The Technical Board of the province of Chiriqui received from the CEO of the National System of Civil Protection (NSCP), José Donderis and director of the Institute of Geosciences at the University of Panama, Eduardo Camacho, a report on the risks involved before the possible eruption of Volcan Baru.
José Donderis says that although you can not predict when it will erupt Volcan Baru, if necessary develop a contingency plan so that people know what to do to register a case.
Ensures that will be done next October 13 mock eruption of Volcan Baru, where participating communities, businesses and public officials to make an assessment and make it function and develop corrective plans necessary.
http://www.radiochiriqui.com/index.php/locales/2837-junta-tecnica-recibe-informacion-del-volcan-baru
I wonder if they will have some fireworks to simulate the eruption?
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This is a good idea. Baru is not considered a dead volcano. It's temporarily dormant. Its pattern in modern history is to erupt every few hundred years, and if the pattern holds, it would erupt again sometime in the next hundred years or so.
Or, maybe we're just lucky and Baru decided to die permanently after more than a million years of eruptive history. That would be convenient.
The Volcan side of Baru has had the worst of it for most of the volcano's history, although it tossed chunks of rock as big as a car at least as far the hills above Palo Alto in one of the early eruptions.
Contingency planning is smart. Although there should be months, or at least weeks, of warning before the next eruption, it's best to have a community plan in place anywhere within the hazard zone mapped by the USGS.
Thanks for the heads up, Lee.