The Italian government believes Mt. Vesuvius to be such an imminent threat, they are offering residents money to move. Hundreds of families who live on the slopes of the volcano Mount Vesuvius have decided to accept the government's offer of $35,000 to move outside the eruption danger zone.

Many geologists believe that it is only a matter of time before another major eruption by the volcano devastates populated areas around the volcano. a large eruption in 79AD buried the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum. In the first two days of the government's offer, about 900 families applied for the payments to move outside the danger zone.

Vesuvius is a complex volcano. I have recently learned, Vesuvius is part of a Super-Volcano named “Somma”. Mt. Vesuvius sits in a caldera formed about 34,000 years ago. It is known as the ‘Somma Caldera’. This is much the same as Northern America's Yellowstone Super-Volcano.

From 1983-1985 an area of 31 square miles (80 square kilometers) was uplifted, in places up to 5.9 feet (1.8 meters), damaging homes, the harbor, and the tourist industry. In 5960 B.C. and 3580 B.C., Vesuvius had two eruptions that rate among the largest known in Europe. The area was frequently jolted by large earthquakes. The decorative stonework records the damage caused by an earlier earthquake, perhaps the earthquake of 62 A.D. that preceded the 79 A.D. eruption.

Vesuvius is a dangerous and deadly volcano. Mudflows and lava flows from the eruption in 1631 killed 3,500 people. About 3,360 people died in the 79 A.D. eruption from ash flows and falls. Studies of past eruptions and their deposits continue. These studies help volcanologists understand the hazards associated with future eruptions. The population density in some areas of high risk is 20,000 to 30,000 per square km. About 3 million people could be seriously affected by future eruptions. In the first 15 minutes of a medium- to large-scale eruption, those living in an area within a 4 mile (7 km) radius of the volcano, could be destroyed.

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Yellowstone Super-Volcano Still Showing Small Swarms

+++++ RECENT YELLOWSTONE REGION EARTHQUAKES LOCATED BY THE UNIV. OF UTAH
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DATE-(UTC)-TIME LAT(N) LON(W) DEP MAG COMMENTS
yy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss deg. deg. km Ml
03/09/26 00:45:09 44.74N 111.03W 7.0 0.7 6.4 mi NNE of W. Yellowstone
03/09/28 05:51:49 44.81N 110.88W 7.4 1.4 10.3 mi WNW of Norris Junc.
03/09/29 04:30:25 44.09N 110.56W 3.9 2.6 22.5 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/29 05:52:08 44.59N 110.93W 12.3 0.9 5.2 mi SSW of Madison Junc.
03/09/29 09:33:23 44.08N 110.55W 2.0 1.6 23.3 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/29 10:26:20 44.09N 110.56W 3.0 1.6 22.6 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/29 13:29:36 44.09N 110.57W 5.1 2.0 22.3 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/29 13:29:50 44.11N 110.58W 3.2 1.6 21.5 mi S of West Thumb
03/09/29 21:55:31 44.08N 110.56W 4.3 1.1 23.0 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/30 00:10:01 44.08N 110.56W 4.7 1.3 22.9 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/30 02:40:26 44.08N 110.55W 2.5 1.5 23.5 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/30 03:11:54 44.09N 110.56W 5.3 2.1 22.6 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/30 03:16:09 44.09N 110.56W 3.8 1.4 22.9 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/30 05:15:49 44.08N 110.55W 4.4 1.2 23.2 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/30 05:28:32 44.08N 110.56W 3.8 1.5 22.9 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/30 08:53:37 44.08N 110.55W 0.6 1.8 23.5 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/30 09:00:36 44.08N 110.56W 3.6 1.6 23.1 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/30 09:47:43 44.08N 110.55W 3.8 1.3 22.9 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/30 09:56:19 44.58N 110.74W 2.4 1.6 7.7 mi ESE of Madison Junc.
03/09/30 11:32:07 44.08N 110.56W 4.5 1.4 23.1 mi SSE of West Thumb
03/09/30 11:32:20 44.10N 110.59W 3.8 1.2 21.7 mi S of West Thumb
03/10/01 10:35:07 44.76N 111.04W 3.6 0.8 7.1 mi NNE of W. Yellowstone
03/10/01 12:52:54 44.51N 111.17W 14.1 0.9 11.1 mi S of W. Yellowstone
03/10/01 22:40:29 44.75N 111.12W 8.5 0.4 6.3 mi NNW of W. Yellowstone

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Earth Changes TV 'Radio Hour'

Tuesday October 7th - Ian Lungold - creator of the "Mayan Calendar and Conversion Codex" - We are headed toward a very disorienting experience. Your entire environment is made up of nothing but symbols. Your whole mental landscape is made up of only symbols. The whole Hologram of this reality is made of agreed upon symbols and those agreements are straining at each and every limit set upon them. (Even if you disagree with something, first you are agreeing that it exists.) This is going to look very crazy for a time and many persons will cling all the tighter to fixed meanings of favorite symbols in the chaos.

Website: http://www.mayanmajix.com/

Thursday October 9th - Joshua Shapiro - Crystal Skull Explorer This interview will be "live" to Holland.

Website: http://www.crystalskullexplorers.com/

Tuesday October 14th - Johnny Mirehiel - "The Harmonic Concordance" - Like its spiritual ancestor, the 'Harmonic Convergence' of 1987, The 'Harmonic Concordance' of 2003 also is a call to the Spirit of Humankind to awaken to the idea that we are, in fact, Spiritual beings sharing a physical experience. Consequently, ceremonies and celebrations in honor of this idea are now being scheduled at multiple sacred sites and pilgrimage places throughout the world.

Website: http://www.astrosite.com

**I would suggest you tune in early to ensure you get in - before bandwidth gives out! The link will be on 20 minutes prior to each show. Link is "live" 20 minutes prior to each show: http://www.live365.com/stations/earthchanges?site=earthchanges

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Thought For The Day

"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me."

- Jim Valvano