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If you gambled that NZ's most active volcano wouldn't erupt today as you took a tour of it...you lost

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"...Let's go to the video tape." [/Warner Wolf]

Dozens Feared Dead After New Zealand's Most Active Volcano Erupts

Spoiler

 

Yessenia Fumes

22 minutes ago

Filed to:WHITE ISLAND VOLCANO

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White Island is home to New Zealand’s most active volcano. And on Monday, it erupted while tourists were visiting, and police reports indicate there are “no signs of life.”

The volcano sits northeast of New Zealand’s North Island in the Bay of Plenty. Despite experiencing regular eruptions—most recently in 2016—the volcano has been a major tourist attraction where visitors arrive via helicopter or boat to see the active volcano in all its glory. Unfortunately, about 50 people were on the island when the volcano shot an ash plume some 12,000 feet into the air. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed that 24 of those on the island at the time of the eruption are Australians.

Five people have been confirmed dead, and the rest are still unaccounted for. While there’s been no indication so far that anyone survived the event, authorities still haven’t had a chance to properly evaluate and assess the situation. It’s still early morning in New Zealand, so the plan is to properly investigate once the sun rises in a few hours.

What many are left wondering, though, is why were people allowed so close to an active volcano in the first place? This eruption was an “impulsive, shortlived event,” as GeoNet, the geological hazard source for New Zealand, wrote on its website. The agency rated it as a minor volcanic eruption. That means that the eruption only affected the vent of the volcano.

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Here, visitors can be seen walking along the crater a mere 20 minutes before the eruption. Photo: AP

What put people in danger was not the eruption itself but rather their proximity to the vent. At White Island, visitors can walk in the crater, though they must wear gas masks to protect themselves from any sulfur dioxide emanating from the vents. This toxic gas is a major threat to life during eruptions—and this one in New Zealand is only the latest to turn deadly.

Researchers are working to improve volcanic warning systems so people have more time to get out of harm’s way (or not end up there in the first place). More timely warnings are crucial, and recent eruptions show why. Last year, dozens died in Guatemala after the Fuego Volcano erupted. In Hawaii, lava poured out of the Kilauea Volcano last year for months. It was the volcano’s largest eruption in centuries and destroyed hundreds of homes and caused hundreds of millions in damage.

 

BBC says 23 of the 50 were rescued:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50715047

Edited by clapclapclap

Man....where does "death by volcano" fall on the list of terrible ways to die?

 

Somewhere after burned at the stake and buried alive.

Meet the New Zealand
Same as the Old Zealand

Edited by El Diablo

28 minutes ago, Orange&White said:

Man....where does "death by volcano" fall on the list of terrible ways to die?

 

Somewhere after burned at the stake and buried alive.

Ahhh the old Vulcan mind melt death.

Damn, I was looking at visiting New Zealand this Christmas. Thank goodness the flights were ridiculously expensive. Still looking at Pacific islands, though.

There are few details about those caught in the eruption. Some who had gone to the island were passengers from the Ovation of the Seas, a cruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean.

Ovation of the Seas was docked in Sydney when gecko jr and I were there a few weeks ago.  I realize this doesn't really contribute to this thread but I thought it was a nice oppty to throw in a humbebrag.

Interesting use of graphics on the BBC link. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50715047

Edited by gecko

1 hour ago, Orange&White said:

Man....where does "death by volcano" fall on the list of terrible ways to die?

 

Somewhere after burned at the stake and buried alive.

 

I wasn't going to post this, because it is bad form/in bad taste....but then I remembered where I was posting - so I just spoilered it instead

 

Image result for joe vs the volcano gif 

Edited by Wally Fairway
fixed typo

Wtf Wally? Where/what is that from?

If it was an SO2 burp, that would be pretty high on the shitty way to die list. Probably longer than suffocation, and incredibly painful.  2-3 ppm sucks and hurts, can’t imagine what something measured on the % scale would be like. 

32 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Thank goodness the flights were ridiculously expensive. .

Pretty safe. Just don't go hiking on the rim of an active volcano. Also, it's ridiculously expensive because it's Christmas is the beginning of summer, there. 

1 minute ago, Surly Bevo said:

Too bad....she was smoking hot.

 

ohh she was on fiiiiire.

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8 minutes ago, UT_OB1 said:

Wtf Wally? Where/what is that from?

IIRC, the Fateauchaup Islands.  Asian tourists are similar to baby ducklings on nature's food chain.

yeah, its a fake, I had to go down the rabbit hole....

21 minutes ago, UT_OB1 said:

Wtf Wally? Where/what is that from?

If it was an SO2 burp, that would be pretty high on the shitty way to die list. Probably longer than suffocation, and incredibly painful.  2-3 ppm sucks and hurts, can’t imagine what something measured on the % scale would be like. 

you were warned & you choose poorly

12 minutes ago, GotThatFire said:

Wtfffff

I need to know more

 

6 minutes ago, UnivTex34 said:

yeah, its a fake, I had to go down the rabbit hole....

all I know is that it is from google (and I was pretty sure it was a fake....but I still expect that it is one step closer to me going to hell, or falling into a burning cauldron of lava)

Edited by Wally Fairway

2 hours ago, clapclapclap said:

"...Let's go to the video tape." [/Warner Wolf]

Dozens Feared Dead After New Zealand's Most Active Volcano Erupts

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Yessenia Fumes

22 minutes ago

Filed to:WHITE ISLAND VOLCANO

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BBC says 23 of the 50 were rescued:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50715047

O.k. so first:

Yesenia Fumes???

Second:

Obligatory with a volcano in New Zealand the lord of the rings sam GIF

Just Darwin doing his thing.

1 hour ago, Orange&White said:

Man....where does "death by volcano" fall on the list of terrible ways to die?

 

Somewhere after burned at the stake and buried alive.

I was thinking that would be a cool way to go

Ground she's movin' under me
Tidal waves out on the sea
Sulfur smoke up in the sky
Pretty soon we learn to fly
Let me hear ya now I don't know
I don't know
I don't know where I'm a gonna go
When the volcano blow

The gas would kill you before the magma. So if you find yourself being burned alive by molten rock be sure to remove your gas mask for a quicker death. 

Image result for the more you know gif

53 minutes ago, UnivTex34 said:

yeah, its a fake, I had to go down the rabbit hole....

There was an actual Chinese tourist who fell into a mountaintop lava lake in the Congo a few years ago.  I do not believe there is any video available.

19 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

The gas would kill you before the magma. 

Liquid hot mag-ma.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed that 24 of those on the island at the time of the eruption are Australians.

 

Australian was my second guess. Chinese was my first.

 

 

17 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

There was an actual Chinese tourist who fell into a mountaintop lava lake in the Congo a few years ago.  I do not believe there is any video available.

I bet he took pictures while he was falling in, though.

1 hour ago, Wally Fairway said:

 

I wasn't going to post this, because it is bad form/in bad taste....but then I remembered where I was posting - so I just spoilered it instead

  Hide contents

Image result for joe vs the volcano gif 

 

28 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

I bet he took pictures while he was falling in, though.

I laughed.

I am a bad person.

5 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

I laughed.

I am a bad person.

Same. 

2 hours ago, gecko said:

There are few details about those caught in the eruption. Some who had gone to the island were passengers from the Ovation of the Seas, a cruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean.

How many do they lose on a normal cruise, 30? 40?

1 hour ago, conVINCEd said:

There was an actual Chinese tourist who fell into a mountaintop lava lake in the Congo a few years ago.  I do not believe there is any video available.

Thank goodness it wasn't the guide with the yellow umbrella or all 25 of them would have been lost.

Edited by WBT

46 minutes ago, WBT said:

How many do they lose on a normal cruise, 30? 40?

Depends on how many babies get set on the rails of open windows. 

1 hour ago, MissingInAction said:

The gas would kill you before the magma. So if you find yourself being burned alive by molten rock be sure to remove your gas mask for a quicker death. 

Image result for the more you know gif

If it’s surface level, it’s lava. 
 

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Just now, MissingInAction said:

I turned your mom's surface level into lava. 

You really should get to a doctor, and take care of those STD's.

If y'all on going to post songs for this occasion, there is only one.  Fire on the Mountain.

 

Shit just read in the local news feed a newlywed couple from Richmond, were burned in the eruption. The husband has 80% burns over his entire body. The bride received 25% burns. 

Shit just read in the local news feed a newlywed couple from Richmond, were burned in the eruption. The husband has 80% burns over his entire body. The bride received 25% burns. 


The man will always get screwed in a marriage.
1 hour ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Shit just read in the local news feed a newlywed couple from Richmond, were burned in the eruption. The husband has 80% burns over his entire body. The bride received 25% burns. 

He's toast.

39 minutes ago, Hate said:

 

 


The man will always get screwed in a marriage.

 

"If you love me, you'll get up there and take that picture."

1 hour ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Shit just read in the local news feed a newlywed couple from Richmond, were burned in the eruption. The husband has 80% burns over his entire body. The bride received 25% burns. 

He was burned to recognition / Jim Jeffries 

Lava come down soft and hot
You better lava me now or lava me not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbzIVR1OaAY

 

Lots of things in the world I want to see, some of them probably a little dangerous. Walking on an active volcano not on the list. 

There's a town on the North Island, Rotorua, built in the crater of a volcano that is not dormant. Smells like sulfur wherever you go, and the hotels/motels have baths fed by the hot springs. The entire thing seemed like a really bad idea. Could not wait to leave that town. 

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/travel/636290/there-is-a-city-in-new-zealand-built-right-in-a-volcano/story/

Edited by Deej

2 minutes ago, Deej said:

There's a town on the North Island, Rotarua, built in the crater of a volcano that is not dormant. Smells like sulfur wherever you go, and the hotels/motels have baths fed by the hot springs. The entire thing seemed like a really bad idea. Could not wait to leave that town. 

Does Hollywood not know of the town ??

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2 hours ago, Deej said:

There's a town on the North Island, Rotorua, built in the crater of a volcano that is not dormant. Smells like sulfur wherever you go, and the hotels/motels have baths fed by the hot springs. The entire thing seemed like a really bad idea. Could not wait to leave that town. 

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/travel/636290/there-is-a-city-in-new-zealand-built-right-in-a-volcano/story/

I remember those commercials years ago:

 

Call Rotarua, that's the name,

And away go troubles, down the drain.

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