Our whole house is cover in a fine layer of volcanic ash.The Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies, began erupting on July 18, 1995. There has been a partial dome collapse on the west side of the Soufriere Hills Volcano.
The collapse started at 11:27 pm local time on Monday 28th July 2008 without any precursory activity. Part of the western side of the lava dome collapsed generating pyroclastic flows that reached Plymouth and the sea.
There were also a few explosions from the dome during the collapse, with the largest at approximately 11:32 pm.
The height of the ash column was estimated at 12 kilometres (40,000 feet) above sea level.
Rumor has it they closed the airport in St.Thomas due to visibility. Here is a link to Montserrat's web site. http://www.mvo.ms/
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Michelle dazzles us with her big knowledge of volcanoes!
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