Resident
living nearest the Taal volcano are having a fit with the authorities because
of the total lockdown it has implemented.
These past few
days it would seem Taal volcano has calmed down, a vast difference from its
fiery eruption last January 12.
Residents from
the town of Cuenca are angry and have
demanded from the authorities to allow them to see their properties and feed
their livestock.
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| (photo credit to Pepe Alas) |
"Bigyan
kami ng window hour para pumasok. [Madiligan] mga halamat at [mapakain] ang mga
hayop. How long will that take us?" a resident said.
(Give us a
window hour to go inside so we could water our plants and feed the animals.)
The town of
Cuenca is one of 14 towns in the province of Batangas that have identified by
state seismologists as susceptible to ballistic projectiles, base surges and
volcanic tsunami in case of a major eruption.
Taal Volcano
is still under alert level 4, the second-highest danger level, which means a
"hazardous explosive eruption is possible within hours to days."
An interesting
post was uploaded by Mr. Pepe Alas in his Facebook account saying that Taal
volcano is a Super volcano.
It boggles me as to why Taal Lake is not generally
considered as a supervolcano. All the characteristics of a supervolcano
(collapsed caldera, gigantic ridges, etc.) are inherent in her. The
breathtaking landscape of Tagaytay ridge, for instance, is actually the
enormous rim of that ancient supervolcanic crater.
If
I'm not mistaken, Taal Lake is the only supervolcano that still has an active
crater in its center. Therefore, in my opinion, this makes Taal Volcano as the
most dangerous in the world. To say that it is just one of the most dangerous
is already false humility.
For the full
quote of his post, please see below:
TAAL IS A SUPERVOLCANO
It
boggles me as to why Taal Lake is not generally considered as a supervolcano.
All the characteristics of a supervolcano (collapsed caldera, gigantic ridges,
etc.) are inherent in her. The breathtaking landscape of Tagaytay ridge, for
instance, is actually the enormous rim of that ancient supervolcanic crater.
If I'm not mistaken, Taal Lake is the only
supervolcano that still has an active crater in its center. Therefore, in my
opinion, this makes Taal Volcano as the most dangerous in the world. To say that
it is just one of the most dangerous is already false humility.
After reading Thomas R. Hargrove's famous little
book about Taal Lake and its mysterious volcano, I am finally convinced that
people should stay out of the danger zone... PERMANENTLY. According to
Hargrove's research, several towns surrounding the lake were buried and/or
submerged underwater throughout Taal Volcano's recorded history. The Spanish
friars tried their best to take the native Batangueños away from the volcano.
They have transferred from place to place whenever the volcano's unpredictable
fury took away their homes. But now that they're gone, their flocks' stubborn
descendants keep on returning to where they shouldn't be in the first place.
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