# Volcano in Bali is (maybe) about to blow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2017, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-in-bali-is-maybe-about-to-blow/797340 "2017-09-26T08:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-in-bali-is-maybe-about-to-blow/797340/1 "2017-09-26T08:47:15Z")
Story [here](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-25/why-do-vulcanologists-think-mt-angung-will-erupt-soon/8985862). Mt. Agung in Bali has been restless for the last week or so. It hasn’t had a major eruption in 50+ years and it’s considered pretty active. Last time it went off over 1000 people died. I’m a little surprised this hasn’t gotten more coverage - what with all the hurricanes and earthquakes, a volcanic eruption seems like it fits right in with all the natural disasters the world has been plagued with. (I did finally see a story yesterday on CNN.) Anyway, it’s more prominent news here in Indonesia. And I just got a text from a friend who lives in Bali (not within the volcano danger zone) who says he just felt another “whumpf” - the third one in as many days. If it is gonna blow, I hope it does so soon. People have been evacuated, but they will not stay evacuated for too long. If this drags on for weeks/months, and it could, people will go back to their homes in the dangerous areas, while tourism is badly disrupted as people fear flying to Bali (and rightly so - an ash cloud in a plane engine is a serious matter). C’mon, Agung! Get it over with. Put up or shut up. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-in-bali-is-maybe-about-to-blow/797340/2 "2017-09-26T09:40:08Z")
My sister’s SO’s son lives on the island, but not, I believe, in the immediate area of the volcano. I suppose it’s not getting so much international coverage because nothing’s really happened yet. The subset of the Internet that follows volcanic activity worldwide has certainly been all over it. Sorry, but volcanos blow when they want to. There’s still a chance this one will fizzle out without a significant eruption, although due to the presence of harmonic tremor, it’s seeming less likely. Useful link: [http://big-volcanic.com/agung-volcano-nearing-an-eruption-here-is-what-to-expect-from-the-bali-volcano/](http://big-volcanic.com/agung-volcano-nearing-an-eruption-here-is-what-to-expect-from-the-bali-volcano/) ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-in-bali-is-maybe-about-to-blow/797340/3 "2017-09-26T10:22:12Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Useful link: > > [http://big-volcanic.com/agung-volcano-nearing-an-eruption-here-is-what-to-expect-from-the-bali-volcano/](http://big-volcanic.com/agung-volcano-nearing-an-eruption-here-is-what-to-expect-from-the-bali-volcano/) Thanks, that’s a good link. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-in-bali-is-maybe-about-to-blow/797340/4 "2017-09-26T11:41:40Z")
Altogether now… I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know where I’m a-gonna go When the volcano blow… ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-in-bali-is-maybe-about-to-blow/797340/5 "2017-09-26T12:59:09Z")
Too bad we can’t give it the geological equivalent of ipecac or something. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-in-bali-is-maybe-about-to-blow/797340/6 "2017-09-26T13:00:07Z")
Someone find Joe. STAT. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-in-bali-is-maybe-about-to-blow/797340/7 "2017-09-26T13:17:51Z")
> **[Krakatoa Volcano: Facts About 1883 Eruption](https://www.livescience.com/28186-krakatoa.html)** > > The eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in 1883 was one of the most deadly in modern history. Lets hope for all our sakes that this isn’t another Krakatoa. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-in-bali-is-maybe-about-to-blow/797340/8 "2017-09-26T13:28:53Z")
Wow hope this is not another disaster and folks are okay on Bali. So lovely. Saw the thread title and thought of Mt. Batur. I climbed it back in the 80’s - there was no supervision; I recall walking more or less on the edge and plug of the volcano - it wasn’t hot where I was, but I could see steam maybe 100 yards away. Stupid tourist 😉 ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-in-bali-is-maybe-about-to-blow/797340/9 "2017-09-26T15:49:38Z")
Eek, if it blows, will the south and east sides get the brunt (thinking Candidasa, Amed directions and everything upslope)? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-in-bali-is-maybe-about-to-blow/797340/10 "2017-09-26T15:59:27Z")
[Yesterday I was reading about the volcano in Vanuatu that might erupt;](https://apnews.com/eda05359009141d3bbcc8e4775d7c00e): > [@](#): > > An erupting volcano has forced 6,000 people to flee their homes on an island in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu. > > The Manaro volcano on Ambae island has been active since 2005, but a recent increase in activity has raised fears of a major eruption. > > Shadrack Welegtabit, the director of Vanuatu’s National Disaster Management Office, said Tuesday that Vanuatu would declare an emergency on the island after the volcano’s activity measure was raised to Level 4 for the first time over the weekend. > > “There’s ash, fire, stones and lava being thrown out from the mouth of the volcano,” Welegtabit said. “There’s a lot of activity going on.” ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-in-bali-is-maybe-about-to-blow/797340/11 "2017-09-26T16:03:02Z")
Ah, just read through the entire link, looks like the North might be likeliest direction for a flow.