and geological experts, often University academics engaged with the monitoring on an ongoing basis, say that everything they are seeing is within the range of normal.

These experts acknowledge that they have increased monitoring in La Palma because it is behaving in an unprecedented way, though still within a range of behaviours that they could expect, and most significantly, without any surface deformation, and so they are absolutely ruling out the possibility of an eruption there. Tenerife, however, is having clusters along the lines that we have seen before in previous years, perhaps most notably 2004 when there were several similar clusters, and if anything, seismologists are pleased because it increases the data they receive and therefore their knowledge about the Teide systems, and because it means that while the earth might tremor, the pressure is going to be dispersed ... and disappoint the tabloid press by failing to erupt.

[Malteser Monkey]

Yeap it's all a load of bollocks and we know it Janet.

Teide has never been dormant so don't know what all the fuss is about.

Ross just covered it on Poweronfm. 


1 article read something along the lines of "trying to calm the locals"   I've never met calmer locals would take more than a few rumbles to get the Canarians going    and as for the rest of the "locals" .............

[Nova]

Ohh one of my Dash buddies asked me this morning how I was coping with the volcanic eruption and I told him he must have read a tabloid. He said the story had us all blown out into the middle of the sea