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<blockquote data-quote="Occams Barber" data-source="post: 77054582" data-attributes="member: 313365"><p>I saw the ad for the doco on Netflix tonight.</p><p></p><p>Our US and European friends may not be aware of what happened on Whakaari. This is a little summary taken from Wikipedia:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>On 9 December 2019 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whakaari_/_White_Island" target="_blank">Whakaari / White Island</a>, an active <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratovolcano" target="_blank">stratovolcano</a> island in New Zealand's northeastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Plenty" target="_blank">Bay of Plenty</a> region <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_eruption" target="_blank">explosively erupted</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Whakaari_/_White_Island_eruption#cite_note-NZH_Live-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> The island was a popular tourist destination, known for its volcanic activity, and 47 people were on the island at the time. Twenty-two people died, either in the explosion or from injuries sustained, including two whose bodies were never found and were later declared dead. A further 25 people suffered injuries, with the majority needing intensive care for severe burns.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Whakaari_/_White_Island_eruption#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> The ongoing seismic and volcanic activity in the area as well as heavy rainfall, low visibility and toxic gases hampered recovery efforts over the week following the incident.</em></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Whakaari_/_White_Island_eruption[/URL]</p><p></p><p>OB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Occams Barber, post: 77054582, member: 313365"] I saw the ad for the doco on Netflix tonight. Our US and European friends may not be aware of what happened on Whakaari. This is a little summary taken from Wikipedia: [INDENT][I]On 9 December 2019 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whakaari_/_White_Island']Whakaari / White Island[/URL], an active [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratovolcano']stratovolcano[/URL] island in New Zealand's northeastern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Plenty']Bay of Plenty[/URL] region [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_eruption']explosively erupted[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Whakaari_/_White_Island_eruption#cite_note-NZH_Live-3'][3][/URL] The island was a popular tourist destination, known for its volcanic activity, and 47 people were on the island at the time. Twenty-two people died, either in the explosion or from injuries sustained, including two whose bodies were never found and were later declared dead. A further 25 people suffered injuries, with the majority needing intensive care for severe burns.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Whakaari_/_White_Island_eruption#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] The ongoing seismic and volcanic activity in the area as well as heavy rainfall, low visibility and toxic gases hampered recovery efforts over the week following the incident.[/I][/INDENT] [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Whakaari_/_White_Island_eruption[/URL] OB [/QUOTE]
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