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2005-12-06 Down Under

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Posted by Steve 2005-12-06 08:59|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Wow! Iâm sure glad I decided not to hide my millions there after all!

Posted by Secret Master 2005-12-06 11:09|| 2005-12-06 11:09|| Front Page Top

#2 What? Tough finding virgins these days?

Posted by Cravitle Elmeremp2989 2005-12-06 11:13|| 2005-12-06 11:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Volcano Reports

Tuesday 6th December 2005

Ambae volcano has been raised to level 2 alert, indicating regular
eruptions are occurring at the summit. Ambae volcano began erupting last
week, after being dormant for about 120 years. 5000 people are being evacuated
from dangerous areas in the east and west of the island.

Posted by BigEd 2005-12-06 14:32|| 2005-12-06 14:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Also:

From Wikipedia

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The Next Krakatoa

The Ambae volcano, Manaro, is one of the world's top ten 'most dangerous' volcanoes. This refers its potential for a catastrophic eruption. Still active, the volcano shows little sign of activity or release since it is plugged and filled with crater lakes. One theory has it that given a large eruption, the lakewater will become superheated steam and cause a massive, Krakatoa-like explosion. The resulting landslides down the island's steep slopes could cause tsunamis within the northern archipelago.

References in Fiction

Ambae may have been an inspiration for James Mitchener's "Balai-hai" in the famous novel "Tales of the South Pacific." Much of this novel is set in Luganville, Santo island, which was built by the US military as a rear-echelon base during World War II. Mitchener, a US Navy officer, was actually stationed there for some time during the war and supposedly looked out to the east from Luganville, where he caught the fleeting glimpse of a cloud-topped, volcano-peaked island. This was, of course, Ambae, which on a clear day can be viewed this way from Luganville - in fact quite a romantic sight. However, in Mitchener's novel there are two islands, Balai-hai and Vanicoro, the former being slightly behind and hidden by the latter. Balai-hai was a lush tropical paradise where the French and Tonkinese women took refuge from the rascally American troops stationed on Santo; Vanicoro was a dark, volcanic island of savages. Now, the people of Ambae are a wonderful lot and were hardly cannibals in the 1940s, but judging from Mitchener's fictionalized description, Ambae seems more an inspiration for Vanicoro than for Balai-hai.

Posted by BigEd 2005-12-06 14:39|| 2005-12-06 14:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Look on the bright side: it'll probably set global warming back several decades.

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-12-06 17:21|| 2005-12-06 17:21|| Front Page Top

#6 I blame the Halliburton Volcanic Disruption Division

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-12-06 18:08|| 2005-12-06 18:08|| Front Page Top

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