Volcano Erupts in Southern Caribbean
Source: New York Times
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines — A volcano in the southern Caribbean that had been dormant for decades erupted on Friday, spewing clouds of ash and smoke miles into the sky. The volcano, known as La Soufrière, on the northern tip of the main island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which began showing signs of renewed activity in late December, moved into an “explosive state” in the morning, the National Emergency Management Organization said in a Twitter posting.
The eruption came a day after officials had raised the alert level following several small tremors detected at the volcano, with clouds of steam seen erupting from its peak. The country’s prime minister, Ralph Gonsalves, ordered a full evacuation of the area. “All arrangements have now kick-started and the process begins,” Mr. Gonsalves said at a news conference. The population on the main island of St. Vincent had been on edge for months in fear of a eruption.
Some still vividly recalled La Soufrière’s last eruption, in 1979, which hurled debris thousands of feet but caused no fatalities thanks to a hastily arranged evacuation of residents to local beaches. Its ash reached as far as Barbados, 100 miles east. An earlier eruption, in 1902, killed nearly 1,700 people. Cecilia Jewett, 72, a roads supervisor with the government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, said she suffered through the 1979 eruption and recalled the scenes of panic and the desperate scramble for water, the sky darkened by ash and the overpowering stench of sulfur.
Her father, she said, experienced the deadly 1902 event, and told stories of victims buried in ash, and corpses lying in the streets. “Those stories come back to my mind on hearing that the La Soufrière was acting up,” she recalled when interviewed last December. “It’s just too much. These young people would not understand. They think it’s just an explosion.” “The sulfur, what it does to your eyes, your breathing, your very existence,” she continued. “It was a time I would not want to relive.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/world/americas/volcano-St-Vincent-eruption-caribbean.html
Wow. Hope they are able to get people to safety. The ash alone can be a long term hazard to anyone in the area.
Here is the tweet in the article -
Link to tweet
TEXT
@NEMOSVG
La Soufriere has moved into an explosive state. Plumes up to eight kilometers. Ash fall expected within five minutes#svgeruption2021#
8:54 AM · Apr 9, 2021
ETA - some more info - http://www.loopcayman.com/content/red-zone-evacuation-la-soufriere-volcano-further-deteriorates-0 (evacuation zones)
Map of the islands -
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I’m done.
He's telling his flock of imbeciles volcanoes are a sure sign the END IS NEAR! (so buy my highly overpriced survival rations)
so the first time was "a warning". "Get ready. Get set..." 
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