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Millions in Mexico warned to prepare for evacuation as Popocatépetl volcano spews ash
CNN ^ | May 22, 2023

Posted on 05/22/2023 7:38:08 PM PDT by 11th_VA

— Millions of people in Mexico have been warned to prepare for a possible evacuation after increased activity from the country’s most dangerous active volcano, which has been spewing ash into several nearby towns since last week, according to authorities.

Ash from Popocatépetl volcano, which is in a central part of the country, has delayed flights in Mexico City and led authorities to close schools in dozens of municipalities.

Some 25 million people live in a 60-mile radius of the volcano, which is about 45 miles southeast of Mexico City and located between the states of Morelos, Puebla and state of Mexico.

On Sunday, the National Civil Protection Coordination (CNPC) increased its volcanic threat level to “yellow phase 3,” which calls on some 3 million people who live in towns and villages adjacent to the volcano to stay alert and prepare for a possible evacuation.

The CNPC also warned of greater volcanic activity and the dispersion of ash into several nearby towns at high speed. It also recommended that residents nearby avoid outdoor activities.

“In the case of Mexico City, the risk is ash fall. We are prepared for that scenario and we know what to do. Let’s stay alert,” Mexico city’s mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said in a tweet on Sunday...

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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We're gonna need a bigger fence ...
1 posted on 05/22/2023 7:38:08 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

LOLOL…now that is the best comment of the day! Well done!


2 posted on 05/22/2023 7:41:59 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: 11th_VA

Interesting that Etna has been simmering the last couple of days.


3 posted on 05/22/2023 7:42:23 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: 11th_VA

“Legend says that many years ago, a villager met an old man on the slopes of the mountain, who introduced himself as Gregorio Chino Popocatépetl. Gregorio was a personification of the spirit of the volcano, and communicates with the locals to warn them if an eruption is about to happen.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popocat%C3%A9petl


4 posted on 05/22/2023 7:43:05 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: 11th_VA

Half the working age adult males are already in the U.S. Here comes the other half.


5 posted on 05/22/2023 7:43:10 PM PDT by twister881
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To: xkaydet65

Volcanoes happen.


6 posted on 05/22/2023 7:44:23 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Doesn’t that assume that we have a fence.?


7 posted on 05/22/2023 7:44:39 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: 11th_VA

Didn’t Mt Etna go boom recently?


8 posted on 05/22/2023 7:48:54 PM PDT by dragonblustar (Democrats groom then butcher children and call it gender affirming. )
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Yes - Catania (nearby town) got ash dumped on it


9 posted on 05/22/2023 7:50:56 PM PDT by 11th_VA (XX < > XY)
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To: 11th_VA

Didn’t El Paso and our side of the border get ash dumped for the biden years ?


10 posted on 05/22/2023 7:53:35 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: 11th_VA

With everything going on in the world, I better keep my eyes on the three in my state.


11 posted on 05/22/2023 7:56:51 PM PDT by dragonblustar (Democrats groom then butcher children and call it gender affirming. )
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To: twister881

“Here comes the other half.”

No worries. Yosemite will get them.

wy69


12 posted on 05/22/2023 7:57:33 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: 11th_VA

Mt. Etna is erupting in Sicily.

D@mn, Mother-——r Nature is leaving a big carbon footprint.

/s


13 posted on 05/22/2023 8:07:08 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trintarian. Deal with it!)
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To: 11th_VA

The “ we are gonna need a bigger fence” comment wins and yes if you look worldwide you will see that big seismic events do happen in bunches. I don’t know why ... just my observations over 50 years or so.


14 posted on 05/22/2023 8:12:37 PM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: 11th_VA

oh yeah...why link to the communist news network?


15 posted on 05/22/2023 8:13:16 PM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: whitney69

You mean Yellowstone?


16 posted on 05/22/2023 8:20:12 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: 11th_VA

17 posted on 05/22/2023 8:38:51 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: dragonblustar

With everything going on in the world, I better keep my eyes on the three in my state.

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Biden will sign an E.O. outlawing volcanic eruptions in the U.S.


18 posted on 05/22/2023 8:56:59 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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What? There are still millions of people in Mexico? I thought they were all moved to the US. I guess this volcano will nudge the rest of them to head north.


19 posted on 05/22/2023 8:58:30 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Anybody But Trump. Tired of Trump's Boorish Antics, Poor Hiring and Life Choices. We Can Do Better!)
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To: 11th_VA

HA! Ain’t that the truth.


20 posted on 05/22/2023 9:53:10 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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