Tropical Zone Gardening: WARNING; For every one in the northern Antilles (Caribbean) , 1 by tbmontserrat

tbmontserrat wrote:
Sorry for not getting back sooner! The volcano was really active yesterday. I have been cleaning ash and moving plants, plus cleaning them off. It seems to be never ending. So goes life on the island, price of paradise.

Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers, they are appreciated.

Melissa: Most of the pictures are taken from a spot at the top of my property ( my house was built on a mountain) I am about 8 kilometers (that is guessing, my be a little more) from the base of the volcano. Some of the pictures are taken from the back roof of my house (it is almost flat and easy to get up, almost like an observation deck).

d_thomcat; Sometimes the gases that the volcano puts off are so bad' it is nauseating. It is so nasty smelling. You get used to it after a while but.........

Sylvain; That is so interesting. I remember Mt. St. Helen, I lived in Texas at the time, We got ash from it for a few days.

Cocoloba; Hey neighbor! It seemed like it was going to sleep, 0 activity. The day before the activity started there was no activity at all, woke up the next morning to ash. Then it just came to life. Most of the time it spits ash for an hour or 2 then quits for the rest of the day maybe spitting some more in the evening. Yesterday it was continuous all day plus today. We were so hoping it was going to sleep but I guess not.
I did not move here until after the eruption started, but the before pictures I have seen the island was amazingly beautiful. It is sad that the rain forest was destroyed by the volcano.

Dave; I went to see Kilauea when we were in Hawaii, the closest we could get was 5 miles. I was fascinated by one area the lava had hardened but you could still see some of the highway. We did take a helicopter tour, I have pictures but not on my computer, it was so amazing.

Thanks again everyone, I will stay safe. When they tell me to evacuate I am out of here. So far the new dome extrusions are on the south side so not danger here at the moment. The pyroclastic flows are of low energy and small. If it gets to the point it poses a danger our government will evacuate.

Take Care
Tina


A few more pictures, I tried to get a picture of the dome glowing at night but I can't figure out how to set my camera so that the shutter stays open longer for more exposure.