Volcano on St Vincent is now code Red and apparently RCL has sent a ship to help evacuate

[broberts]

19 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

I would think there'd be some maintenance pipe to more quickly empty the tanks that they could use.

 

Maintaining potability would be a concern.

[kearney]

20 hours ago, death_star said:

Saw a picture from what was being done yesterday. Looks like filling up tanks with a hose. Little black tanks they usually use to store water for a house. 

 

Yes I just saw that in this blog post..... link to blog talking about supplies being brought in

[Ocean Boy]

7 hours ago, Heymarco said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9480003/New-blast-St-Vincent-volcano-cruise-ship-helps-evacuees.html

I had visions of far more than 159 people boarding for evacuation.

[keyboardjunkie]

Me.....I'd be the one trying to push to the front of the line! (.....and I am not 'that' type of person.....HOT Lava versus HOT meal on a cruise ship......duh! the safety of the ship would win every time!)

Edited April 19, 2021 by keyboardjunkie

[Sunshine3601]

On 4/11/2021 at 9:57 AM, Aplmac said:

The garage for my car is an under-the-house arrangement

where it is not enclosed, yet it's out of the weather generally.

There is NO escape from volcanic dust.

 

This is how it looked this a.m. before a brief wash-off

and then the Dirty Rain fell on it!

Almost a waste of time but not quite.

 

I was just thinking about st vincent and wondering how everyone is doing a couple of weeks after the volcano eruption.   I tried to google for update but didnt see much.  How is your area?

[Aplmac]

12 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

I was just thinking about st vincent and wondering

how everyone is doing a couple of weeks after the volcano eruption.   

I tried to google for update but didnt see much.  How is your area?

 

The volcano finally settled down

after four straight days of blowhard and dust

and hasn't spouted much in a week to ten days now -

so that's a good sign of it settling down

and starting to cork things up, with a plug!

 

But on a different slant altogether

along come un-seasonal rains in late April and (May so far)

to mix with idle deposits of ash and other fun debris, on the slopes
to create mud-flows Lahars as they're called.

 

These Lahars are effectively mud-bulldozers, moving at 20-40 mph,

depending on the incline of whatever slope they are currently working on!!
Great fun - just don't get in the way...lol

Together with significant deposits of ash and small stone bombs
collapsing weaker roofs.. these combined conditions

have made the Northern (volcanic slope) of the island
un-liveable and almost-un-liveable!
 

They have a serious problem on their hands
About 20,000 ppl are said to be displaced and/or homeless.
The situation is not cute.

The red zone is an absolute mess!
The orange zone not as bad, but still a mess of ash to clean up.
I've seen pics of guys clearing 10 ins. to 1 ft. of ash off their roof,

so the weight doesn't collapse it!
Yellow zone is probably just bearable, but everyone who can

is crowded down at the Southern end of the island

in the green zone, where things are ashen but liveable.

 

[Aplmac]

If you come across an opportunity to donate

to a worthy St. Vincent cause

please do ... they can very much use your help.

 

.

 

Barbados is OK. Dust now minimal,

and we'll be dealing with such a minimal dust situation

for the next month or three yet, rest assured! Not a big deal any more.

[Sunshine3601]

11 hours ago, Aplmac said:

 

The volcano finally settled down

after four straight days of blowhard and dust

and hasn't spouted much in a week to ten days now -

so that's a good sign of it settling down

and starting to cork things up, with a plug!

 

But on a different slant altogether

along come un-seasonal rains in late April and (May so far)

to mix with idle deposits of ash and other fun debris, on the slopes
to create mud-flows Lahars as they're called.

 

These Lahars are effectively mud-bulldozers, moving at 20-40 mph,

depending on the incline of whatever slope they are currently working on!!
Great fun - just don't get in the way...lol

Together with significant deposits of ash and small stone bombs
collapsing weaker roofs.. these combined conditions

have made the Northern (volcanic slope) of the island
un-liveable and almost-un-liveable!
 

They have a serious problem on their hands
About 20,000 ppl are said to be displaced and/or homeless.
The situation is not cute.

The red zone is an absolute mess!
The orange zone not as bad, but still a mess of ash to clean up.
I've seen pics of guys clearing 10 ins. to 1 ft. of ash off their roof,

so the weight doesn't collapse it!
Yellow zone is probably just bearable, but everyone who can

is crowded down at the Southern end of the island

in the green zone, where things are ashen but liveable.

 

Thank you for the update.   Sounds like it will be months to clean up the mess and even longer to replace those with damaged homes and find proper shelter.  God bless everyone.  Yes, if there is a reliable online site donation to st vincent I would love to help.

If you know of one, please let me know.

Glad to hear things have improved for you in Barbados.🤩