Posted on 10/14/2017 6:36:48 AM PDT by markomalley
The eruption of a Kyushu volcano continued for a second day on Thursday, with a plume rising about 2,000 meters above the crater, the Meteorological Agency said.
Mount Shinmoe, straddling the borders of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, erupted early on Wednesday for the first time in six years, prompting the agency to raise its volcanic alert level to 3 on a scale of 5, restricting entry to the mountain.
Ash fall had been observed in at least three cities and one town in Miyazaki, while ash could also fall in parts of neighboring Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures as well, the agency said.
The 1,421-meter volcano last erupted in September 2011.
NHK was showing women who had to go to Laundromats to use the dryers. Most Japanese homes have washers but no dryers, and clothes are hung out to dry on small balconies, but the falling ash is making that unfeasible.
Also, the report mentioned that the local pollution had become as bad as Beijing’s. An interesting comparison.
what are you, 12?
Only twenty years ago no one outside of the immediate area around Japan would have heard of this eruption, unless there was a great loss of life or some foreigners were harmed. Now we hear about every little hiccup the Earth makes within minutes of its happening. That makes us believe that it is happening more frequently when it is simply doing what it’s been doing forever.
I have unsteady fingers and trying to recover my eyesight after cataract surgery in both eyes
We have had many Japanese homestay students. They also tell me that they dry cloths on racks in the living room or wherever. They are not keen on having friends over as much as we are, in part because there is all this stuff around. They rent party venues or meet people out somewhere.
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