St. Vincent evacuated over imminent volcanic eruption concerns

the hill ^ | 04/08/21 08:02 PM EDT | JOSEPH CHOI -

[BenLurkin]

The island of St. Vincent, located in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea, issued an evacuation order Thursday after seismologists said the La Soufrière volcano showed signs of imminent eruption.

The order from Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves comes after several days of increased seismic activity,,,

La Soufrière's most devastating eruption was in 1902, killing around 1,600 people, according to the Guardian. Its last eruption was in April 1979.

Videos posted on social media show smoke billowing out the top of the volcano.

St. Vincent has a population of more than 110,000 people.

An increase in La Soufrière's activity has been observed since November,

[markman46]

Lookner is discussing this right now

[TomGuy]

Lookner’s Agenda Free TV youtube link

https://youtu.be/TK2OEBfk-cM

[kvanbrunt2]

There is a nice lava flow from the 1902 eruption on the west shore. Lots of nice people on the island. A few elite black racists as well. I hope Papa Spoons is ok.

[kvanbrunt2]

As a side note in the movie “Hitch” the last scene on the sailboat has a st vincent (and the grenadines) flag on it.

[Vendome]

I’ve been wanting to go there for years.

Little weekend vacation. It’d be a blast...

[Kartographer]

Clearly presently The Years Vacation Hot Spot!

[noiseman]

If too many people on an island can capsize it (source: Hank Johnson), then perhaps the power of a volcano could be harnessed to propel it, like a ship. Forget long flights or cruises, your Caribbean island vacation can come to you now. (That Hank Johnson is a genius. His theory of islands changed everything.)

[dfwgator]

I’ve been mesmerized by the Iceland volcanoes for the past few weeks, looks like they’ve got some competition.

[Vendome]

You gotta lava it...

[dfwgator]

You better lava me now, or lava me not!

[KamperKen]

"La Soufrière's most devastating eruption was in 1902, killing around 1,600 people, according to the Guardian."

And the very next day Mt Pele on Martinique erupted which caused the near-instantaneous death of around 30,000 people in the town of St Pierre.

[Vendome]

yer hawt, like a molten river.

I can never leave you...

[sageburn]

I lava you long time!

[Tax-chick]

Uh-oh. I hope everyone makes it somewhere safe!

[P.O.E.]

Going to have to add that to my “misheard lyrics” repertoire.

[GreenLanternCorps]

[Repeal The 17th]

One of the lesser ant hills.

[polymuser]

Make Archipelagos Grow Magnificently Again

[Vendome]

LOL