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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Thu May 28, 2015, 10:06 PM May 2015

Volcano erupts on southern Japanese island

Source: Yahoo! News / AP

TOKYO (AP) — A volcano erupted on a small island in southern Japan on Friday, and authorities ordered residents to evacuate the island.

Mount Shindake erupted about 10 a.m. (0100 GMT) in spectacular fashion, spewing towering black-gray clouds into the sky.

No injuries had been reported, although the Japan Meteorological Agency reported that pyroclastic flows from the volcano had reached the shore to the northwest.

The government was surveying the island by helicopter to assess damage.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/volcano-erupts-southern-japanese-island-012653957.html

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Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
1. There are lots of active volcanoes here in Japan
Thu May 28, 2015, 10:19 PM
May 2015

Mt. Aso, Mt. Unzen, Sakurajima, Nasudake, Showa Shinzan, Ontakesan, Nishinoshima, Shindake...

I have heard that only Indonesia has more active volcanoes than Japan.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
6. That would have been the 1991 eruption
Fri May 29, 2015, 12:54 AM
May 2015

there were 43 fatalities blamed on that eruption.

More recently, Mt. Ontakesan erupted without much warning last year and caught nearly 100 hikers and others off guard.

They were just showing scenes of today's eruption on TV. The volcano is located on a small island near Yakushima Island (famous for its macaque monkeys), which are both just south of the main island of Kyushu.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
2. I don't know about the rest of you but between the earthquakes, tsunami, radiation and now a
Thu May 28, 2015, 11:19 PM
May 2015

volcano I think I would move to another country if I could.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
4. Well, there will never be a tsunami where I live,
Fri May 29, 2015, 12:45 AM
May 2015

radiation here has returned to normal levels, and I'm about 100 miles from the nearest volcano. So all I have to worry about are earthquakes

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
5. That is good. I live in a very safe place northern Minnesota and I tend to fear any severe weather.
Fri May 29, 2015, 12:52 AM
May 2015

Of course on the other hand IF I knew I was going to be safe I have always wondered what it is like to go through those types of storms etc.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
7. There are also typhoons here
Fri May 29, 2015, 12:57 AM
May 2015

but once they reach where I live, they're usually just rain storms. I've never experienced anything close to hurricane-force winds, but there was one time when the rain was coming down so hard, I could barely see 10 feet in front of me.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
8. Now that is one storm I have always wanted to experience. However all these wishes are pre-super
Fri May 29, 2015, 01:00 AM
May 2015

storms.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
9. Okinawa is the place to go for *real* typhoons
Fri May 29, 2015, 01:05 AM
May 2015

It's right there in Typhoon Alley, and structures there are built tough so you wouldn't have to worry about getting blown away.

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
10. Like California--no volcanoes there!
Fri May 29, 2015, 07:31 AM
May 2015


You can still get the Fukushima radiation, though. And the wildfires, mudslides and drought shouldn't be missed.

(I actually now live in one of the most geologically peaceful and disaster-free places on earth, but people complain about the winters...)
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