Andrew


 * __ Volcanoes! __**

Hello, my name is Andrew. I go to a school called MICDS. It is in St. Louis, Missouri. The reason I'm making this wiki site is to alert people what effects volcanoes have on humans. You'll see lots of visual guides and an explanation on what you should do if a volcano is active near you. There will be explanations on how volcanoes work, and if any recent volcanoes erupted. You'll learn about a volcano that impacted the human and natural environment A LOT. There will be a book that is very juicy in facts about volcanoes. Volcano Power Point! Check this out! Weather in St. Louis link: @http://www.weatherlink.com/user/micds/ media type="custom" key="12204804"

The volcano that I will tell you about that impacted the human and natural environment a lot and is famous is Mount Vesuvius. The eruption I will tell you about erupted at August 24 in 79 AD (because it erupted several times after erupted in 79 AD). Mount Vesuvius is in the Gulf of Naples, Italy. Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano. Mount Vesuvius erupted because an earthquake broke out near the mountain and it cracked its top. In 1969, Mount Vesuvius had a 2nd summit, Monte Somma that is about 5 kilometers away from Mount Vesuvius. The community didn't prepare for this event because they thought it was a volcano. A man called Pliny the Elder did help save people. He brought war ships to help save some of the people close to the volcano. Unfortunately Pliny the Elder died because of toxic gases but he saved many people that went on his war ships. Today scientists say that it is overdue for an explosion. The Vesuvius Observatory is constantly reading seismic activity, gas emission, and other indicators for an eruption. I got this image off of Google Earth and used I got this image off of Google Earth and used Snipping Tool to take it. Snipping Tool to take it.

This is a current event! It is about a volcano that erupted a little while ago: New Eruption Discovered at Undersea Volcano, After Successfully Forecasting the Event Date: 8/9/11 Source: ScienceDaily Author: Bill Chadwick **, ** Scott Nooner

A team of scientist discovered that an undersea volcano erupted. It was called the Axial Seamount. It can be found about 250 miles off the Oregon coast. The volcano erupted in April 6, 2011. The volcano erupted because the caldera floor was back to its 1998 height when it previously erupted. Bill Chadwick, an Oregon State University geologist, and Scott Nooner, of Columbia University were studying Axial Seamount and made a paper in 2006 that the Axial Seamount would erupt before 2014. When it did they were exited because this was the first accurate undersea volcano eruption forecast. The ‘Snowblower’ vents will be blasting huge volumes of white floc and cloudy water for a few months or even up to a year. Another result of this eruption tells scientists what will work and what won’t too try to predict undersea volcano eruptions. I learned that precise bottom pressure sensors are used to measure vertical movements of the floor as well as detecting tsunamis in the deep ocean. I also learned that there hasn’t been a successful measurement of an undersea volcano ever until August 6th. This is a milestone achievement in the study of undersea volcanoes as it is the first accurately predicted undersea volcano. The methods used to predict this volcano can help the prediction of other undersea volcanoes such as measuring the height of the caldera when it erupted in 1998 and seeing how much it increases after it fell each year following to predict the next eruption.

This is a site where I got some of my information This is a site where I got information about Mount Vesuvius ,[| and this,]and this How Stuff Work hyper-link ]]** "Vesuvius." //Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6Th Edition// (2011): 1. //Middle Search Plus//. Web. 3 Feb. 2012.
 * [[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110809132234.htm|**This is where I got my article for my Current Event**