Posted on 05/22/2023 4:17:36 AM PDT by CFW
Mexican authorities on Sunday raised the warning level for the Popocatepetl volcano to one step below red alert as smoke, ash and molten rock spewed into the sky posing risks to aviation and far-flung communities below.
The huge volcano that towers above Mexico City is considered one of the most dangerous in the world because some 25 million people live within a 60-mile radius.
Sunday's increased alert level - to 'yellow phase three' - comes a day after two Mexico City airports temporarily halted operations due to falling ash, which also forced 11 villages to cancel school sessions.
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If we just switch to electric volcanoes, we wouldn’t have this problem.
Ah, the lovely smell of sulfur dioxide and rock dust in the morning - so good for the lungs!
note....avoid living near a volcano
Wherever I go I hope there’s rum.
It would be a real hoot if, when the one in Mehico goes off and the rats start scattering to el norte and wading across the Rio Grande creek, Yellowstone blows it top.
Blows my mind...
I have always wanted to climb Popo, and now it looks like I never will. Did drive up to the climber’s hut once, and hiked a few hundred feet on the trail. It was a cloudy day, so we couldn’t see much. I feel bad for the people who live in the Popo Ixta highlands. That is some beautiful country and charming villages.
Popocatepetl VEI ranges between 2 and 1 - ref: Mt. St. Helens was 5.
Not a particularly large eruption as they go.
VEI= Volcanic Explosivity Index. Each succeeding number is 10 times larger than the previous.
Name of the volcano is too long. Should have been shortened yrs ago.
We are all gonna die!!
Trapped between volcanoes at Yellowstone and Mexico City.
Simultaneous eruptions.
Worse than Bomb Cyclone and Atmospheric Rivers COMBINED.
Are you scared and worried and anxious yet?
Lower global temps to follow.
How many phases are in the Yellow zone?
Do the Mexicans know about the phases?
This link shows only the usual GREEN, YELLOW, and RED.
https://volcanism.wordpress.com/about/volcano-alert-levels-mexico/
TELL AGAIN how Gore & Kerry are controlling those pollutions???
Just hang on-—it will come.
May 18 1980
ETNA is erupting in Italy, also.
Great. Another migration excuse.
LOL! Non-binary volcano.
Mexico is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, according to pretty much every map out there.
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