Indonesian activity is picking up

[Richard Kerr]

As of now Indonesia has 21 volcanos that are or have begun to become active in the last fes weeks. read this article from MSNBC:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39934297/ns/world_news-asiapacific/  Is Indonesia beginning its dive?

[Tamzin Kay]

Here's the map missing from Kossandr's post - the red shaded rectangle is the predicted area of activity

[Richard Kerr]

Keep watching that corner of the globe you're bound to see some fireworks going on. Believe me I hope I'm wrong.

[Howard]

Notable excerpts from this article:

"This (latest) is an extraordinary eruption, triple from the first" on Oct. 26, said Surono, a state volcanologist."

"We have no idea what's happening now," said Surono, among those who had been predicting a drop in activity. "It looks like we may be entering an even worse stage now. ... It's up to Merapi from here."



Cindi said:

Huge volcanic blast spurs more Indonesians to flee:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_indonesia_disasters

[Tamzin Kay]

Zetas have pointed our focus to this area and the evidence is mounting.



Richard Kerr said:

Keep watching that corner of the globe you're bound to see some fireworks going on. Believe me I hope I'm wrong.

[MORRIS LEVIN]

Unreal to see this.....much less to be a part of.....

[diju]

I should've reported here. More appropriate. Next time. Thank you Kerr!

[Howard]

Indonesia Volcano Blasts Searing Gas; 122 Now Dead
Nov 5, 2010

Notable Excerpts:

"Friday's explosion — said by volcanologists to be the biggest since the 1870s... shot towering plumes of ash that dusted the windshields of cars 300 miles (480 kilometers) away.

"Searing gas avalanched down (the) Indonesian volcano with a thunderous roar, torching houses and trees and incinerating villagers as they fled Mount Merapi's worst eruption in a century. Scores of bodies found Friday raised the death toll to 122. The injured — with clothes, blankets and even mattresses fused to their skin by the 1,400 degree Fahrenheit (750 degree Celsius) heat — were carried away on stretchers."

"The intensifying eruptions have baffled scientists who have monitored the mountain for years and left them uncertain what to expect. Dozens of explosions that followed Merapi's initial blast Oct. 26 had been predicted to ease pressure behind a magma dome."

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Crisis Management Workshop in Indonesia

The Strategic Impact of Media in Comprehensive Crisis Management Workshop

December 16, 2010

Jakarta, Indonesia – Disaster management specialists, government spokespersons and members of the media discussed the strategic impact of the media in comprehensive crisis management in a workshop hosted by the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Dec. 14-16, 2010 in Jakarta, Indonesia. 

Fifty-five participants from 10 Southeast Asian countries worked to identify how crisis managers and members of the media could work together to help societies prevent and prepare for, respond to and recover from natural disasters and other crises.  They assessed crisis management from the strategic to the tactical levels and reflected on the need for whole of society engagement. 

Workshop participants discussed case studies and shared best practices such as the 2004 tsunami. Media coverage mobilized resources to respond to the disaster and begin the difficult task of rebuilding, and, in the process, brought communities together, with the result in Indonesia of solving a decades-long local insurgency.   

U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Scot Marciel and retired U.S. Ambassador Lauren Kahea Moriarty, Dean of Academics at APCSS, delivered opening remarks at the workshop. "The media can change the world," said Dean Moriarty.  "When people and policymakers trust the media to be fair and accurate, to present news in context and in ways people can understand, the change can be purposeful, positive, and long-term."