SOME PERSONS in the Soufriere volcano’s red zones are bracing for an explosive eruption this April 2, Good Friday, the same holiday it erupted explosively in 1979. So much so that some of them have moved out of their homes to what they consider safer ground. “Lots of people believe it’s gonna erupt on its anniversary. So maybe that’s why they’re moving,” a Sandy Bay resident told SEARCHLIGHT on Wednesday, …
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It is a pity that Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves was not physically present to revel in the praises for the 20th anniversary of the victory of his Unity Labour Party’s victory in the general elections of March 28, 2001.
Unfortunately his duties as husband have required him to be at the bedside of his wife as she gets medical attention abroad and I can only imagine the internal agony of ‘De Comrade’ on such an occasion.
To add to that agony is the protracted COVID situation, including the stubborn promotion of some ideas which do not lend themselves to a solution to our continuing crisis which is now compounded by the threat of a violent eruption of the Soufriere volcano. Could it get worse than that?
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He says the Monitoring Team cannot predict if and when there will be an explosive eruption.
Meanwhile Director of the national Emergency Management Organization Michelle Forbes says preparations are being made to ensure that all health protocols are in place at Evacuation Centres.
“The thing split Good Friday in two And that good new morning groaned and snapped like breaking an old habit (The Volcano Suite – Shake Keane) With the volcano acting up as we say I imagine that many persons, particularly those in the foothills of the volcano, will be thinking about and hoping that on Friday we will not have a repeat of that fateful event, 42 years ago. I …