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[antonz]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/27/us-japan-volcano-idUSKCN0HM04V20140927

"Seven people were lightly injured and one person suffered serious injuries as a result of the eruption," Makoto Hasegawa of the Nagano prefecture fire department told Reuters.

The volcano, located in central Japan, erupted at 11:53 a.m. Saturday. Twitter user @setori_ posted a photo from the volcano crater just moments before the eruption.

Person hasn't tweeted since that picture. Hopefully they are ok

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/27/us-japan-volcano-idUSKCN0HM04V20140927

Footage of hikers having to flee down the mountain as eruption starts. Scary stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ea3uED1Zgc

update:

@SkyNewsBreak 5m
Update - AP reports Japanese police say more than 30 people believed dead have been found on erupting volcano Mount Ontake

 

[ponpo]

It's a historic day in Sumo and they're currently showing news instead. Thanks a lot, Earth

 

[Dice//]

One of the mixed blessings with all this tech is the ability to capture just about everything --- for better (some funny thing) or worse (when you have to run like hell from an erupting volcano)

 

[speedpop]

Footage of hikers having to flee down the mountain as eruption starts. Scary stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ea3uED1Zgc

Jesus christ. They're lucky it wasn't a pyroclastic flow.

 

[ponpo]

The ash covered buildings near the peak that NHK is showing look pretty cool.

Still barfing up ash.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/27/us-japan-volcano-idUSKCN0HM04V20140927




Person hasn't tweeted since that picture. Hopefully they are ok


Footage of hikers having to flee down the mountain as eruption starts. Scary stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ea3uED1Zgc

Just saw this.

Holy fucking shit

 

[Clydefrog]

i've seen shows about volcanic eruptions.. i would have thought that was a pyroclastic flow coming right for me and I would have downright shat my pants.

 

[Escape Goat]

I knew those people were doomed when i saw he filmed it in portrait.

 

[Slowdive]

@SkyNewsBreak 5m
Update - AP reports Japanese police say more than 30 people believed dead have been found on erupting volcano Mount Ontake

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[Beerman462]

I knew those people were doomed when i saw he filmed it in portrait.

Death is to good for them.

 

[Blablurn]

.

Oh shit

 

[Spinluck]

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Dammit dude.

 

[Trike]

Death is to good for them.

pretty shitty thing to say considering 30+ people did die

 

[Heretic]

Oh shit

Dammit dude.

Isn't that good news?

 

[GorillaJu]

Am I misreading that? To me it sounds like 30 people who were believed to be dead were found, not that the bodies of 30 people were found.

 

[davepoobond]

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uhh... does that mean they are alive?

if you find people that are "believed dead" then that means that they are alive, right?

Isn't that good news?

i guess only if you want people to be found alive? lol

 

[Heretic]

Am I misreading that? To me it sounds like 30 people who were believed to be dead were found, not that the bodies of 30 people were found.

that's what I got out of that too.

 

[Absoludacrous]

that's what I got out of that too.

Could also mean they found 30 people and believe they are dead. I dunno, it's not written well.

 

[Slowdive]

Am I misreading that? To me it sounds like 30 people who were believed to be dead were found, not that the bodies of 30 people were found.

In the tweet before that they put:

@SkyNewsBreak · 22m
Japanese police say more than 30 people found in 'cardiac arrest' near peak of erupting volcano Mount Ontake

The BBC are reporting that they're feared dead: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-29399306

 

[GorillaJu]

Still confused. I'm dumb

 

[antonz]

Looks like its just semantics based on this

The hikers were not breathing and their hearts had stopped, reports said. Final confirmation of death in Japan always comes via a medical examination.

They could be revived perhaps but im guessing the toxic fumes and ash did major damage to their lungs and suffocated them

 

[GorillaJu]

Ah okay. Understood now.

My mom called me this morning in tears like she did after the earthquake because she has no concept of how big Japan is and thinks every time there's a problem here that I'm hurt and/or dead.

 

[Sesuadra]

Footage of hikers having to flee down the mountain as eruption starts. Scary stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ea3uED1Zgc

woooow 4k footage! awesome.

happy that they are alive.

 

[Evo X]

That video is scary as shit. Can't imagine what would be going through my head if I saw that massive wall of death heading my way.

 

[slit]

I hope the people of Nagoya are not in trouble. That volcano is about as far from a major city as Mount Rainier is from Seattle.

 

[Dice]

i've seen shows about volcanic eruptions.. i would have thought that was a pyroclastic flow coming right for me and I would have downright shat my pants.

Pretty much. I'd probably be going down the mountain so fast I'd end up rolling.

 

[Rymuth]

Damn, really hope those hikers are going to be all right.

 

[MrCunningham]

woooow 4k footage! awesome.

Still portrait though... I mean, why?

@SkyNewsBreak 5m
Update - AP reports Japanese police say more than 30 people believed dead have been found on erupting volcano Mount Ontake

 

[Mr Swine]

I hope that everyone is ok, they will have problems breathing for the rest of their life though

 

[B.O.O.M]

Can someone help me...My brother lives in Nagoya. He is safe yeah? I mean his area won't be affected by this right? I know I'm most likely being paranoid here

 

[rambis]

Footage of hikers having to flee down the mountain as eruption starts. Scary stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ea3uED1Zgc

update:

This is horrifying. I really hope they kept moving as best they could cause that ash is terrible for their lungs.

 

[BlackNMild2k1]

Damn, Japan just can't catch a break lately.

 

[Escape Goat]

Well, i regret my earlier post. I thought they were okay.

 

[CHusson91]

Living in Tokyo, I expected to hear more about this. So sad to hear thirty people died.

 

[Skinpop]

Still confused. I'm dumb

In japan it's customary for official outlets to not explicitly say "dead" until confirmed by a medical doctor.

 

[Dicer]

Death is to good for them.

As much as I loathe VV, c'mon...

 

[Smiles and Cries]

CNN say at least 30 dead http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/28/world/asia/japan-volcano-ontake/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

 

[Winterblink]

Jesus christ. They're lucky it wasn't a pyroclastic flow.

Was thinking the same thing. That would have been a VERY different video (assuming the phone would survive).

 

[Cuphead]

RIP Hikers

 

[Ovid]

How the heck did that video make it to YT if they're dead?

 

[Escape Goat]

How the heck did that video make it to YT if they're dead?

I think they found a few that survived.

 

[Dicer]

How the heck did that video make it to YT if they're dead?

Seems those hikers lived...others did not.

 

[zoukka]

Death is to good for them.

Man you went too far.

 

[joedan]

This kind of volcanic activity was a daily experience for me for many years. Still is. You get used to it.

 

[Upsidedown Fuji]

I was planning on climbing it later in October. My heart goes out to those who seem to have not made it. Reports of cardiac arrest are kind of vague. They most likely didn't make it if they can't get down on their own. The fumes and pyroclastic cloud must have been too much to endure.

I've done hikes on a fair share of volcanic mountain trails in Japan but never really believed they'd ever erupt while anyone was on it. Quite a naive way of thinking but that's humanity I guess. Just deal with life as it comes to you.

I woke up to fine dust on my cars and veranda this morning, apparently it is the volcanic ash that made it all the way you to central Yamanashi. I hope Fuji doesn't go in my lifetime. Japan definitely isn't prepared despite plans and drills.

 

[SliceSabre]

I thought those pyroclastic flows pretty much instantly vaporized anyone or anything hit by them. Surprised those hikers managed to survive.

What an awful way to die.

 

[joedan]

I thought those pyroclastic flows pretty much instantly vaporized anyone or anything hit by them. Surprised those hikers managed to survive.

What an awful way to die.

What you saw is the videos is an ash cloud, not a pyroclastic flow.

 

[SliceSabre]

What you saw is the videos is an ash cloud, not a pyroclastic flow.

Ahh ok.

 

[MichaelFassbender]

Pretty spooky stuff, especially how nonchalantly the ash rolls in.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Man that video, I wouldn't be surprised is some of them had a "life flashing before your eyes" moment right before the cloud enveloped them.
So lucky it wasn't the vaporising kind.