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White Island is Erupting!
- Thread starter Leongsam
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That is such a racist announcement.
super volcano?
it lies in the middles of a bay that resembles a huge half crater.
it lies in the middles of a bay that resembles a huge half crater.
White Island eruption live: One dead, and police expect more fatalities
Melanie Earley, Danielle Clent18:42, Dec 09 2019
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/118058738/live-white-island-erupts
Melanie Earley, Danielle Clent18:42, Dec 09 2019
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/118058738/live-white-island-erupts
Why were people on White Island volcano when it erupted?
Josephine Franks17:50, Dec 09 2019
Whakaari/White Island erupted on Monday 9 at 2.30pm.
About 100 hundred people were on White Island when it erupted on Monday afternoon, with early reports of about 20 injured.
GeoNet raised the Volcanic Alert Level to level two on November 18, indicating heightened volcanic unrest and potential for eruption hazards.
Less than a week ago, GeoNet said observations indicated the volcano may have been entering a period when eruptive activity was higher than normal.
So why were tourists still allowed on the island?
READ MORE:
* White Island eruption live: 100 people on the island at time of eruption
* Injuries reported as White Island volcano erupts in the Bay of Plenty
* White Island: Would you dare walk New Zealand's most-active volcano?
GeoNet volcanologist Brad Scott said it was up to tour operators to monitor the situation and decide whether to continue operating.
An estimated 10,000 people visit the site each year, which is New Zealand's most active volcano.
GNS
An image taken from White Island appears to show tourists moment before the eruption.
White Island Tours, which runs daily boat and walking tours of the volcano, would not comment on the conditions under which they would cancel tours.
According to Ship Tracker, White Island Tours vessel Te Puia Whakaari was out at the island at the time. It can seat 49 people.
White Island Tours publishes the volcanic alert level on its website and says tours "operate through varying alert levels".
"Passengers should be aware that there is always a risk of eruptive activity regardless of the alert level," it says.
Few people appreciate just how much of a national treasure this is.
It says tours follow a "comprehensive safety plan" which determines activities on the island at the various alert levels.
After the alert level was raised from one to two in July, White Island Tours said it would continue to operate, and would roster additional staff to go ahead of tour groups to assess conditions.
The island is 49km off the coast of Whakātane. Getting there takes 80 by boat, or 20 minutes by helicopter.
People are only allowed to land on White Island as part of a tour. Tour companies provide visitors with hard hats and gas masks to protect against the sulphurous steam and fully-enclosed shoes are compulsory.
A trip to the island will typically take in a one-hour tour of the inner crater, with its bright-green lake, bubbling pits of m&d and roaring steam vents.
Visitors are told to keep to the track to avoid the vents discharging volcanic gases at temperatures of between 100 and 800 degrees.
"Anybody falling in a vent would be rapidly cooked," GNS Science says on its website.
White Island attracts approximately 10,000 visitors every year.
Josephine Franks17:50, Dec 09 2019
Whakaari/White Island erupted on Monday 9 at 2.30pm.
About 100 hundred people were on White Island when it erupted on Monday afternoon, with early reports of about 20 injured.
GeoNet raised the Volcanic Alert Level to level two on November 18, indicating heightened volcanic unrest and potential for eruption hazards.
Less than a week ago, GeoNet said observations indicated the volcano may have been entering a period when eruptive activity was higher than normal.
So why were tourists still allowed on the island?
READ MORE:
* White Island eruption live: 100 people on the island at time of eruption
* Injuries reported as White Island volcano erupts in the Bay of Plenty
* White Island: Would you dare walk New Zealand's most-active volcano?
GeoNet volcanologist Brad Scott said it was up to tour operators to monitor the situation and decide whether to continue operating.
An estimated 10,000 people visit the site each year, which is New Zealand's most active volcano.
GNS
An image taken from White Island appears to show tourists moment before the eruption.
White Island Tours, which runs daily boat and walking tours of the volcano, would not comment on the conditions under which they would cancel tours.
According to Ship Tracker, White Island Tours vessel Te Puia Whakaari was out at the island at the time. It can seat 49 people.
White Island Tours publishes the volcanic alert level on its website and says tours "operate through varying alert levels".
"Passengers should be aware that there is always a risk of eruptive activity regardless of the alert level," it says.
Few people appreciate just how much of a national treasure this is.
It says tours follow a "comprehensive safety plan" which determines activities on the island at the various alert levels.
After the alert level was raised from one to two in July, White Island Tours said it would continue to operate, and would roster additional staff to go ahead of tour groups to assess conditions.
The island is 49km off the coast of Whakātane. Getting there takes 80 by boat, or 20 minutes by helicopter.
People are only allowed to land on White Island as part of a tour. Tour companies provide visitors with hard hats and gas masks to protect against the sulphurous steam and fully-enclosed shoes are compulsory.
A trip to the island will typically take in a one-hour tour of the inner crater, with its bright-green lake, bubbling pits of m&d and roaring steam vents.
Visitors are told to keep to the track to avoid the vents discharging volcanic gases at temperatures of between 100 and 800 degrees.
"Anybody falling in a vent would be rapidly cooked," GNS Science says on its website.
White Island attracts approximately 10,000 visitors every year.
So racist.
of utmost importance is that sg is safe from volcanoes, thanks to the pap!
it’s ironic that white island is spewing black ash.
Eh! Cannot comment on color ok?
Unless it is rainbow.
Black. White. Yellow. Red. Purple. Orange. No no no.
Rainbow only can.
unfortunately, news broke that 5 tourists are dead while more than 6.9 tourists from a cruise are still missing (but presumed dead). they are multi-colored or from the rainbow coalition - u.s., u.k., prc, mudlaysia, as well as kiwi guides. ash that fell on the ground became grey after white and black got all mixed up.
Exactly. Who ask them go to a racist place known as white island. Nothing good at such a place with that kind of name.
It is like going to black island.
Rainbow island ok.
The Māori name Whakaari is recorded in multiple 19th century texts by Europeans, with one mention dating back to 1849, though spelling varied including Wakaari, Whakari, and Whaka ari.[11] The name Whakaari means "to make visible" or "exposed to view"[12]. The full Māori name for the island is Te Puia o Whakaari, meaning "The Dramatic Volcano".[citation needed] It was named "White Island" by Captain Cook on 1 October 1769. According to LINZ this name came from the dense clouds of white steam emanating from it. [12] Alternatively, he may have been alluding to the guano deposits that once covered the island.[2] Although Cook sailed close to the island, he did not record that it was a volcano.[citation needed] The island's official name was changed from "White Island (Whakaari)" to "Whakaari/White Island" in 1997.[13]
It is already full of Indians. They arrive in droves on a daily basis.
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