More trouble at SumatraIsn't this the same mountain CTN is planning on drilling on?
Tough to pitch tents with lava flow coming down. Hmmm, or are they in the field yet?
Ever start to wonder if they don't plan on just sitting on these land claims and taking the best cash offer without doing any drilling at all? Its not a bad plan if EAS hits huge masses along the borders, but how much would someone offer with no proven cores? Maybe the volcano will just spit up some core samples.
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- The Mount Merapi volcano in Indonesia erupted at least three times Tuesday, forcing thousands of nearby residents to flee.
MountMerapi, which looms on the horizon north of the major city ofYogyakarta, is one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes and lies in oneof the world's most densely populated areas. The volcano has a summitelevation of nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 meters).
Somenongovernmental relief agencies were poised to offer immediate help. Oneof them was World Vision Indonesia, a Christian relief and developmentagency.
"Right now, our biggest concern is the children," saidFadli Usman, World Vision Indonesia's rapid assessment team leader."Children are always forgotten in the early moments of a disaster likethis. My first task will be to assess the needs of the children andtheir families in the evacuation centers so our team can begin to helpthem."
Usman said about 1,500 people -- mostly women and children-- had found refuge at a four-building shelter about 7 miles (12kilometers) from the volcano. The evacuees, he said, are worried aboutthe men who stayed behind to guard their homes and fields on themountain.
A dusting of ash covered motorbikes and cars at theshelter parking lot, the relief worker said. The heavy ash fallout alsoobscured any view of the mountain from his location, he said.
Usmanhad reported earlier that traffic was heavy as people left the regionnear the mountain. The traffic was not chaotic, he said, and the roadwas open and under control.