... the intensifying activity might force us to raise the alert level to its highest level but it would happen only when Mayon shoots a straight ash column containing pyroclastic materials and molten, burning rocks as big as houses or buses from its crater, accompanied by intense rumbling and jittering of the ground felt as far as this city, said resident volcanologist Eduardo Laguerta.
I guess that means Level 5 follows the old phrase: "Put some jam in your pockets 'cuz you're about to be toast".
7 posted on 12/25/2009 8:00:04 AM PST by uglybiker
(BACON!!)