What is it like to live through a volcanic eruption? What happened to the place you call home? And how did the experience affect you, your family and friends, and everyone else in the neighbourhood? In a set of three wonderful new films made for the STREVA project, Vincentians talk about the moment in April 1979, when […]
London Volcano Day 4: Thursday May 8, 1902
June 12, 2014 by
May 8, 1902: overnight the eruption of the Soufriere, St Vincent, continued. News reports began to filter to the outside world, but there were difficulties as the volcanic activity had caused some of the underwater telegraph cables to fail – perhaps because of submarine landslides. The official communications and reports from the time begin to […]
My path to becoming a Volcanologist – Richie Robertson and the 1979 eruption on St Vincent
June 11, 2014 by
Guest post by Richie Robertson, Director of University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre La Soufriere volcano looms largely in the consciousness of most Vincentians. Although it occupies the northern third of the island and is often shrouded in clouds, it does not take very much to command our attention. There have been numerous […]
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