Nobody is posting this? Mayon volcano eruption in the Philippines

#1 Starseeker

Posted 18 December 2009 - 11:31 PM

http://news.google.c...ved=0CBAQsQQwAA

It looks pretty bad, is any expat in Philippine right now? :blink:

#2 Mandrunk

Posted 18 December 2009 - 11:34 PM

I've had my face buried in HTML code for days and haven't been following much news. Thanks for the heads up. The Philippines sure is having a run of bad luck this year.

#3 Starseeker

Posted 18 December 2009 - 11:40 PM

The pictures look very serious, and red cross is already on alert:

http://abcnews.go.co...=2206147&page=2

Volcanoes don't erupt that often and volcanic soils are very fertile, so farmers weigh the risks and farm the slopes of many volcanoes, these spawn towns and cities. No surprise they need to up-sticks once in a while.

#5 yohan

Posted 20 December 2009 - 12:52 AM

I am now in Pattaya and internet is miserable here. So I did not follow the news.

The Mayon Volcano in Bicol had a strong eruption around 1984, while I was in Philippines in Legazpi city nearby. About 25 years ago.

At that time railway tracks and farmer housings there were destroyed, and all was in a chaos around the volcano.

My personal relationship in Philippines is for Cebu, so nobody there had any problem with this volcano eruption.

#6 Starseeker

Posted 25 December 2009 - 12:34 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/vk4uVO8E4PY

It IS going to erupt!

http://news.bbc.co.u...fic/8427922.stm

http://www.youtube.com/v/KaKoRE8f0Jo

This post has been edited by Starseeker: 25 December 2009 - 12:48 AM

#7 Heart

Posted 04 February 2010 - 05:44 PM

any update on this eruption? :cry2:

saw it on yahoo sg last december, i think that's what they refer to as the perfect cone

This post has been edited by Heart: 04 February 2010 - 05:44 PM

#8 yohan

Posted 04 February 2010 - 06:49 PM

Heart, on 04 February 2010 - 05:44 PM, said:

any update on this eruption?

http://www.mb.com.ph...-2-still-effect

Alert Level 2 or moderate unrest is still in effect over Mayon Volcano, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs)

http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

http://www.phivolcs....id=309&Itemid=1

Last information, 29th of January 2010, regarding Mayon Volcano in all details