Headline:Chilean volcano spouts off
Disaster: Volcanic Eruption ( Lithosphere)
Date:Published: Jan. 3, 2008 at 2:17 AM
Summary:
On Wednesday January 2nd, the Llaima volcano erupted, spewing lava and smoke, causing more than 150 people to be evacuated in the area. It was mainly tourists, with about a dozen officials who where evacuated and flown by helicopter 31 miles away to Melipueuco where they were given food and water. It is reported that the lava flew as high as 900 feet into the air, with a 12 mile smoke plume rising up from the volcano. It is believed that it started to erupt on Tuesday, January 1st. The emergency officials were concerned that serious forest fires might erupt in the forest near the volcano, but thankfully nothing has happened so far. The area near Llaima will remain clear for the next couple of the days for safety precautions, while it is being evaluated when the volcano could possible re-open.
Response:Well needless to say, I think those tourists got more then they bargained for. They probably thought it was all nice and safe seeing as how the volcano has been dormant for 13 years, boy did they ever get a nasty surprise. Visiting a volcano seems to be a tricky thing to decide, on one hand it would be pretty cool to see one up close, because then you might have a better understanding of it in general. On the other hand, it could just decide that the day you are there would be a lovely day to let off some steam, erupt and kill you. However the likely hood of you , as a tourist, being killed by a bid nasty volcano eruption is very slim seeing as how volcano’s are always being watched to ensure the safety of everyone and to document the basic day to day happens of a volcano to better understand how they work.
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