Volcano erupts in Russia

Well, generations of American kids know 'Kamchatka' for its unrealistically high geopolitical importance in the Parker Brother's game of 'Risk'... Now its the site of an active volcano:

www.washtimes.com...


"Petropavlosk, Russia, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Russian seismologists said the Shiveluch volcano in the eastern Kamchatka peninsula began erupting Tuesday, sending hot ash up to 6,500 feet.
Seismic stations near the volcano registered underground tremors from a depth of up to 16,000 feet with spasmodic volcanic vibration, the Novosti news agency reported."


[edit on 29-12-2004 by onlyinmydreams]

lol, I always went straigh for NA and kamchatka in RISK....it seems like mother earth is going through some changes....

Hmnn, it looks like southern Kamchatka is known for its vulcanism:
volcano.und.nodak.edu...


The world watchers, though, might want to note that this volcanic region is right on one of the pacific plates:

I hate to be the prophet of gloom and doom but i think the great tribulation has started.