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Mitch Battros (ECTV)
The Provincial Disaster Management Office of Legazpi
City has reactivated all municipal and cities disaster
councils in Albay to brace for an imminent eruption.
On Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology
and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) confirmed a general increasing
trend of volcanic activity and the likely involvement
of magma as the cause of previous eruption trends, PHIVOLCS
has now raised the Mayon assessment to Alert Level 2.
Incandescence inside the summit crater was confirmed
last night as a persistent and significant phenomenon.
The speck of glow appears to be soured from lava deposits
inside the crater and is inferred to be emanating from
the eastern portion of the volcano’s conduit. In addition,
Sulfur Dioxide emission rates on 09 October 9th rose
to 2,386 tons per day (t/d) from the previous measurement
of 1,616 t/d of October 1st. Seismic activity for
the past 24 hours was relatively low as three (3) Low-Frequency
Volcanic Quakes (LFVQ) was detected by the Anoling seismometer.
The glow occurring in the crater is likely caused by
a renewed episode of magma intrusion that could have
delivered hot lava to shallow levels or perhaps by opening
of cracks that exposed still-hot lava beneath the crater.
The increased Sulfur Dioxide emission rates, along with
a general slight increase in volcanic quakes over the
period of several weeks, suggest a more direct involvement
of hot lava to cause the crater glow. However, PHIVOLCS
notes that these observations also indicate slow magma
intrusion. The glow from the crater remains faint so
that it is visible only with telescopes or night-view
cameras. The earthquake levels are still generally low
and the absence of tremor, in consideration of the above
observations also indicate sluggish magma activity.
This alert condition signifies a volcano instability
that may eventually lead to ash explosions or to magmatic
eruption. PHIVOLCS reminds the public to avoid venturing
inside the six (6) kilometer radius Permanent Danger
Zone (PDZ) to minimize risks associated with volcanic
explosions and flows.
Mayon remains the most active volcano in the country.
It has erupted 50 times since l616. The deadliest blast
took place in 1814 where 1,200 people were killed. The
Cagsawa ruin in Daraga town stood as mute witness of
Mayon’s deadly majesty.
In l993, Mayon killed at least 77 people when it erupted without Phivolcs warning.
The most recent eruption, in 1993, began unexpectedly with an explosion. The
initial eruption lasted only 30 minutes but it generated pyroclastic flows
that killed 77 people and prompted the evacuation of 60,000 others.
Monkeys Control
Robotic Arm With Brain Implants
By Rick Weiss - Washington Post Staff Writer
Scientists in North Carolina have built a brain implant
that lets monkeys control a robotic arm with their thoughts,
marking the first time that mental intentions have been
harnessed to move a mechanical object.
The technology could someday allow people with paralyzing
spinal cord injuries to operate machines or tools with
their thoughts as naturally as others today do with their
hands. It might even allow some paralyzed people to move
their own arms or legs again, by transmitting the brain's
directions not to a machine but directly to the muscles
in those latent limbs.
The
brain implants could also allow scientists or soldiers
to control, hands-free, small robots that could perform
tasks in inhospitable environments or in war zones. In
the new experiments, monkeys with wires running from
their brains to a robotic arm were able to use their
thoughts to make the arm perform tasks. But before long,
the scientists said, they will upgrade the
implants so the monkeys can transmit their mental commands to machines wirelessly.
"It's a major advance," University of Washington neuroscientist
Eberhard E. Fetz said of the monkey studies. "This bodes
well for the success of brain-machine interfaces."
Earth Changes TV
'Radio Hour'
Tuesday October 14th - Johnny Mirehiel - "The
Harmonic Concordance" - Like its spiritual ancestor,
the 'Harmonic
Convergence' of 1987, The 'Harmonic Concordance' of 2003 also is a call to
the Spirit of Humankind to awaken to the idea
that we are, in fact, Spiritual beings sharing a physical experience.
Consequently, ceremonies and celebrations in honor of
this idea are now being scheduled at multiple sacred sites and pilgrimage places
throughout the world.
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Thought For The Day
"None of us has gotten where we are solely by
pulling ourselves up from our own bootstraps. We
got here because somebody bent down and helped us."
- Thurgood Marshall
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