Posted on 06/07/2018 9:19:04 PM PDT by BBell
Shocking satellite photos show entire towns obliterated after Guatemala's 'Volcano of Fire' buried them in tons of ash that crushed hundreds of homes and burned 300 people alive
Volcan de Fuego erupted on Sunday and again on Tuesday, sending ash and smoke 20,000ft into the air
Pyroclastic flows destroyed at least seven towns and turned green canyons into grey devastation
Rescuers dug up 99 bodies with at least 197 people missing and, they believe, almost certainly dead
Searches are hampered by rain, mudslides, poisonous gas, and 1,300F temperatures just below the surface
Giant clouds of superheated smoke and ash burned people alive and buried entire towns in a deadly volcanic eruption in Guatemala that killed almost 100 people.
Shocking satellite photos of before and after Sunday's eruption show whole suburbs wiped off the map as hundreds of houses collapsed when tons of falling ash crushed them.
What was once a collection of green canyons, hillsides and farms was reduced to grey devastation by fast-moving avalanches of super-heated muck that roared into the tightly knit villages on the mountain's flanks.
Volcan de Fuego, meaning 'Volcano of Fire' spewed a 'curtain' of ash 20,000ft into the air and sent rapid pyroclastic flows through at least seven nearby towns in the biggest eruption for four decades.
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We will most likely never know the true death toll.
Some disturbingly sad photos at the link
This is pretty bad and it should be getting more coverage but Hawaiian neighborhoods are more important to cover.sarc
Guatemala can’t seem to catch a break. They were already poor. This is where many of the MS13’s come from. For some, gang membership has replaced regular employment as a way to provide.
I am told by many hispanic friends that the Guatemalans are one of the Black Sheep of Central America.
Nicaraguans and Hondurans consider themselves light years ‘better’ that the Guats. Why, I cannot say. But then, most regions seem to have a self imposed pecking order of national worth.
Truly horrific.
Guatemala became independent in 1824, everyone else in Central America gained their freedom later.
Honduras became independent in 1838.
The looking down on Guatemala is probably a function of national pride because the “Guats” were the first to break from Mexico.
“This is pretty bad and it should be getting more coverage but Hawaiian neighborhoods are more important to cover.sarc”
Heck the Hawaiian volcano is already off the news cycle. They’re bored by it because they can’t figure out how to blame Trump. If it wasn’t for internet news and videos we wouldn’t know much about the latest news at all. They spend 5 seconds on it. Gotta spend another 10 minutes hating Trump.
Good Lrd. Prayers up.
Not until they excavate it 2,000 years from now.
I can't remember it exactly but a Mexican said it.
I think the Hondurans ran security.
Lol! See what I mean? Guatemala can’t get no respect!
That sounds like the Caste system in India which is supposedly outlawed now. They have a certain group called ‘The Untouchables’ who are given most of the dirty jobs.
And I mean MEGA-dirty!!!
I watched a little short about this Indian lady who cleaned the public latrines. She had a kid strapped to her back as she worked. Her ancestors had cleaned the same latrine and she said her kids would too. Being a Hindu she hoped her next life would be better. The latrine she was picking the poo up at was open and NASTY.
Dirrty Deeds, done dirt cheap!
Many people will find horrible situations tolerable if they decide to accept it as their lot in life. The fatalistic view. The Latrine Lady probably never spent much time on the Internet learning how nicely others were living only a few kilometers away. Ignorant bliss, with all due respect.
Very, very sad. Prayers sent to this community.
One of the photos with the before and after shows what seems to be a pretty nice golf course - surprised me. Lots of horror at the link.
Chiapas declared independence from spain in 1821. As memory serves, it joined with the other Central America states in their first go-round with federated union. Mexico absorbed all the territories, but with the start of the Mexican republic (the first one) offered all (apart from Chiapas) the option of independence. They tried again. Didn’t work that time either.
Federal Republic of Central America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Republic_of_Central_America
How awful......
The 1902 Pelee volcano’s pyroclastic flow killed the entire 30,000 city of Saint-Pierre (except 2 people). Twelve days later another pyroclastic flow killed 2,000 rescuers, engineers, and mariners.
Tough break, but what it REALLY means is a new wave of migrants crashing our border and the bleeding hearts screaming AMNESTY!
Somehow it must be Trump's fault that the Guatemalans didn't get evacuated. Has to be, because no a single person in the path of the eruption in Hawaii failed to escape.
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