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Mt. Ontake in central Japan erupts
NHK a World ^
| Sept. 27, 2014
| NHK
Posted on 09/27/2014 12:11:47 AM PDT by VanShuyten
Japan's Meteorological Agency is warning people to stay away from Mount Ontake in central Japan following a volcanic eruption.
The agency said the volcano on the border between Nagano and Gifu prefectures erupted shortly before noon on Saturday.
Video taken by an NHK helicopter shows the volcano spewing gray smoke up into the sky.
The agency upgraded its 5-stage volcanic alert level to 3 -- which urges people not to approach the mountain.
Firefighters say about 200 climbers have taken shelter at a cottage near the top. They say a few people are reportedly injured.
Mount Ontake last erupted 7 years ago. An eruption in 1979 damaged farm crops.
TOPICS: Japan; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: japan; volcano
This mountain is very popular with hikers. A report from a different source said those 100-200 hikers are, in fact, trapped. On the volcano.
To: VanShuyten
And you know there will be some thrill seeking idiots flocking there anyway.
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posted on
09/27/2014 12:21:34 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: VanShuyten
I’m flying to Nagoya tomorrow, and in Suzuka for the next week and a half. talked to a coworker already out there and it’s only affecting about a 10 square mile area, not anything like Iceland or Mt St Helens was.
To: VanShuyten; SunkenCiv; All
And another report on the Japanese volcano, SC
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:09:20 AM PDT
by
gleeaikin
To: VanShuyten
Some people believe solar activity can cause earthquakes and volcano eruptions, due to the changes in surface pressure the Sun's CMEs put on our Earth's "MAGNETOSPHERE".
They believe this pressure can push all the way down to the earth's surface, and, over a large area, half the surface of the globe, might cause the magma and the earth's continental plates to move, bow, and/or bend;
thus causing earthquakes and, in some cases, volcano eruptions.
Check this out.
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:33:13 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: AnAmericanInEngland
you may not, depends on the wind direction
cant get that dust in the engine, it would stop functioning, the blades would be worn down like a sand blaster
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posted on
09/27/2014 3:42:43 AM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(Lk 16:31 And he said unto him If they hear not Moses and the prophets neither will theybe persuaded)
To: VanShuyten
Yikes!!!
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posted on
09/27/2014 2:43:55 PM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(The first stage of cultural death is denial.)
To: Mike Darancette
That’s a still taken from a video posted on the Japan Times site.Towards the end, you can hear small rocks falling all around them.
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posted on
09/27/2014 3:29:39 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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