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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Bulusan Heats Up, Blows Top |
| 2011-02-21 |
| Thousands of people in the Philippines fled their homes as a volcano erupted on Monday, sending a spectacular column of ash high into the sky, residents said. The eruption of Bulusan, a 1,559-metre (5,115-foot) volcano, turned mid-morning into night for about 20 minutes across largely farming areas around its slopes, regional army spokesman Major Harold Cabunoc told AFP. "There was a major ashfall. There was zero visibility," Cabunoc said. State volcanologist Ramil Vaquilar told AFP that rumbling sounds accompanied the ash column that rose between two and 2.5 kilometres (1.2-1.6 miles) above the crater. About 2,000 residents were evacuated from three farming villages in the area as the government banned people from within four kilometres of the crater, said Lieutenant-Colonel Santiago Enginco, the local army commander. Thirty-eight high school students were treated for ashfall inhalation, Enginco said. So what does this mean? Is Allen Angry? Climate Change? Or is it just plain, ordinary Plate Tectonics? |
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| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-02-21 22:02 |