Dormant Volcano in The Caribbean Just Came Back to Life, Causing Evacuation Warnings

https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | NAINA BHARDWAJ, 3 JANUARY 2021

[Red Badger]

Residents of St. Vincent and the Grenadines have been told to remain alert after a Caribbean volcano came back to life.

La Soufrière is the highest point in St. Vincent and is located near the northern tip of the country but remained dormant for decades before beginning to spew ash on Tuesday this week, AP reported.

Steam, gas, and a volcanic dome formed by lava that reached the earth's surface could also be seen above the volcano, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA).

The country's government, which consists of a chain of islands home to more than 100,000, raised the alert level to orange, meaning that eruptions could occur with less than 24 hours' notice.

La Soufrière, St. Vincent is in the Windward Islands, close to Barbados and St Lucia. (Business Insider)

La Soufrière last erupted in 1979 but did not cause any harm due to warning, while a 1902 eruption led to 1,600 deaths.

In an unrelated incident early last month, authorities from the nearby Caribbean island of Martinique issued a yellow alert due to seismic activity under Mount Pelée, the Independent reported.

Fabrice Fontaine from the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Martinique told AP that it is the first time an alert of its kind has been issued since the volcano last erupted in 1932.

Mount Pelée also erupted in 1902 and killed almost 30,000 people, making it the deadliest eruption in the whole of the 20th century.

In December, Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted for the first time since 2018 and created a 600ft deep lava lake, according to NPR.

However, the most active volcanoes in the Americas have been the Soufrière Hills in Montserrat, which have erupted continuously since 1995 and killed at least 19 people in 1997, Erik Klemetti, a volcanologist from Denison University, Ohio, told AP.

[PIF]

Looks like the competition for Gate’s atmosphere cooling is picking up.

[BenLurkin]

I have yet another dumb question:

Is global earthquake/volcanic activity related to the whatever causes the South Atlantic anomaly? the deepest earthquakes tend to happen directly on the opposite side of the planet from there.

Dutch, if you’re lurking, would love to hear your thoughts.

[Chgogal]

A very beautiful island.

[Red Badger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_Anomaly

[HotHunt]

[heavy metal]

tossing greta thunberg in there should make it settle down...

[Red Badger]

Or blow a gasket............................

[null and void]

I though volcanoes demanded virgins...

[liberalh8ter]

Epstein's not around to throw bodies into anymore. It's angrrrrrrrrry.

[heavy metal]

either way it would be a cool experiment...

[heavy metal]

she looks like the poster child for eternal virginity...

[null and void]

Except if one prostitutes oneself to a political agenda can one still be a virgin?

[China Clipper]

Krakatoa Katy must be shaking her sarong, heating things up.

For those who do NOT understand the reference..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVMQcPAKfGk

go to 1:35 for a great 40's memory.....

[jagusafr]

I....don’...know...

[mabarker1]

All of the greenies' work to get rid of the CO2 and cool the earth down, all up in smoke by an erupting volcano.

What are they going to do now?

We should send them out with a GIANT Hatpin to pop the Lava Dome Bubble before it blows open on it’s own.

[heavy metal]

does a catfish use a litter box?...

[null and void]

Judging by how some wild-caught catfish taste, I’d say yes...

[heavy metal]

must’ve been the litter encrusted pan fried recipe...

[piasa]

Fun song

[philetus]

I only have a 4 track player.