Posted on 04/22/2015 7:38:25 PM PDT by kingattax
A few hours ago Volcano Calbuco in southern Chile erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years.
According to CNN Chile, a Red Alert was issued for the surrounding area. An estimated 1500 people are being asked to evacuate within a six mile radius.
“The eruption happened about half an hour ago. There are a lot of people out in the streets, many heading to the gas stations to fill up on gas,” Derek Way, a resident of Puerto Varas, told Reuters.
(Excerpt) Read more at ryot.org ...
The does sound familiar, I wonder if it happened in more than one place? The Boxing Day Tsunami generated more topics (hard to believe) than even the missing Malaysian airliner or the Japanese nuclear plant.
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