Ravenware
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Just wondering if anyone has heard if there were any incidents on live aboard boats, or diving resorts as a result of the Tonga Volcano?
Karen
Karen
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IOW, there were probably close to 0 liveaboard or diving center customers in Tonga when the volcano erupted. Or, in other words, close to 0 Western persons to worry about. Only the locals (which apparently wasn't the OP's concern).“Tonga's deputy head of mission in Australia, Curtis Tu'ihalangingie, said Tonga was concerned about the risk of aid deliveries spreading COVID-19 to the island, which is COVID-free.
"We don't want to bring in another wave - a tsunami of COVID-19," Tu'ihalangingie told Reuters by telephone.”…
“Any aid sent to Tonga would need to be quarantined, and it was likely no foreign personnel would be allowed to disembark aircraft, he said.”
As if there weren't enough fatalities and suffering in general? Why do you worry more about liveaboard and diving center customers than about people in general and local people specifically over there?
Distress signal prompts U.N. concern after Tonga volcanic eruption
A distress signal has been detected in an isolated, low-lying group of islands in the Tonga archipelago following Saturday's massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, the United Nations said, prompting particular concern for its inhabitants.www.reuters.com