The last time I was in Tagaytay, they wouldn’t let us go down to the lake, cuz Taal was rumbling.
The vice-mayor (?) of Talisay did so much “rumbling” that the national gov’t just said “to heck with you ALL” and arbitrarily imposed a 16 km evacuation order all around Taal.
Fortunately, our mayor’s head is screwed on well, and at least gave some of us who are in the ‘shadows’ of the hills a bit of leeway. (I’m at about the 12 km ring, if I remember correctly)
I witnessed a nighttime eruption of Taal - mind boggling! ( I LOVE Tagaytay, and the bus ride from Manila is always a blast! ) Interestingly, I have also been in Indonesia and the “Big Island” of Hawaii during volcanic activity. The last two times my wife and I wife were on Hawaii Mona Loa was erupting - I joke with my wife that the Department of Tourism in Kona might ask us to stop visiting!!!