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Topic: Earthquakes Hit Italy's Mt. Etna Volcano
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njclary
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You know, this got me to thinking; [oh-oh]
We have here, whachcallit, a sick planet.
Now when my children got the tummy rumbles, you could usually be assured that soon after there would be an eruption. and with our 'sick' planet there seems to be these tummy rumbles and sure enough there is spewwing going on.
Seems there is this virus here on earth and its called peopleitis.
What-ya think??? ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Kindgo
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Weekend News Today
Lead: Faith
Source: ABC News/AP
Sun Nov 24,2002 -- A thick river of lava flowed toward a hikers and tourist refuge on the slopes of Mount Etna after 3 earthquakes, 2 of them 5 minutes apart, rocked the region Sunday and sent residents fleeing their homes. "The shaking was violent, the walls shook for what seemed like an infinitely long time," said Enrico Pappalardo, mayor of the mountainside town of Santa Venerina. Shopkeepers hurried to remove goods from sidewalks in front of their buildings should the lava hit the complex. No one was injured and no buildings were damaged in the quakes on the easterm Sicilian volcano.
The 1st quake registered magnitude-2.7 and was followed by a 3.7-magnitude tremor. Then, 4 hours later, the mountain shook sharply from a 3.0-magnitude quake, the institute said. Soldiers working with bulldozers and dump trucks loaded with dirt and boulders constructed a protective wall around the refuge as the lava advanced to within only a 1/4-mile of the complex. Volcano Mt. Etna, Europe's most active volcano, began its most recent eruptions Oct. 27, spewing rivers of lava and belching out columns of thick ash and smoke that closed the nearby Catania airport for days.
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God bless,
Kindgo
Inside the will of God there is no failure. Outside the will of God there is no success.
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