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Mount Pinatubo is an active volcano located on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, at the intersection of the borders of the provinces of Zambales, Tarlac, and Pampanga. Before 1991, the mountain was inconspicuous and heavily eroded. It was covered in dense forest which supported a population of several thousand indigenous people, the Aeta, who had fled to the mountains from the lowlands when the Spanish conquered the Philippines in 1565.
The volcano's recent eruption in June 1991 came after 500 years of dormancy, and produced one of the largest and most violent eruptions of the 20th century. Successful predictions of the onset of the climactic eruption led to the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from the surrounding areas, saving many lives, but the surrounding areas were severely damaged by pyroclastic flows, ash deposits, and later, lahars caused by rainwater remobilising earlier volcanic deposits. Thousands of houses were destroyed.
The effects of the eruption were felt worldwide. It injected large amounts of aerosols into the stratosphere—more than any eruption since that of Krakatoa in 1883. The aerosols formed a global layer of sulfuric acid haze over the following months. Global temperatures dropped by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F), and ozone destruction increased substantially.
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Where was this warning 19 years ago?! Frickin' eh...Mount Pinatubo sucks.
Jesshka (Jessica Yong Janicky) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:29:32 -0000
Where was this warning 19 years ago?! Frickin' eh...Mount Pinatubo sucks.
I just realized that the new Super Freakonomics book has a chapter titled "What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common?" (lol)
suburbandude (Lemuel Goltiao) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:43:56 -0000
I just realized that the new Super Freakonomics book has a chapter titled "What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common?" (lol)
As big as Pinatubo? Mount Saint Helens? The volcano geek in me is waiting to see what happens this week. http://tinyurl.com/ybf5n7k
OFGProducerEd (OPB ed jahn) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:29:13 -0000
As big as Pinatubo? Mount Saint Helens? The volcano geek in me is waiting to see what happens this week. http://tinyurl.com/ybf5n7k
Mayon âsaferâ than Pinatubo (Manila Bulletin): Compared to Mount Pinatubo in Zambales, Mount Mayonâs imminent e.. http://bit.ly/8PWw0z
HongKongHotelz (HongKong Hotels) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:56:31 -0000
Mayon ‘safer’ than Pinatubo (Manila Bulletin): Compared to Mount Pinatubo in Zambales, Mount Mayon’s imminent e.. http://bit.ly/8PWw0z
@loveyourcake you have NO idea ! I use to live in the Philippines 15 yrs ago. And one day mount Pinatubo(sp?) Erupted.. Rained ash for days
Jeeverz (Rajiv Emerson) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:09:02 -0000
@loveyourcake you have NO idea ! I use to live in the Philippines 15 yrs ago. And one day mount Pinatubo(sp?) Erupted.. Rained ash for days
Nathan Myhrvold on CNN said that if we have a Mount Pinatubo eruption every year, we could erase Global Warming. Fucker.
yapsestagle (Yaps Estagle) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:11:37 -0000
Nathan Myhrvold on CNN said that if we have a Mount Pinatubo eruption every year, we could erase Global Warming. Fucker.
Fire and Mud - U.S. Geological Survey online book about the eruptions and lahars of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines.
Mount Pinatubo - Maps, images, background information, and eruption information from the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory.
Mt. Pinatubo Eruption, 1991 - Site of Capt. Randal L. Carr, Disaster Preparedness Officer at Clark Air Force Base, offers a collection of photographs of the volcano and damage done to buildings and neighborhoods and his official journal entries.
Photos of the Devastation on Base from the Mount Pinatubo Eruption - A collection of photographs of damage caused by the 1991 eruption to the now-closed U.S. Naval Base at Subic Bay, Philippines.
The Eruption of Mt. Pinatubo Archives - Photographs, scanned newspaper and magazine articles, and video clips covering the 1991 eruption. From the Wagner High School (Clark Air Force Base) Alumni site.
The Sleeping Giant Awakens - Gateway for information about the mountain's lore, pre-eruption manifestations, accounts of the 1991 eruption, and the aftermath.
Volcano World: Pinatubo, Philippines - General information and photographs from the 1991-1992 eruption, as well as links to additional images and resources. Sponsored by the University of North Dakota.
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