Ash fall has reached my neighborhood
By LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51938)
Philippines
January 12, 2020 6:02am CST
I heard about something happened in the Taal Volcano , but I took it as some smoke coming out of it.
What I didn't realize that not only it exploded but it's ashes reached our city and seen people wearing face mask. Speaking of face mask, it's good thing I had reserved a few because stores had ran out of it.
This reminds me of Mt. Pinatubo explosion. But it's liquid and ash reach our place like a flood.
Here’s a video taken from the nearby municipality of Balete, Batangas as of 5 pm. Residents are bystanders are advised to move away from the lake. Full story...
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@rsa101 (38148)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
@Letranknight2015 yeah the advise is that never throw the ashes out to the canal as it may harden and clog sewage
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
Hello @rsa101 Not sure if I can remove the ash from the roofs, though it's not much i want to remove them.
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
@rsa101 For now were sweeping them slowly.
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@BarBaraPrz (47265)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Jan 20
I remember when Mt St Helens erupted in Washington state back in 1980. It, too, just spewed ash and people were scooping it up and selling little containers of it...
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@BarBaraPrz (47265)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
13 Jan 20
@Letranknight2015 For souvenirs.
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
Why are they selling the ash in containers? We aren't done removing them as of this yet @BarBaraPrz
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
14 Jan 20
@BarBaraPrz wow maybe I should keep a souvenir of my own.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
12 Jan 20
I just read about this on a news site (I'm in the US) and came here to see if anyone from the Philippines had posted about it. It's a good thing you had the face masks! I hope no one is hurt by the eruption or the ash.
I prefer to hear what people who are at the site of an event have to say rather than the news reports. I'm surprised there weren't more posts about it.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
14 Jan 20
@Letranknight2015 Thanks. I heard that they had evacuated some areas but it's hard to know what's really going on when it isn't reported much.
@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
Hello @peavey So far people were struggling to remove the ash and for the people on the nearest cities, they were evacuating.
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
Hello @rakski we tried to get rid of them but still hard to remove them.
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@rakski (122178)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
@Letranknight2015 yes, that is true. even here with thin layers I need a lot of water. I am assuming you have thicker layers of ash there
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
@rakski I really didn't want our water bill to go high this month.
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@thelme55 (76890)
• Germany
12 Jan 20
I have read about this when I opened my Fb account this morning. My friends' husband posted a beautiful view of the Taal volcano and the sunset. He took the photos from their window as they only live 65 km. across the volcano. Thankfully, the sea is between them.
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
Hello @thelme55 Yeah were lucky that the sea is all around this volcano. This island formed from past multiple explosions in the past.
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
Yeah, we were lucky today @wolfgirl569
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
Hello @JudyEv Yeah we had to because of it's poison chemicals on it
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Jan 20
Yeah...someone else also complained of black drops from the sky
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
Hello @amitkokiladitya I should have hide when the ash started falling down.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
15 Jan 20
@Letranknight2015 I'm sure no one who have liked them falling on their head.
@renicemae (4883)
• Philippines
12 Jan 20
Thank you for the information. Be careful there and be alert.
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
Hello @renicemae we are being careful, we hope it would rain to further remove the ash.
@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
12 Jan 20
Are nearby people safe? I didn't see any warning on this.
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
Hello @yoalldudes they're trying to evacuate and the nearest city is filled with ash.
@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
12 Jan 20
Stay safe dear how far you're from volcano
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
13 Jan 20
We are doing our best to be safe over here @Butterfingers
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