Bad news: it's a big boom.

"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy) 01/12/2020 at 11:15 • Filed to: None

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Good news, it’s probably not big enough to blow half a region to kingdom come. YET.

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WilliamsSW > Wheelerguy 01/12/2020 at 11:23

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Stay safe. Hope you’re not too near it.

boredalways > Wheelerguy 01/12/2020 at 11:24

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???

jimz > boredalways 01/12/2020 at 11:28

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(Taal in the Philippines erupted)

HammerheadFistpunch > boredalways 01/12/2020 at 11:29

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Wheelerguy > boredalways 01/12/2020 at 11:31

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Volcanic eruption, chap.

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HammerheadFistpunch > Wheelerguy 01/12/2020 at 11:35

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The silver lining I suppose is that t ropical Eruptions are decent global coolers.

Wheelerguy > jimz 01/12/2020 at 11:35

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Yep. The smallest, Inception-y- est volcano in the world (island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island ) just decided to go ka-blooey.

WilliamsSW > HammerheadFistpunch 01/12/2020 at 11:44

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It would take a Tambora or Krakatoa to help us at this point, sadly.

Wheelerguy > WilliamsSW 01/12/2020 at 12:01

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And that would DEFINITELY end an entire nation or three.

WilliamsSW > Wheelerguy 01/12/2020 at 12:07

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That’s waaaaayyy too close to Manila for anything like that I hope. 

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > WilliamsSW 01/12/2020 at 12:25

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And even then it’s only temporary 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > HammerheadFistpunch 01/12/2020 at 12:27

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YOU HAD TO GO THERE

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Wheelerguy 01/12/2020 at 12:54

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One of my buddies is there right now. Everyone in Manila  seems to be less concerned than I feel is appropriate, but 

Wheelerguy > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 01/12/2020 at 13:07

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To be fair the ash isn’t as thick in some places are they are in others, but believe me when I tell you that all of us here are freaking out. The last big eruption in the Philippines was just in the early 90's.

Not exactly encouraging a stat.

WilliamsSW > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 01/12/2020 at 13:24

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Yeah, its a year or two at most. And I  vaguely recall that the long term impact can raise temps actually but don’t quote me on that.

HammerheadFistpunch > WilliamsSW 01/12/2020 at 13:57

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yeah, its not a lot. in fact global NoX from shipping is doing more long term.  but hey...its not ALL bad news.

John Norris (AngryDrifter) > Wheelerguy 01/12/2020 at 17:49

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So giving myself a geography lesson on Google maps, Pinatubo is about 50 miles northwest of Manila and Taal is about 40 mikes south of Manila, and there are two more volcano’s in between, just west of Manila. It seems like a very unfortunate location to put the capital of your country.

Thanks for posting and leading me to learn.

Wheelerguy > John Norris (AngryDrifter) 01/13/2020 at 01:05

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Hey, not our fault. The Spanish Empire decided to hole up here without assessing the risk.

Anyway it’s not totally the end of the world for us but updates so far lead me to believe that the volcano isn’t going to pipe down this week. And damn my uni if they decide to push with enrollment and resumption of classes this week.