Possible eruption of Cordon-Gaulle Puyehue is mixed with coverup politics
Puyehue volcano eruption
The danger of landslides generated uncertainty in La Angostura
18/06/2011 09:39
The Light and Water Services resume itself in the village. THERE sun after two weeks.
Suggestive No technical report on the evolution of the phenomenon.
Good and bad in itself alternated neighbors yesterday paragraph Villa La Angostura: while there was a couple of hours of sunshine, for the first time since the eruption of Puyehue and the water and electricity services returned, a cutting of the fiber optic interrupted the fixed telephony, cellular and Internet Movistar for broad sectors.
Surprisingly, the Chilean government announced yesterday a drop in the level of alertness, decreased from 6 to 5 (Like Red Alert remains) DESPITE the Technical Reports on Thursday warned of the possibility of spill lava or A new explosion or eruption. The announcement (see aside) called Care Specialists also warned that the absence of the Daily Report of the National Service of Geology and Mining of Chile and the possible existence of a political controversy in the neighboring country.
In La Angostura, EPEN was unable to complete the restoration of electric service in the town since at least 25% of the neighborhoods still without power last night. As for water, yesterday we worked on the damaged pump, which repaired the end of day today. Last night the service was restored in large areas that for days they were without him.
In the afternoon, a machine broke the fiber optic highway that connects most of the town with the world. Occurred at kilometer 54 of route 231, which left no fixed or Movistar, or internet. Expected to be repaired in the morning,
Yesterday, for the first time since the eruption of the volcanic complex angosturenses see the sun again. It lasted a couple of hours because of the ash plume then returned to cover the sky, but did not fall.
The weather led some stores to open and there was more movement in Arrayanes Avenue, the main street.
Given the possibility of snow and ash accumulated on the night of Thursday the emergency crews had to leave emergency directions from house to house to warn the situation and recommend the evacuation of residents.
Only two families decided autoevacuarse and were housed in the center that runs on the CEF 7, at the center of town.
The coordinator of Civil Defense and Emergency Operations Command Arretche Marcos, explained that the Bonito River in Puerto Manzano, there are eight houses that may suffer complications from lahars or floods. Of those eight houses were three occupied. "When we got one person was alone, without electricity and frozen, and managed to stay in a resort hotel sector", he said.
In the Piedrias creek, the panorama is different. As revealed, there are 56 homes at risk and Thursday night they have visited 36.
The COE was contacted by Civil Defense Neuquén with an international specialist to explain the behavior of lahars.
"I stay"
Retamal Sara has three children between ten years and lives Y14 feet from the water intake Arroyo Colorado, one of the flood risk areas or lahars.
Around midnight he received the visit of members of the COE. "I recommended that we evacuate and The Truth is that do not know what that is they see. I know the river thing, living here twelve years ago and has grown several times," said the woman. "I told them I would take responsibility, I knew what I did. For now all that is decided is to evacuate the children miss one of my parents as a Bariloche. I stay because I have fear being robbed." He added.
Is that since the eruption began it has registered almost a theft report a home for the day. Half of the Houses, Cabanas son Tourist vacant and half empty houses whose owners have autoevacuado itself, "said Commissioner Jose Cuadrado. Where do the thieves took all appliances, they said.
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