Mount Merapi just erupted !!!!!!

Thought I would do a little more research on Merapi about the facts of the eruption cycles, thought I would share my find with you:

Mount Merapi, Gunung Merapi ('Mountain of Fire'), is a conical volcano located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. It is very close to the city of Yogyakarta, and thousands of people live on the flanks of the volcano, with villages as high as 1700 m above sea level.

Indonesia's Merapi volcano has been spewing thick smoke for nearly a week and volcanologists say it may erupt at the end of the month.

In April 2006, the situation concerning Gunung Merapi gets more serious. The volcano is on eruption watch as scientists expect the volcano to erupt in one to two weeks from now. The pictures here show quiet foothills of Gunung Merapi after parts of the population have evacuated.

Following are five facts about the volcano:

* Gunung Merapi, or Fiery Mountain, located in the southern area of central Java, overlooking the ancient royal city of Yogyakarta, is the most active volcano in Indonesia.
* Merapi has been witnessing small eruptions every two or three years, bigger ones every 10-15 years, and very large ones every 50-60 years.
* The biggest eruptions occurred in 1006, 1786, 1822, 1872 and 1930. The eruption of 1006 was so bad that the existing Hindu kingdom was apparently destroyed while in 1930 more than 1,300 people were killed.
* The 1994 eruption claimed more than 60 lives, but the 3,000-metre (9,800-ft) volcano is considered sacred by local people who believe a supernatural kingdom exists atop Merapi. Every year a priest climbs to the top to make an offering.
* The country has the world's highest density of volcanoes, located in the so-called 'Ring of Fire', a vast zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions looping around the Pacific Ocean including Indonesia and Japan. Of these, 128 are active and 65 listed as dangerous.

indahnesia.com...

Seems there are a lot of serious scenario's for the indigenous people that live around or on the mountain itself. Hope they recognize the sign's before the eruption...

Also found this article stateing that Merapi is possibly a "Mega-Volcano" eruption scenario...

What they discovered underneath Mount Merapi is a “giant sponge-like body, a kind of mud.” A rough estimate of it shows that holds more than three times the amount of magma as there was spewed out during the 1815 eruption of Tambora, which was the largest eruption seen worldwide in the past ten thousand years. That eruption cause a cooling of the planet so large that the following year was called the year with no summer. It is also the apparent cause of a famine that spread across the globe.

Read more: scienceray.com...

Looks like all hell is going to break loose when this event hits it's critical mass. Man what a dreadful scenario this could turn out to be, imagine 10-15 times more magma than Tambora.

Originally posted by 3finjo
reply to post by theUNKNOWNawaits

 

I thought they evacuated everyone. Were the people who died stubborn ones who refused to leave (like the old dude when Mt ST Helens blew) or did they just not manage to get to everyone. Thats sad in either case. But, in the worlds most densly populated country the toll could have been many, many times higher so thank goodness it wasn't.

I believe that they have as well, however the eruptions have been going on and off since it started October 26. The death toll has risen from the help of those that have died from respiratory problems, heart attacks, and other illnesses that are related to the eruptions.

Hopefully everyone has gotten out of their far enough away from it that it don't mess with them.. Very interesting but the webcam is not working again wondering if it is the same for all.... S & F for post.

thanks for the updates but shouldn't this thread be in the FRAGILE EARTH forum along with all the other volcano threads...more people might notice it then aswell

Well I guess we know where the mystery missile was heading.. Obviously the Chinese attacked that mountain and wanted people to believe it was us.

Its a fake!!!!!! Nothing is real!!!!! except my mommy, where is she by the way my shoes are un-tied....... Skeptics LOL! Great find and pic yo....

www.google.com...:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=#q=mount+merapi&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Search Box&oe=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=nws:1&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wn&fp=5781555147b9f314

it's erupting. that's what volcanoes do.
and i'm sure it will erupt again.

If Web bot is right there are more volcanos to come

Hmm, I don't know. It looks like a contrail to me. Must be the funny angle...

OH MY GOD my cat is dead!
# you ash and smoke.
wow now i am going to #ing move

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Whats that got to do with anything???

I wish the mods would delete such nonsense from the boards as it contributes NOTHING.
14 posts...probably all like this...or about chuck norris i bet???

Link to interactive map. Click on camera icons on the map to get latest image:

merapi.bgl.esdm.go.id...

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/1bf14a8d4316.jpg[/atsimg]

Originally posted by theUNKNOWNawaits
The current eruptions of Mount Merapi actually have been going on for awhile now and is above the 120 hour mark now. The eruptions are declining now, though the death tolls have reached 194 currently. Mount Merapi has erupted in the past numerous times, so it is not too alarming that this active volcano would erupt, and most likely will erupt again sometime in the future. Not alarming, but is sad to see that many die.

link:

www.ouramazingplanet.com...

edit on 11/11/2010 by theUNKNOWNawaits because: (no reason given)

I'm with you UNKNOWN, it is sad to see so many die. I want to see the day when we have better natural disaster early warning systems - and effective public warning systems - to prevent something like that God-awful tsunami in 1994 that killed over a quarter of a million people.

Originally posted by Allred5923

JAKARTA, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Recent eruptions of Indonesia's Mount Merapi have released more than 140 million cubic meters of volcanic materials. But "cold lava" floods are emerging as a serious threat as heavy rains inundate the region, the Jakarta Post quoted a government volcanologist as saying on Friday.

news.xinhuanet.com...

Seems as if thing's have gotten pretty serious for those folks. The story above was released approx. 40 minutes ago.

Indeed it has im afraid and since the Weather of Indonesia is also greatly affected by rainfall.
To add that the rainy season lasts from November to March when moisture laden, and cold Northwesterly winds arrive in Indonesia.

The average annual rainfall of Indonesia amounts to 3175mm. The mountain regions receive higher precipitation which amounts to almost 6000mm. Northern and western parts of the country are subjected to heavy precipitation as because the monsoon clouds become rich with moisture by the time they reach these areas. Java, Bali Western Sumatra receives high amount of rainfall.

I feel so sad that the country it has been hit hard lately.

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This is obviously a jet. Of course, you must verifiy this with the dude in the klingon mask.

reply to post by jessieg


A respected german geolpgist says it could reach "Super Volcano status"

Originally posted by mydarkpassenger

I'm with you UNKNOWN, it is sad to see so many die. I want to see the day when we have better natural disaster early warning systems - and effective public warning systems - to prevent something like that God-awful tsunami in 1994 that killed over a quarter of a million people.

edit on 12-11-2010 by mydarkpassenger because: (no reason given)

Definitely is sad. I totally agree with you as well that better warning should be in effect for natural disasters. Especially in an area like this. They live near a volcano that has been active for many, many years, yet they still are not in the right position to deal with it erupting and all these people have died. When it could have been prevented with a well set system. When will we learn??

i thought this a interesting comment from a vulcanologist, "They want to come forward with the mega-eruption concept publicly, but are afraid of being ridiculed as a doom theorist".

Read more: scienceray.com...

The toll is rising, and for the scientist's not wanting to publicly declare what the future eruption's could bring, even after the fact they are viewing this volcano as a "Super-Volcano" makes no sense to me.

The death toll of the Merapi volcano eruption in central Java has reached 240.
The volcano, one of the more active and dangerous in Indonesia, began erupting late last month, with crater outbursts still on.
Experts don’t risk making forecasts for a further scenario for the Merapi Mt volcano. Almost 1,500 died during the volcano’s most powerful eruption in modern history, in 1930.

The above exert is from a Russian article, it is translated and has a video of the eruption on the website, quite an amazingly beautiful and deadly thing!!

english.ruvr.ru...

Farmer's of rice fields and agricultural businesses are getting teh brunt of the devastation, most have lost everything of their crops and livelihood. Getting deeper and deeper for the people of Indonesia..

Like thousands of other poor farmers across central Java, the 65-year-old father of three has lost everything to the destructive power of nature.

www.mysinchew.com...

Saving lives, including Merapi’s cattle
George Junus Aditjondro, Yogyakarta | Sat, 11/13/2010 11:20 AM | Opinion
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Every day, the Indonesian electronic media show very sorry picture of tens of thousands of people who have moved down from the slopes of Mount Merapi to cramp into refugee camps in the cities around the volcano.

www.thejakartapost.com...

Originally posted by jessieg
I see a skull in the smoke. I see the jaw bone and teeth, the eye sockets, teeth and everything. It looks like a skull. Do you see it? It sort of looks like the bride of Frankenstein but also like a skull.

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If you look even closer you can see the wing of the plane leaving that contrail. Looks like an Aeroflot logo.