“Get out!” warns Professor
Professor Richard Robertson made an impassioned plea for persons still in the ‘red zone’ to vacate the area immediately.
By: Dayle Da Silva•
The window allowing for rescue of persons still in the ‘red zone’ is narrowing.
This is the advice given by Professor Richard Robertson, head of The Seismic Research Centre (UWI SRC) and the Volcano Monitoring Team presently on the ground in St. Vincent.
Professor Robertson acknowledged that while the gap between activities taking place at the La Soufrière volcano was widening, it was difficult to determine how long this trend was likely to continue, and unless those who are still in the ‘red zone’ make up their minds to leave, officials warn that it may soon be too late.
Ash, Ash Everywhere!!!
By: Gloriah•
Residents of St. Vincent and the Grenadines awoke on the morning of Saturday, 10th April, to a spectacle of blankets of grey ash covering almost every square inch of surface around their properties.
According to The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre (UWI SRC), the La Soufriere volcano had sprung into an explosive phase around 8:42 am on Friday, 9th, and this was followed by two other explosions.
These explosions/eruptions flung ash plumes some 20,000 feet into the sky, from which the ash then descended on property, vegetation, infer-structure, all life forms.
There was a general amazement at the way the ash just sat around evenly covering porches, roofs, vehicles, vegetation and many other land features. And it, with a slight resemblance to the ash produced from wood burning, this dark-grey mixture of rock fragments and fine mineral particles brought with it a pungent smell of sulphur.
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Ash and Pyroclastic Flow problem for SVG?
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In a recent update to the nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ on NBC Radio station Sunday morning, Professor Richard Robertson predicted that the ongoing situation at La Soufriere will present more of an ash problem for the island but didn’t rule out the occurrence of a pyroclastic flow.
Image to illustrate pyroclastic flow. photo courtesy Britannica
When asked for his assessment by the interviewer, Prime Minister, Honourable, Ralph Gonsalves, Professor Robertson confirmed that what the island was experiencing at the time was more of an ash problem as opposed to the pyroclastic flow problem.
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