Posted on 06/06/2018 5:53:03 AM PDT by BBell
'Run, it's coming. Let's go!' Dramatic moment truck is swallowed by an ash cloud as villagers flee '1300 Fahrenheit pyroclastic flows' from Guatemala's Volcano of Fire which has killed at least 69
Death toll from eruption of Guatemala's Volcano of Fire has risen to 69 and is expected to climb further today
Crews digging through debris on smouldering terrain after volcano exploded in a hail of ash and molten rock
'Pyroclastic flows' of boiling ash, rock and water engulfed homes with temperatures climbing to 1,300F
In places it was still too hot to pull out bodies so thickly coated with ash that they looked like Pompeii statues
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This is the dramatic moment a truck was swallowed by an ash cloud as Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupted claiming 69 lives.
Footage filmed from inside the vehicle shows the driver sounding the horn and performing a u-turn in the road as a giant mass of smoke gathers in the background.
Someone can be heard shouting 'run, it's coming. Let's go!' as fellow motorists attempt to flee the eruption. But as the truck drives off down the road, it suddenly becomes engulfed by the toxic cloud, plunging the vehicle into darkness.
The clip emerged after the volcano exploded in a hail of ash, smoke and molten rock. Emergency crews continue to work through the debris and mud on smouldering terrain still hot enough to melt shoe soles.
Bodies were coated with thick ash and rescuers were forced to use sledgehammers to break through the roofs of houses buried in debris up to their rooflines to try to see if anyone was trapped inside.
It came after searing flows of lava, ash and rock mixed with water and debris gushed down the volcano's flanks, blocking roads and burning homes.
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I can only imagine what would happen in Hawaii if there was a massive eruption.
Volcan de Feuego is belching smoke most days. I go to Antigua for vacation every year. Due to the sulfur in the ash, a friend of mine there said you need to brush the ash off your car before it turns into acid in the rain.
I pray everyone can recover from this. It seems Hawaii is worse.
Very different types of volcanoes. The volcano in Guatemala is a stratovolcano, which is much more prone to violent eruptions with pyroclastic flows. Hawaii is a shield volcano which tends to be lava flows which are less likely to catch people miles away from the volcano.
Part of the Pacific “ring of fire”.
Keep in mind, I have an elementary knowledge of volcanoes and I don't claim to be an expert of any sort.
That is still far less dangerous than a pyroclastic flow. Think Vesuvius and Mt. St. Helens.
“A burning ring of fire” with a mariachi band.
Covered with ash like Pompeii statues? Wouldn’t 1300 degrees reduce the bodies to ash anyway?
In other news, Guatemala’s Volcano of Ice could not be reached for comment
Yes, but if a rock hit a soft left wing libtard’s house in Hawaii and knocked over their prize unicorn collection and antique skittles bowl it would be devastating.
Ash wouldn’t hold 1300F for long. As opposed to molten lava which would.
The Pomepeii statues aren't actual people turned into stone or covered in hard rock. The people, probably many already dead from the poisonous gases emitted from the volcano, were covered with a massive piles of hot volcanic ash that solidified into stone. Their bodies decayed leaving their bones and artifacts in a body-shaped cavity in the rock. The archaeologists figured this out and poured in plaster to get the haunting statues of people in their death 2000 years ago.
“bodies to ash”
No because the ash also smothers the oxygen so there is only a limited amount available to burn the body to ash.
They are cooked in place, just like pompeii.
p.s. the pompeii “bodies” are actually concrete statues.
The original bodies ultimately decayed leaving a hole. During excavation, they pulled the bones out and filled the hole with concrete to create the statue.
He’s toothless. He can only gum you now.
Brings to mind an old Guatemalan saying "The country is going from Guatemala to Guatepeor". Or in English from Guate bad to Guate worse.
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