Saturday, September 26, 2015

Volcanoes

The Bahamas doesn't have any volcanoes. The nearest volcano is in St. Lucia which is approximately 2,155 km from the Bahamas to St. Lucia. Soufriere Volcano in St. Lucia is considered to be dormant and it last rerupted was in the 18th century. Tourists were allowed to walk on these thin layers but an incident happened, so they are only allowed to stay behind the fence. 


http://www.rainforestadventure.com/st-lucia/natural-attractions/sulphur-springs/


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  1. AnaGGSeptember 27, 2015 at 11:59 AM

    Nice! I found out CDEMA, a Caribbean Disaster Emergency Agency (like our FEMA) that states what to do before-during-after a volcanic eruption...it seems this might apply to most of the islands...I do not know if this gets publicized much but its a start!
    More recently an underwater eruption put in alert most islands (Bahamas is mentioned but far away...)
    http://dutchsinse.com/7252015-caribbean-on-tsunami-watch-after-kick-em-jenny-volcano-comes-to-life-near-grenada/

    http://www.cdema.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=470%3Avolcanoes&Itemid=213

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  2. AnaGGSeptember 27, 2015 at 12:00 PM

    Nice! I found out CDEMA, a Caribbean Disaster Emergency Agency (like our FEMA) that states what to do before-during-after a volcanic eruption...it seems this might apply to most of the islands...I do not know if this gets publicized much but its a start!
    More recently an underwater eruption put in alert most islands (Bahamas is mentioned but far away...)
    http://dutchsinse.com/7252015-caribbean-on-tsunami-watch-after-kick-em-jenny-volcano-comes-to-life-near-grenada/

    http://www.cdema.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=470%3Avolcanoes&Itemid=213

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2015 at 2:14 PM

    Hey Adriana,
    Ukraine doesn't have any volcanoes either BUT it does have mud volcanoes. I'd be interested to know what exactly occurred that resulted in tourists having to walk behind a fence now.

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