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Greeting from the Philippines National Police. Who are part of the recovery effort.... Relief effort for displaced residents from the volcano zone.

MANILA, Philippines — Taal Volcano is swelling, a portion has sunk and the entire volcano island has tilted slightly, indicating a “resupply” of magma or molten rock rising to the surface that presages a powerful eruption amid the ongoing lull. This was according to the Philippine Institute of...

"Phivolcs said despite observations of a calm Taal volcano in the recent days, with only a steady steam emission and “infrequent weak explosions” that generated ash plumes as high at 500 to 100 meters, volcanic activities underground showed otherwise. " “Taal Lake is being stretched, the land...

An image of the volcano showing steam venting...

President Duterte has provided disaster relief to the many thousands who have been evacuated and resettled permanently from the volcanic danger zone....

Your chance of being injured by the volcano is low. I would max out on insurance so that you have the funds to weather being stuck there. Being able to leave Luzon is probably your worst case issue to deal with. Cash is king there. You can do just about anything if you can pay for it. If your...

While it's current status would not effect my travel plans. It's future status might. Fingers crossed. I care more for the people there than my own dive trip....

Latest picture. “We have this perception now that it’s waning versus underground sub-surface activity, which indicates otherwise,” Solidum said at a news conference, adding that experts “have not seen a definite trend that it’s weakening.”

There have been some fishkills associated with Taal...... TULINGAN INVASION' IN ROMBLON AND 'FISH KILLS' IN ORIENTAL MINDORO - 'NO BIG DEAL,' says BFAR Mimaropa. In the morning of January 17, 2020, in Bgy. Sawang, Romblon, Romblon, schools of tulingan (a species of tuna) were caught by...

Phrase book sticky sounds good to me. An under-reported fact: English is the second official language of the Philippines. Just for fun, some Tagalog internet shorthand. Dito means here. Which can be shorthanded to "d2". Have you eaten? Kumain ka na ba? Shorthanded to Kumain k n b Conversing...

Some of the latest pictures showing steam venting from the volcano. Looks less active. Fingers crossed.....

Update on Taal. While the potential is there. I don't see the report showing any substantial increase in activity.

PAL used to be my go-to airlines for SFO to MNL. Last year coming back to the US in July, I was unexpectedly bumped on my flight. They just said "mechanical issues". So PAL put me up in a 4 star hotel with meals and transportation. I didn't mind that so much. However I asked for a round-trip...

Can you buy an inexpensive accessory bag like a "laptop" bag. Slung over the shoulders? Put some gear in that to remove weight from the carry on bag. I used that technique to get my carry on just under the weight limit. They didn't count it as a carry on bag. If you already carry a bag in that...

So I'll just give a quick update from the news report posted. The wind is expected to change direction on Wednesday. That "may" push ashfall in the direction of Manila. Which will certainly shut down the airport. Among other concerns.

From the Mayors office in Puerto Galera at the time of my post: "Taal volcano Eruption could be more dangerous than the eruption of Mount Pinatubo philvolcs chief warnes..." "Renato Solidum warned the volcano has no pattern of eruptions. "Each volcano is different," he said. He noted that Mt...