Montserrat - From Harris Lookout 190' To Soufrier Hills Volcano · Julian Days: 335·339·340·342·343·1996 · 30th November · into the danger zone on Sugar Sugar's pass to Harris Lookout · sky overcast, with occasional dazzling hot sun · volcano shows small pyroclastic flows and rock falls and smoke and dust and steam · draw all morning · paint sky and dome until dusk · December 4th · 200 earthquakes last night · Looking for a vantage point in the safe zone I am driven to the top of a quarry on a Caterpillar bulldozer and bushwack through scrub and boulders · weather hot and humid · paint middleground all day until dusk ·December 5th · co-opted onto the Montserrat Volcano Observatory team my call-sign is Tango Tango Papa · in the jeep with Romeo Hotel to CPS site at Harris Lookout · in pouring rain I paint sheltering under an evacuated house while RH takes measurements · at 10.09 a pyroclastic flow rolls down the E side of the volcano · back to the MVO via Whites and Farrels · December 7th · with RH to Harris Lookout · painting all morning · see 4 emerald iguanas · back through the evacuated town of Plymouth · a doleful sight ·December 8th · with RH to Harris Lookout · correct some geological mistakes · finish by noon · say goodbye to Mary who refuses to leave her house ·
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