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"...Let's go to the video tape." [/Warner Wolf]

Dozens Feared Dead After New Zealand's Most Active Volcano Erupts

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Yessenia Fumes

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White Island is home to New Zealand’s most active volcano. And on Monday, it erupted while tourists were visiting, and police reports indicate there are “no signs of life.”

The volcano sits northeast of New Zealand’s North Island in the Bay of Plenty. Despite experiencing regular eruptions—most recently in 2016—the volcano has been a major tourist attraction where visitors arrive via helicopter or boat to see the active volcano in all its glory. Unfortunately, about 50 people were on the island when the volcano shot an ash plume some 12,000 feet into the air. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed that 24 of those on the island at the time of the eruption are Australians.

Five people have been confirmed dead, and the rest are still unaccounted for. While there’s been no indication so far that anyone survived the event, authorities still haven’t had a chance to properly evaluate and assess the situation. It’s still early morning in New Zealand, so the plan is to properly investigate once the sun rises in a few hours.

What many are left wondering, though, is why were people allowed so close to an active volcano in the first place? This eruption was an “impulsive, shortlived event,” as GeoNet, the geological hazard source for New Zealand, wrote on its website. The agency rated it as a minor volcanic eruption. That means that the eruption only affected the vent of the volcano.

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Here, visitors can be seen walking along the crater a mere 20 minutes before the eruption. Photo: AP

What put people in danger was not the eruption itself but rather their proximity to the vent. At White Island, visitors can walk in the crater, though they must wear gas masks to protect themselves from any sulfur dioxide emanating from the vents. This toxic gas is a major threat to life during eruptions—and this one in New Zealand is only the latest to turn deadly.

Researchers are working to improve volcanic warning systems so people have more time to get out of harm’s way (or not end up there in the first place). More timely warnings are crucial, and recent eruptions show why. Last year, dozens died in Guatemala after the Fuego Volcano erupted. In Hawaii, lava poured out of the Kilauea Volcano last year for months. It was the volcano’s largest eruption in centuries and destroyed hundreds of homes and caused hundreds of millions in damage.

 

BBC says 23 of the 50 were rescued:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50715047

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There are few details about those caught in the eruption. Some who had gone to the island were passengers from the Ovation of the Seas, a cruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean.

Ovation of the Seas was docked in Sydney when gecko jr and I were there a few weeks ago.  I realize this doesn't really contribute to this thread but I thought it was a nice oppty to throw in a humbebrag.

Interesting use of graphics on the BBC link. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50715047

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1 hour ago, Orange&White said:

Man....where does "death by volcano" fall on the list of terrible ways to die?

 

Somewhere after burned at the stake and buried alive.

 

I wasn't going to post this, because it is bad form/in bad taste....but then I remembered where I was posting - so I just spoilered it instead

 

Image result for joe vs the volcano gif 

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Wtf Wally? Where/what is that from?

If it was an SO2 burp, that would be pretty high on the shitty way to die list. Probably longer than suffocation, and incredibly painful.  2-3 ppm sucks and hurts, can’t imagine what something measured on the % scale would be like. 

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32 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Thank goodness the flights were ridiculously expensive. .

Pretty safe. Just don't go hiking on the rim of an active volcano. Also, it's ridiculously expensive because it's Christmas is the beginning of summer, there. 

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21 minutes ago, UT_OB1 said:

Wtf Wally? Where/what is that from?

If it was an SO2 burp, that would be pretty high on the shitty way to die list. Probably longer than suffocation, and incredibly painful.  2-3 ppm sucks and hurts, can’t imagine what something measured on the % scale would be like. 

you were warned & you choose poorly

12 minutes ago, GotThatFire said:

Wtfffff

I need to know more

 

6 minutes ago, UnivTex34 said:

yeah, its a fake, I had to go down the rabbit hole....

all I know is that it is from google (and I was pretty sure it was a fake....but I still expect that it is one step closer to me going to hell, or falling into a burning cauldron of lava)

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2 hours ago, clapclapclap said:

"...Let's go to the video tape." [/Warner Wolf]

Dozens Feared Dead After New Zealand's Most Active Volcano Erupts

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BBC says 23 of the 50 were rescued:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50715047

O.k. so first:

Yesenia Fumes???

Second:

Obligatory with a volcano in New Zealand the lord of the rings sam GIF

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2 hours ago, gecko said:

There are few details about those caught in the eruption. Some who had gone to the island were passengers from the Ovation of the Seas, a cruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean.

How many do they lose on a normal cruise, 30? 40?

1 hour ago, conVINCEd said:

There was an actual Chinese tourist who fell into a mountaintop lava lake in the Congo a few years ago.  I do not believe there is any video available.

Thank goodness it wasn't the guide with the yellow umbrella or all 25 of them would have been lost.

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There's a town on the North Island, Rotorua, built in the crater of a volcano that is not dormant. Smells like sulfur wherever you go, and the hotels/motels have baths fed by the hot springs. The entire thing seemed like a really bad idea. Could not wait to leave that town. 

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/travel/636290/there-is-a-city-in-new-zealand-built-right-in-a-volcano/story/

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2 minutes ago, Deej said:

There's a town on the North Island, Rotarua, built in the crater of a volcano that is not dormant. Smells like sulfur wherever you go, and the hotels/motels have baths fed by the hot springs. The entire thing seemed like a really bad idea. Could not wait to leave that town. 

Does Hollywood not know of the town ??

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2 hours ago, Deej said:

There's a town on the North Island, Rotorua, built in the crater of a volcano that is not dormant. Smells like sulfur wherever you go, and the hotels/motels have baths fed by the hot springs. The entire thing seemed like a really bad idea. Could not wait to leave that town. 

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/travel/636290/there-is-a-city-in-new-zealand-built-right-in-a-volcano/story/

I remember those commercials years ago:

 

Call Rotarua, that's the name,

And away go troubles, down the drain.

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