2024 V : Volcano's I Have Known

 

As a young girl, I lived for a period of time I lived on the island of Luzon in the Philippines in a compound just outside what was at the time known as Clark Air Force Base. It wasn't significant to me at the time but Clark was just 14 kilometers (8.7 mi) east of Mount Pinatubo. Pinatubo is most notorious for its June 15, 1991, eruption, the second-largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century after the 1912 eruption of Novarupta in Alaska. Complicating the eruption was the arrival of Typhoon Yunya, bringing a lethal mix of ash and rain to towns and cities surrounding the volcano.volcano. We left the area in 1967 so we were not affected by the eruption. However, many years later while watching a documentary on various volcanic eruptions I watched Pinatubo blow her stack. And was quite grateful not to be part of Operation Fiery Vigil.

 

Mt. Pinatubo caldera.
Image by CuriosityDrivesTheCat.
Courtesy of Pixabay.

Volcanoes also appeared in both the Dragshi Chronicles and the Tear Stone Collectors. Mount Tagachim is mentioned in 2024 T : Tagachim. The volcano in the Tear Stone Collectors is unnamed, just known as the fiery lair of the Goddess. You can discover it here as Trelleir, who has spent time warming himself on a ledge above the bubbling lava pool, recounts his impressions.

~till next time, Helen

 

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