Muffinz Posted December 10, 2019 #26 Share Posted December 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, RealBatman said: The news in North America is reporting the alert level was raised to 4 a week ago. I can guarantee you that is not the case.... they maybe considering raising it as a result of this tragedy but as far as I am aware the alert has been at level 2 for about a month https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/11/white-island-s-volcanic-alert-level-raised-to-two.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmaanne7 Posted December 10, 2019 #27 Share Posted December 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, Muffinz said: I can guarantee you that is not the case.... they maybe considering raising it as a result of this tragedy but as far as I am aware the alert has been at level 2 for about a month https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/11/white-island-s-volcanic-alert-level-raised-to-two.html That is what our local news reported as well. A tragedy nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfabz Posted December 10, 2019 #28 Share Posted December 10, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50710998 Interesting article -- White Island is privately owned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushka Posted December 10, 2019 #29 Share Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) I think that the information is still be assessed as to whether the warning has been raised recently and I read this morning that it had been. From 1 to 2 in recent weeks although that figure wouldn’t mean much to passengers and needs to be interpreted as to what risk level that means. Edited December 10, 2019 by Pushka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare WrittenOnYourHeart Posted December 11, 2019 #30 Share Posted December 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Pushka said: I think that the information is still be assessed as to whether the warning has been raised recently and I read this morning that it had been. From 1 to 2 in recent weeks although that figure wouldn’t mean much to passengers and needs to be interpreted as to what risk level that means. Very true. If I saw that something was at a warning of 2 out of 5, without explanation of what it meant I might be slightly more nervous, but would be unlikely to cancel if I were doing that excursion. Heck, even with an explanation, a 2 out of 5 still seems reasonable. Of course, I am of the belief that when it is your time, it is your time. And if you escape “plan A” (say you miss a flight that ends up crashing) when it is your time, you’ll go out by “plan B” and get hit by a car or have a massive heart attack or something. (And if you miss a plane that crashes and nothing else happens to you, it was not your time. Nothing supernatural about your missing it.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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