Luke McDonough

Ben McDermott

Cian Morgan

September 2013

OUR VOLCANO PROJECT

Not Peer Reviewed

• 2000 years ago

• People of Pompeii saw smoke

• Ash blocked light

MOUNT VESUVIUS

Bodies were preserved

MOUNT VESUVIUS

• Erupted many times

• Washington, USA

• Stratovolcano

• 1831 to 2008

• Height 2,549 metres

MOUNT ST HELENS

• 1980 eruption removed upper 396 metres of the volcano

• 57 people died

• Devastated 596 km

• Most economically destructive volcano in USA history

• Destroyed

• 250 house

• 47 bridges

• 15 miles of railways

• 185 miles of highway

• millions of dollars of timber

MOUNT ST HELENS

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bgRnVhbfIKQ

• Here you can see a short video of Mount Saint Helens erupting

MOUNT ST HELENS

• Eyjafjallajokul

• Disruption to air travel for 6 days

• Ash cloud covered large areas of North Europe

• 20 countries closed their air space

• 100,000 travellers affected

• Problem with smoke and ash from eruption

• Reduced visibility

• Damaged windscreens

• Damaged engines may shut down

ICELAND VOLCANO

ICELAND VOLCANO

President Obama had to cut short his visit to Ireland because of the ash cloud

• Volcanic lightening

• Made by electricity formed when rocks collide during eruption

ICELAND VOLCANO

QUIZ

• What year did Eyjafjallajokul erupt and cause disruption to air travel?

• Answer: 2010

QUIZ

• What year did Mount St Helens blow its top off?

• Answer: 1980

QUIZ

• What is the name of the airplane that Barack Obama flew to Ireland in?

• Answer: Air Force One

QUIZ

• True or False: Did the project team have their holidays cancelled due to the ash cloud?

• Answer: True

HOW DO YOU SAY THE NAME OF THE ICELAND VOLCANO?