MANAGUA, July 11 (Reuters) - Nicaragua's San Cristobal volcano rumbled with a series of small explosions on Friday and spewed gases and ash that reached a small town in the northwest of the country, but authorities said no one was hurt.
San Cristobal, which stands 5,725 feet (1,745 meters) above sea level, is Nicaragua's highest volcano and one of eight active volcanoes in the small Central American nation, according to the U.S. Geological Survey Web site.
If that's the one I think it is, I saw it when I was in the Navy back in the early 1980's. It's a big one with the classic conical shape.
It's also the reason Teddy Roosevelt didn't build the canal through Nicaragua. Someone in Panama sent mail from Nigaragua to every member of Congress with a Nicaraguan stamp depicting the smoldering volvano and Congress decided to build the canal through Panama instead.
ReplyDeleteOK, that ends today's lesson.