Hodge Podge Blog

Today’s blog is a mixture of weather related news in the world.

We’ll begin with the latest news and weather story coming out of Bardarbunga, Iceland.

     About ten days ago the seismic tremors of an earthquake began to roll across the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland.  Since that time, the strength and frequency of those tremors has increased prompting scientists at the Icelandic Meteorological Office to issue warnings on Saturday of an imminent eruption.

On Tuesday morning (August 26th), an earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale raised fears that the volcano could blow at any moment.  With the volcano sitting deep beneath the Vatnajokull Glacier, an eruption could be even more devastating than if …