The eruption Wednesday came just a day after officials lowered the alert level and people returned to the homes around Mount Merapi.
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The Unpredictability Factor
Indonesian men watch as the Mount Merapi volcano erupts with giant clouds of hot gas and ash Wednesday June 14, 2006 outside of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. A large eruption of searing hot gas and debris sent more than 1,000 villagers fleeing from the slopes of Mount Merapi on Wednesday, a day after government scientists lowered the alert level at the notoriously unpredictable volcano.(AP Photo/Susetyo Nugroho)
They can't even predict a volcanic eruption, and they want us to believe global warming!