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300,00+ To Evacuate In Phillipines Due to Volcano and Storm
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Uh Oh
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10/27/2009 2:28 PM
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Plans to move out up to 300,000 people were put in place in Albay starting Tuesday as the province went on high alert for a coming storm and possible lahar flow from the restive Mayon Volcano. “In a worse case scenario for a typhoon and Mayon's eruption, we would evacuate 150,000 to 300,000 persons," said Cedric Daep, director of the Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office (Apsemo). "But with lahar, the number could climb even higher."
Governor Joey Salceda said he has ordered all workers at disaster operation centers to report for work 24 hours. Officials were to conduct an aerial survey around Mayon’s crater but it was cancelled due to thick clouds. “We have been waiting for a chance to get a clear view of Mayon's crater to conduct the aerial survey since the last one conducted sometime in August after alert level 2 was declared on July 3 this year,” said resident volcanologist Eduardo Laguerta.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said a lava dome has already formed in the crater. It causes the glow that is visible at night. An aerial survey has to be conducted so scientists could check how big the lava dome has grown. Salceda said the emergence of a new storm threat prompted him to call for a meeting of the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council yesterday at 8 a.m. at the Apsemo. “While it is still 2,600 kilometers away, Albay must prepare early since typhoons at this time (last three months of the year) have historically southern tracks,” he said. Satellite forecasts showed the tropical cyclone (local name: “Santi”) has a potential strength of 185 kilometers per hour upon landfall.
Recent typhoons had a heavy rainfall content and this could be complicated by lahar from Mayon. During the PDCC meeting, Daep recalled that Typhoon "Reming" in 2006 had flooded communities with 198,000 houses across the province. “Santi is feared to affect electricity, water supply, bridges, schools, government and private facilities,” Daep said. Daep said mud flows might displace at least 15,000 persons. He added that flash floods have validated the location of areas that are threatened. These are in 116 villages. Storm surges threaten coastal areas, especially if the new storm passes through Albay.
The Pagasa office in Legazpi promised to deliver hourly rainfall monitoring reports. “For a zero-casualty plan, the requirements are: Pagasa bulletins, data on population at risk, list of safe evacuation centers, warning and evacuation plan and disaster operation centers (DOCs) are activated for 24-hour operations once an emergency situation is declared,” Salceda said. The Phivolcs bulletin on Tuesday showed an abrupt increase in the number of both low and high frequency earthquakes near Mayon during the past 24-hour observation period.
Laguerta said there were a total of 30 volcanic quakes which was way higher than the six earthquakes recorded during the past 48-hour observation period. Mayon Volcano, 300 km southeast of Manila, showed crater glow that volcanologists measured at intensity 2 during visible observation periods (without clouds). Smoke was also seen coming out of its crater. Alert level 2 remains hoisted over Mayon with Phivolcs strongly recommending that the 6-km Permanent Danger Zone, including the 7-km Extended Danger Zones in the southeast flank, be off limits to any human activity due to threats from sudden explosions and rock fall from the volcano's upper slopes.
In August, scientists kept watch for a feared collapse of a portion of Mayon's crater, which holds an estimated 200,000 cubic feet of rocks. Mayon Volcano, famous for its nearly perfect conical shape, has a height of 2,462 meters above sea level. The volcano, said to be the most active in the country, has erupted at least 50 times since 1616. Its worst eruption buried Cagsawa town and killed 1,200 people in 1814. An eruption in 1993 killed more than 70 farmers. Mayon erupted again in 2006. |
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Uh Oh
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10/27/2009 2:32 PM | | Re: 300,00+ To Evacuate In Phillipines Due to Volcano and Storm | Quote |
ooops...
That Title is supposed to read 300,000+ ...something happened to that last zero...
If a Mod cares to fix it...please do!! |
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sasha
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10/27/2009 2:36 PM | | Re: 300,00+ To Evacuate In Phillipines Due to Volcano and Storm | Quote |
Thanks, just more wacky/wild happening's across the board. |
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Lil Miss Trouble
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10/27/2009 2:43 PM
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someone predicted it this morning
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue ~ Anonymous |
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Resister 
In God we trust
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10/27/2009 2:50 PM
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Wow. Those poor people are just constantly getting hammered.
"God forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, & always, well informed... If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty... Let them take arms... What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. " - Thomas Jefferson in 1787 |
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Lil Miss Trouble
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10/27/2009 2:50 PM
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The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue ~ Anonymous |
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Lil Miss Trouble
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10/27/2009 6:38 PM
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Anonymous Coward
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10/27/2009 6:45 PM | | Re: 300,00+ To Evacuate In Phillipines Due to Volcano and Storm | Quote |
Didn't the poster Jules say there would be both a volcanic eruption followed by a major earthquake in the next two weeks? |
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Lil Miss Trouble
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10/27/2009 6:46 PM
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Didn't the poster Jules say there would be both a volcanic eruption followed by a major earthquake in the next two weeks? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 767411
Yeah I posted the link above... so far I think we're the only two that have noticed someone called at least one correctly.
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue ~ Anonymous |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/27/2009 6:47 PM | | Re: 300,00+ To Evacuate In Phillipines Due to Volcano and Storm | Quote |
another big eruption might just tip the climate over the edge! |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/27/2009 6:50 PM | | Re: 300,00+ To Evacuate In Phillipines Due to Volcano and Storm | Quote |
This is sad.. lots of storms there this month. |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/27/2009 6:54 PM | | Re: 300,00+ To Evacuate In Phillipines Due to Volcano and Storm | Quote |
Mayon is a pretty active Volcano, so although its sad that people have to evacuate its not massively suprising.
Id pay more attention to Kamchatka at the moment to be honest...more active volcanoes there and another one went off. Ebeko volcano in the Kurils belched out a 34k foot ash cloud in the last week. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 512476 (OP)
10/28/2009 10:03 AM | | Re: 300,00+ To Evacuate In Phillipines Due to Volcano and Storm | Quote |
Update from RSOE:
Mayon Volcano spewed ash anew on Wednesday morning, indicating fresh sign of heightened restiveness that could result in a major eruption, a month and 13 days after its first ash explosion episode last September 15. The event prompted authorities to issue a new 24-hour alert to residents of communities surrounding the volcano.
This, amid preparations for a possible storm, which the weather bureau has named "Santi" once it enters the Philippine area of responsibility. "At 5:32 a.m. today, one minor ash explosion occurred at the summit crater of Mayon volcano. This event lasted for about one minute," said resident volcanologist Eduardo Laguerta in a phone interview with the Philippine Daily Inaquirer.
Laguerta said the explosion produced a brownish ash column that rose to a maximum height of about 600 meters above the crater and drifted toward the northeast direction. For the past 24-hour observation period, the seismic network recorded 13 volcanic earthquakes. Steam emission was at moderate level, creeping downslope toward southwest. Sulfur dioxide emission rate, however, was measured Monday at only 250 tons, way below the baseline data of 500 tons while crater glow was not observed last night due to poor visibility.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Mayon blew ash starting past 5 a.m. on Tuesday. Residents living near the slopes claimed hearing what they said was a "thud" followed by a display of whitish cauliflower-like plume above the crater. The minor explosion prompted Albay Governor Joey Salceda, chairman of the provincial disaster coordinating council, to direct smaller disaster councils to be on 24-hour high level of alert.
Salceda directed the councils to prepare to evacuate residents if things got worse. Phivolcs, however, kept alert level 2 in place, which meant more ash explosions were likely. Phivolcs reiterated a strict off-limits order inside a six-kilometer permanent danger zone (PDZ) and a seven-km extended danger zone (EDZ). Villagers were also advised to stay away from active river channels and areas tagged as lahar-prone. Last August, scientists kept watch for a feared collapse of a portion of Mayon's crater, which holds an estimated 200,000 cubic feet of rocks. |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/28/2009 10:56 AM | | Re: 300,00+ To Evacuate In Phillipines Due to Volcano and Storm | Quote |
Didn't the poster Jules say there would be both a volcanic eruption followed by a major earthquake in the next two weeks?
Yeah I posted the link above... so far I think we're the only two that have noticed someone called at least one correctly. Quoting: Lil Miss Trouble
Well, they are smelling sulfur in CA. I bet the quake will be there. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 773130
10/28/2009 11:06 AM | | Re: 300,00+ To Evacuate In Phillipines Due to Volcano and Storm | Quote |
Didn't the poster Jules say there would be both a volcanic eruption followed by a major earthquake in the next two weeks?
Yeah I posted the link above... so far I think we're the only two that have noticed someone called at least one correctly.
Well, they are smelling sulfur in CA. I bet the quake will be there. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 778753
I think this is the case. One sets off the other. I do think it is California. I wish I could see time frame better...but that won't change anything. Few if any of the people in CA would take action to avoid it. I also looked at the astrology data for the U.S. in the timewave zero timeframe and it does show a painful event in that timeframe that will affect us as a nation for a long time. |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/28/2009 11:08 AM | | Re: 300,00+ To Evacuate In Phillipines Due to Volcano and Storm | Quote |
its PHILIPPINES, not Phillipines BRO! |
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