In the land of ¨what can be next¨we had a ¨next¨today. We had been watching a distant volcano spit out a plumb of steam for about two days. MJ took the two pictures below. The pictures are taken from the second story of the school just outside the English offices & work room.
This morning we had a fairly strong wind coming from the volcano. Sure enough, the black, sandy ash was coming down on everything. The top picture shows a little pile of this collected from two normal size sheets of paper. The tile floor in the English room was glazed so that I could skate around the room on this stuff. The problem is that this fine little ash gets into everything leaving a gritty feel. I call it an ash, but it is more like a very fine black sand.
All of this is happening about an hour away by bus. I have no idea how many miles as the crow flies. It is the same volcano that has really dumped the ash down on the highway out of here on the way to Quito in the past year. They just keep building the highway higher over the top of the ash flow. Hope this thing doesn´t cause a problem with our travel plans out of here a week from this Friday.
As the winds decreased today, the ash deposit also seemed to decrease.
4 comments:
You will be eating that stuff with your rice one of these days and will not even notice it. I think you are quite safe where you are right now but you might have an interesting trip to Quito
That earthquake you had recently is probably related to the latest volcanic action. You cannot shake the earth's plumbing without getting leaks. Don
This might be interesting. Google maps now have a Terrain setting. See the link below:
Click here to see Quito
Hi Omer and Mary Jane, sounds like Tungurahua has an upset belly again?!
Love your blog!!!!! Fun to hear of your days, each one a new adventure!!
Blessings,
oh yea, Buckeyes #1 yikes!!!!
craig
I really enjoy your notes each day. Also the map someone provided. It gives a very good background on all of your notes. pb
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