This particular
volcano has been blamed for the eruption that ended the Bronze Age in 1159BC or
around twenty years after the fall of Troy.
That was a Baltic event that will not be accepted by scholarship for
many years. The movement of peoples displaced
by Hecla brought the names themselves south into the Aegean.
Thus I like to
keep it under observation as it is really able to ruin our day. However, I also think the extreme nature of
the 1159BC event arose because huge crustal movements took place at the same
time and this was merely a result and a minor one at that. By itself, Hecla could not have ended the
massive trade in copper between Lake Superior and the Middle East.
Yet recent
events have shown us that even a minor event is no joke. Thus we take note.
Iceland’s Hekla
Volcano “Could Erupt Soon”
The civil protection department has declared a level
of uncertainty because of seismic activity in the volcano Hekla in South
Iceland as announced by the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police and
chief of police in Hvolsvöllur shortly after 11 am this morning.
The announcement states that the Icelandic Met
Office informed the civil protection department about unusual seismic activity
in Hekla. The Icelandic Met Office also raised the surveillance level of Hekla
to yellow because of air traffic, which means that the volcano is showing
unusual activity.
The level of uncertainty means that the course of
events, which in latter stages could lead to the health and safety of people,
the environment and inhabited areas being compromised, will be followed
closely.
The level of uncertainty is declared to inform the
parties who would help with evacuating areas near Hekla to be prepared and is
part of the civil protection department’s planning. It is the lowest of three
levels.
The National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police
and chief of police in Hvolsvöllur warn people against traveling to Hekla while
the level of uncertainty is active.
Hekla last erupted in 2000.
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