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Family Desperate to Find Newlywed Virginia Couple Who Were Severely Burned by New Zealand Volcano
KTLA ^ | 12/09/2019

Posted on 12/09/2019 4:19:56 PM PST by BenLurkin

Barbara Barham told The Washington Post on Monday that daughter Lauren Urey, 32, and husband Matthew Urey, 36, were on their honeymoon. Barham said the couple from Richmond, Virginia, had plans to visit a live volcano and weren’t concerned about possible eruptions.

Barham said she got a call sometime later from Royal Caribbean asking if she’d heard from her daughter. Then Matthew Urey’s mother called and relayed a distressing voicemail from her son. Matthew Urey’s message said “there had been a volcano eruption and they were burned very bad,” Barham said.

Tourists had been exploring the moon-like surface of White Island, which is the tip of an undersea volcano. It erupted Monday with a towering blast of ash and scalding steam. At least five people were killed. Eighteen others were rescued. Eight others were missing and feared dead.

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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: barbarabarham; districtofcolumbia; jeffbezos; laurenurey; matthewurey; newlyweds; newzealand; prayers; richmond; royalcaribbean; sad; trgedy; virginia; volcano; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost; whiteisland
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To: Rebelbase

Yeah, but if they had been they would never have been able to make a call about being burned.


21 posted on 12/09/2019 4:52:16 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptors)
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To: abb
"Yellowstone is an active caldera. One day a bunch of tourists there may meet the same fate."


22 posted on 12/09/2019 4:52:47 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

How trendy, lets take photos for our sane friends at home.....Woops.did you fart, No..RutRohh

Bye Hon Love ya


23 posted on 12/09/2019 4:53:59 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: BenLurkin
A hospital representative later called Barham while Lauren was in surgery. The new bride has severe burns on her lower extremities, covering at least 20 per cent of her body. She's recovering at an Auckland hospital.

Matthew was airlifted to a hospital in Christchurch for treatment of burns that cover about 80 per cent of his body, Barham said as she was preparing to fly out of Dulles International Airport on Monday night.

Matthew's mum is making arrangements to see her son by week's end, Barham said.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12292430

24 posted on 12/09/2019 5:02:39 PM PST by Abby4116
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To: carriage_hill

That is hard to wrap my mind around but you are probably correct.


25 posted on 12/09/2019 5:03:51 PM PST by 43north (Its hard to stop a man when he knows he's right and he keeps coming.)
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To: colorado tanker

Maybe not.

Burns can kill some time after the initial event.

The pain makes many people just give up.


26 posted on 12/09/2019 5:05:17 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Abby4116

80% body surface area burns. Not good. Rarely survivable.


27 posted on 12/09/2019 5:06:52 PM PST by 43north (Its hard to stop a man when he knows he's right and he keeps coming.)
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To: metmom

It is a horrible way to go.


28 posted on 12/09/2019 5:07:49 PM PST by shelterguy
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To: 43north

It doesn’t sound good, particularly for him, but her mother has heard from the hospital with an update.


29 posted on 12/09/2019 5:10:16 PM PST by Abby4116
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To: BenLurkin

my new husband and I drove to New England.....


30 posted on 12/09/2019 5:12:06 PM PST by cherry
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To: abb

“One day a bunch of tourists there may meet the same fate.”

When the Yellowstone has a super eruption, I would count it my lucky day to be a tourist there. Better than dying of starvation or a nuclear war after several years of severe hardships.


31 posted on 12/09/2019 5:14:17 PM PST by 21twelve (!)
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To: Rebelbase

Right! Tourists in a several state area.


32 posted on 12/09/2019 5:15:00 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: carriage_hill

Hey, I have an idea for our honeymoon...lets visit an active volcano caldera,


33 posted on 12/09/2019 5:19:43 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: BenLurkin

I had a New Zealand volcano once.


34 posted on 12/09/2019 5:21:06 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Abby4116

Glad Mom has found them. I don’t think his chances of survival are that great, or if he does survive, his life is going to be difficult, So prayers for them.


35 posted on 12/09/2019 5:21:18 PM PST by livius
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To: cherry

New England is lovely in the fall.


36 posted on 12/09/2019 5:27:02 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: abb

It will end up probably killing most everyone on the planet, so those closest will be the lucky ones.


37 posted on 12/09/2019 5:29:47 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: colorado tanker

you are assuming he was the person who made the “text”

don’t ya think under extreme circumstances you’d call, maybe this one time warrants it...?


38 posted on 12/09/2019 5:33:02 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Bonemaker

Honey, let’s take out some life insurance first...

Hells bells, I wouldn’t even go near a dormant volcano.


39 posted on 12/09/2019 5:37:34 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

In areas of weak cell coverage, a text is often all you can get to go through. I’ve dealt with that a lot out on the far northern OBX or up in the Blue Ridge. Texting is a way of life in those places. Any more remote and you’d be walking to a hilltop or driving several miles until you get at least a bar.


40 posted on 12/09/2019 5:40:03 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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