VOLCANO MADNESS: Re: [Geology2] Niger probes volcanic-like activity in north

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Re: [Geology2] Niger probes volcanic-like activity in north | Reuters

Vic,

The link no longer works (thanks to Reuters, no doubt), but the message is the same; thanks for posting this. And also for the info regarding the low quality diesel fuel. I have an extra sensitive sniffer and at times I smell sulfur in the air. I live about a 1/5 of a mile from two gas stations and when the wind is just right, there it is... the odor of sulfur mingled with the nasty smell of overused cooking oil that fries all that counter chicken. I wondered why sulfur and you solved a huge mystery for me... so thank you very much. Now I can at least put that one question to rest. :-)

Lin

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Victor Healey <vic.nospam@gmail.com> wrote:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/25/niger-eruption-idUSL5E7JO1G62011082

excerpt

""The mountain rumbled, giving the impression that it was collapsing. Black smoke rose and there was a smell of gas, as it was coming from fuel," the report added.

State radio said local government authorities and geologists and chemists from Areva, which has several uranium mining interests in the region, visited the mountain on Tuesday to take samples.

The northeast of Arlit is home to the Air mountains, but volcanic activity in the area is long thought to have ended. There were no further details immediately available. (Reporting by Abdoulaye Massalatchi; writing by David Lewis)"

Note low quality diesel fuel has a strong smell of sulfur -Vic