Taal Eruption 2020

[Monseratto]

Taal lake will play a big role in the big boom....

One of the main concerns with Taal is the abundant water in its two lakes and the extensive underground hydrothermal system the magma and lava could potentially interact with. “When water comes into contact with something hot, it flashes into steam. Water turning into steam is an incredibly energetic change” that causes it to expand by a factor of eight, Gregg says. If that change happens in an underground hydrothermal system, the steam can build up until it explodes. “That’s the scary part,” Johnston says. The initial stages of Taal’s current eruption were, in fact, such steam-driven, or phreatic, ones, and they sent ash high into the sky.

The current eruption also carries a tsunami risk because of the lake surrounding it. If part of the volcano’s flank collapses into the lake, it could trigger such a wave. (A similar event happened in late 2018 at Anak Krakatau in Indonesia, killing more than 400 people, though it was bigger than what Taal could likely generate.) Tsunamis can also be triggered by large, superheated currents of volcanic gas, ash and other debris—called pyroclastic flows—or by mudflows caused as volcanic ash mixes with abundant water. Both of these occurrences can be devastating in their own right, because they can hurtle down slopes much more quickly than the lava people tend to associate with volcanoes.

Will Taal Volcano Explosively Erupt? Here's What Scientists Are Watching - Scientific American

[leonleon]

Sharing some random thoughts on this taal aftermath.



Kawawa talaga lahat ng tao whose lives were disrupted by taal.

I was at sta rosa yesterday, and sa slex pa lang, yun volcanic dust ramdam ko na sa windshield ng sasakyan.

Sa mismo kalye pag dating ng sta. rosa proper, kitang kita ko yung swirling volcanic dust/ash.

Feeling ko nasa disyerto ako sa sobrang kapal ng buhanging lumilipad.

Parang mad max movie, naalala ko.

I can see the people in masks trying to go on with their lives as if everything were back to normal.

But it's a new "normal"

Yung dust na yan, kapit sa buong katawan, sa buhok, and I'm sure kahit naka mask ka pa, may na-i-inhale pa rin.

It's not just outside, but that dust will also find its way sa loob ng bahay.

Sooner than later, yung mga mas mahihina ang immune system diyan, tatamaan ng respiratory illnesses due to prolonged exposure.

Naiisip ko lalo na yung mga nag-aaral na bata, nalulungkot na ako.

Paano sila makapag-aaral ng matino niyan ngayon?

Tapos magkakasakit pa sila later...



Sa dami ngayon ng volcanic ash and dust doon, people piled it sa tabi lang ng kalye, waiting for it to be collected.

Pero hangga't andun lang yun ash/dust, hihipan lang din ng hangin back into the environment.

LGU's should mobilize fast to clear it.

But knowing LGU's usad pagong yan, dahil na rin baka may ibang priorities (evac centers).




And this is just in laguna, paano pa yong nasa batangas?

It just breaks my heart, and we should not be fast to judge and say ambilis lang naman mag evacuate... just leave.

We should have more empathy, lalo na doon sa walang resources to move out permanently and start all over again so fast.

Yung wala ng family.

Yung walang pera or kulang ang pera.



Peoples' live (and dreams) have been disrupted and shattered and the way things stand, no one knows for sure for how long it will be before taal will be back to normal.

Sabi nga ng isang nakausap ko, etong-eto rin yung feeling nung nasunugan siya noon at wala siyang naisalba.



Pag uwi ko nga, kapal ng ash covering the car, and I was just there for a few hours.

And I really had to take a bath kaagad kasi feeling ko ang lagkit-lagkit ko.

[misseksaherada]

Yung Sabi nga ng isang nakausap ko, etong-eto rin yung feeling nung nasunugan siya noon at wala siyang naisalba.

True Sir Leon.. Nakakaiyak nga kung mag focus sa worries and all.. Pero yung friend kong taga Batangas mismo sya pa nagpasaya at nagpabago ng perspective ko..
Basta po positive vibes, mas lumalakas po ng tao kapag may mga challenges na nalagpasan. Buhay na buhay naman po ng bayanihan, let's pray and hope for the best and let's believe na kaya gamutin ang mga magkakasakit.

Spreading the good vibes:

Ang panayam kay YORME. Part 1.
Laugh trip ang evacuee dine sa Alagao-Malindig Elementary School. 😂😅😂

Pa good vibes muna sa evacuation center. Nakita nya po yan sa mga damit na donations.

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[kisshmet]

Taal lake will play a big role in the big boom....



Will Taal Volcano Explosively Erupt? Here's What Scientists Are Watching - Scientific American

While the water around the volcano pose a threat of a tsunami it also helps a lot in cooling the volcano to prevent the unthinkable

Let's just hope the volume of water in the lake is enough to overcome the heat underneath to calm down the volcano

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[Monseratto]

Those guarding Agoncilio were given order to flee after Taal was reported to show signs of renewed activity... hope its a false alarm.

Residents in Agoncillo say the eruption either caused the lake water to recede or ash extended the shoreline in Lake Taal. The water used to reach up to the banana plant in this picture. | via
*chinogaston

[uls]

Hinde lang dust kasi yan eh, kung tuusin small fragments of diamond yan na-inhale natin ngaun, meaning super sharp na glass yan

Diba diamonds are inside the earthÂ’s crust, they are produced dahil sa sobrang init ng temp sa center ng mundo

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Di nyo lang mapapansin but if those miniscule things get stuck inside you, Either mag kaka cancer kayo later on life kasi habang umiikot yan sa body nyo, it will rip off tissues, membranes, walls in your body.

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Hinde biro yan lumilipad ngaun sa air natin

And need I remind you of the radioactive properties of those minerals spewed out from the volcano

200,000 to 300,000 years of our species existence... exposed to volcanic dust and ash and radiation... natural selection would have gave us bodies that can handle a little dust and radiation

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by the way, bananas are radioactive



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huwag masyado mahalin ang buhay OB

wag masyado self-preservation

nagiging selfish ang tao pag masyado love ang buhay

nag warning nga si Lord tungkol dyan

John 12:25

[leonleon]

True Sir Leon.. Nakakaiyak nga kung mag focus sa worries and all.. Pero yung friend kong taga Batangas mismo sya pa nagpasaya at nagpabago ng perspective ko..
Basta po positive vibes, mas lumalakas po ng tao kapag may mga challenges na nalagpasan. Buhay na buhay naman po ng bayanihan, let's pray and hope for the best and let's believe na kaya gamutin ang mga magkakasakit.

Spreading the good vibes:

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Hahaha, pinakita din yan sa kin kanina lang miss x.

Tawa nga rin ako ng tawa.

Cosplay in evac centers.

People using humor as a coping mechanism.

Maganda nga yan, to be optimistic pa rin despite the hardships.

Maka adapt agad lahat ng affected and ma lessen yung trauma.

Hoping and praying also that things will not worsen.

[misseksaherada]

People using humor as a coping mechanism.
Maganda nga yan, to be optimistic pa rin despite the hardships.
Hoping and praying also that things will not worsen.

Yes Sir Leon [emoji4] Apir tayo dyan!!
Bigla nga ako napa isip.. Lahat ng mga friends kong taga Batangas mga maligalig (yung makukulit, magulo, madaldal at di nauubusan ng kalokoham sa katawan) so far wala pa ako naging friend na introvert / reserved na taga Batangas.. Ang saya pa ng mga yan kapag kainuman..
Mabuti din na ok din lahat ng mga kakilala ko na taga Batangas and sila man ay tumutulong din sa kapwa Batangeño.. Yung mga nakakarating naman akin na news ay ok naman.. Like maayos sa evacuation and maayos yung pag handle ng LGUs and mga police atbp. Di lang talaga maiwasan na may pasaway.
Wala namang perfect na sistema, we learn by experience kaya tingin ko mag improve naman ang pag handle sa emergencies. Mas ok din kasi mas mabilis ang pag abot ng tulong kasi malapit lang sila sa Manila.



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[minicarph]

200,000 to 300,000 years of our species existence... exposed to volcanic dust and ash and radiation... natural selection would have gave us bodies that can handle a little dust and radiation

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by the way, bananas are radioactive



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huwag masyado mahalin ang buhay OB

wag masyado self-preservation

nagiging selfish ang tao pag masyado love ang buhay

nag warning nga si Lord tungkol dyan

John 12:25

mahal ko talaga buhay ko

Kasi i have a purpose, I need to survive, get healthy and fit and also look good

Feeling ko sa future maging Presidente ako sa tinde ng nalalaman ko
Or if not Presidential adviiser

Pero like everyday life, madami din pwede maging Presidente o presidential adviser sa future na tulad ko with the same purpose

So pano maging survival of the fittest, aside from science, ideology, cars, gadgets , health and fitness and history , kailangan may alam din ako sa geology

[ninjababez]

While the water around the volcano pose a threat of a tsunami it also helps a lot in cooling the volcano to prevent the unthinkable

Let's just hope the volume of water in the lake is enough to overcome the heat underneath to calm down the volcano

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may napanood ako na documentary noon about ice/greenland
mas masama yun covered ng ice or water yung volcano, nabanggit na doon sa post ni bro Monseratto kung bakit