While it seems the Trade Winds would be taking St. Vincent's ash clouds westward, that is not the case. With the volcano's explosions sending ash higher than Mt. Everest, the upper atmosphere winds are carrying it eastward, across the Atlantic, to settle all the way into central Africa. Makes it easy to understand how really big eruptions circle the globe with ash and block enough sunshine to cause catastrophic crop chilling conditions. That is not, as of yet, the case here but there are 17 other mountains on the eruption list this week adding to the ash total.
Piton de la Fournaise on Reunion Isle off east Africa is back on the list with a slow flow basaltic eruption in progress; it's slow flowing but seems fairly steady..Pacaya is still blasting away in Guatemala (I'm sure Fuego & Santa Maria are, too but are not listed this week) and Iceland's hot spot, mid-ocean ridge combo eruption is up to 10 separate vents oozing lava, less a tourist attraction, more of an issue. Indonesia dominates the week's list with 7 mountains scattered about the archipelago getting wild. Kilauea roils on and Semisopochnoi in the Aleutians is being watched closely for any increase in activity. Kamchatka & Japan round out the list(but, there are more out there stirred or acting up, it's Earth).
Earthquake activity remains fairly average, handful of just above 5 quakes scattered about the Ring. Oklahoma and Texass dominate the US quake map..crazy thought! 4.3 in the panhandle of the Loon Star state may have them rethinking the fracking..yea, right; drill on, dump that salt water, screw the future, we want oil money now!!
In other oil field greed news, 11 bodies remain missing in the Gulf of Mexico after a vessel not built for rough weather capsized, nice move, cruising out into stormy seas in a top heavy boat designed for extraction of Earth's resources..Earth does not care.
Another 932 Americans did not make it to today, another 75,000+ found out they have the TrumpVirus(how many can thank self centered family members for their gift); sadly, in a couple of weeks perhaps 1 or 2% of that 75K will be on the death list, thanks kids, hope you had fun on spring break!!
How many will die because they didn't get a shot because of overreaction to the less than one in a million that had reactions to J&J vaccine? 1 death in 7+ MILLION shots, way better odds than most drugs folks take. Figure it out, (my bet is all that had reactions actually have many other issues) but don't stop the vaccinations. That just adds to what many already fear..we live in knee jerk times. Helicopter parents with kids trapped in houses full of stale air is far worse than your kids wrestling in the yard, eating a little dirt; immunity, health must be earned!!
The one sunspot is really a fractured mess, unlikely to present any CME danger to Earth. The moon is closing in on Mars and will occult the Red Planet for any with clear skies in a swath through Asia; not visible here but that means the two will be close for the next few days. No clouds, check it out!!
Still clouds here and one more front to slide through, not much rain likely with this last boundary (0.37" last night) but below average temps for the next several days. The forest is a lovely pale green, the mallow of young leaves, with the white of dogwood blossoms breaking up the green, it's gorgeous out..well, until the wind blows..pollen in check for a day or two cuz the trees are looking to get lucky, too!! Breeding time, well, humans should wait, plan it a little better, y'all sure you're ready to do the work to raise a kid??
Stay safe, be smart, get a shot but keep the mask close, Today On Earth!!
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