Recently imposed mandatory evacuation boundaries may be extended, affecting additional residents living on the borders of Belham Valley.
The size of Montserrat’s Soufriére Hills Volcano now stands at 1,065 meters above sea level, containing some 250 million cubic meters of volcanic material, the largest it has ever been.
Prof. Steve Sparks at Bristol Uni is heavily involved with monitoring this volcano. When it last erupted in a big way (a few years before I went to Bristol Uni) he took out some PhD students to help with the monitoring/predicting. Now I've left for a few years it looks like erupting again and no doubt more students will get taken!
Grrrr - I knew I should have done that volcanology PhD
Rank: Fluorite
Joined: 14/09/2006
Points: 257
I think there may be a large bang sometimes soon!
Rank: Gypsum
Joined: 14/09/2006
Points: 56
Typical!!
Prof. Steve Sparks at Bristol Uni is heavily involved with monitoring this volcano. When it last erupted in a big way (a few years before I went to Bristol Uni) he took out some PhD students to help with the monitoring/predicting. Now I've left for a few years it looks like erupting again and no doubt more students will get taken!
Grrrr - I knew I should have done that volcanology PhD
Rank: Calcite
Joined: 20/04/2005
Points: 244
Wuuuuuuuuuuuu.......
Stromboli on alert too.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6401701.stm
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