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Millions are told to get ready to evacuate as one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes in Mexico is set to erupt with smoke, ash and molten rock already spewing into the sky grounding planes forcing nearby schools to close
Daily Mail ^ | 5/22/23 | DAVID AVERRE

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ash; disaster; environment; mexico; mexicocity; popocatepetl; refugees; volcanicash; volcano; volcanoes
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To: MtnClimber

What about Citlaltépetl?


61 posted on 05/22/2023 7:48:17 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Uncle Lonny

I started collecting stamps in the third grade (9 years old, 1945 (I will save you the math, I am 87 yo.)). I asked for and received a globe and desk for Christmas, both of which I still have next to me in my bed room. it is amazing how much history and geography I learned from those cheap Littleton Stamp Company packets... In my teen years the desk served as the base for my amateur radio station that further enhanced my knowledge of geography and other nations.

Do kids still collect stamps and such or play with short wave radios?

I now regret that I gave my stamp collection to my cousin when I went into the navy in 1954. I am still a Ham operator, W5VEX, that also led me to a career in electronics(retired IBM techie) and a lot of weather knowledge due to storm spotting...

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62 posted on 05/22/2023 7:54:35 AM PDT by CenTex (November 6, 2012 & August 31, 2021... Days that will live in infamy!!! )
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To: MtnClimber

So...not just an online handle, you are truly a Mountain Climber! :)


63 posted on 05/22/2023 7:55:49 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: TalBlack

That’s a lot of people living around that volcano.


People tend to live near volcanos because the occasional eruptions create really fertile soil. A large percentage of Mexico’s population has always lived Popocatapetl.


64 posted on 05/22/2023 8:11:37 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: CFW
It's funny to listen to the different wrong pronunciations of Popocatepetl, often in the same broadcast. Some of them can't even get past "Popo", pronouncing it "Poo Poo".


65 posted on 05/22/2023 8:20:44 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

I haven’t mastered Eyjafjallajökull yet. Until I do Popocatepetl can just wait.


66 posted on 05/22/2023 8:25:29 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: CFW

Didn’t know the scientists were able to predict volcano eruptions!


67 posted on 05/22/2023 9:59:21 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood)
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To: ridesthemiles

Isn’t it usually erupting? Or at least lava is flowing?


68 posted on 05/22/2023 10:49:06 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: CenTex

Very admirable anecdote, FRiend .. thanks !


69 posted on 05/22/2023 11:01:20 AM PDT by tomkat (SOTU = FUBAR)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Here’s my thought if that thing erupts...the folks crossing the border will be no more safe on the near U.S. side will they?


70 posted on 05/24/2023 5:12:51 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: CFW

5,426 m
17,802 ft
Popocatépetl Smoking Mountain

That is huge .


71 posted on 05/24/2023 5:26:16 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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