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Glendon Hospital, Plymouth 4/98 Pyroclastic flows came from the back of Glendon as this looks at the northern side of the building and the front facing to the right. You can see the roof has fallen on the side facing the volcano. Had this picture been taken from the side facing the volcano, the hospital woud have appeared to be just about completely buried. |
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Dagenham 4/98 This "river" didn't exist prior to the volcano and shows a path taken by debris including many boulders brought down from the volcano obscured by the sun in the right of the picture. Also seen to the left at the foot of the hill is the rice mill and other parts of the industrial complex at Lovers Lane. |
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House on Princess St., Dagenham 4/98 If only this was video. Such an eerie feeling watching the curtain at the front entrance blow in the wind as I took this shot. And in the foreground of the mini-ghaut created by the flow and subsequent rains lies the bases of two charred trees, burned and carried to this location by the flow. Though I doubt it comes across in the photo, this location spoke more to me than any other as we walked about Plymouth. |
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Church at Dagenham 4/98 At the northern entrance to Princess St just off the main road into Plymouth from parts north. In 1989, we took nearly the identical shot after Hurricane Hugo. There was a piece of galvanize wrapped around that tree and knotted by the force of the wind. Hugo/volcano?.., Hugo/volcano? I'd vote for Hugo if I had to! |
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The Legislative Council Chamber, Plymouth 4/98 Courtesy of Mike and Donna Emmanuel |
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Factory Shell at Lovers Lane 4/98 In black and white, the starkness of the site as it is now is accentuated. Courtesy of Mike and Donna Emmanuel |
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Island Bikes, Foxes Bay 4/98 Formally a school and a disco, this building was last used by Island Bikes as its headquarters for its internationally famous bike competitions. What I wanted to capture in the photo was the patterns of runoff in the ash on the hill alongside the building itself. Foxes Bay has not been impacted by pyroclastic flows. No area north of Plymouth and St. George's Hill actually has. This is ash that has fallen in the area, not hot material. |
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The Road Into Foxes Bay 4/98 Taken from Island Bikes, the road coming west into Foxes Bay (as we look east)from the main road is much more visible than normal due to the stunted growth of vegetation caused by ash. As you can see, ash covers much of what was farm or animal grazing lands. In the background, behind St. George's Hill, to the right, you can just make out the gray of pyroclastic flows that covered the areas above Plymouth (Webbs/Parsons). Clouds above St. George's Hill obscure the volcano. |
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Foxes Bay 4/98 Looking west into Foxes Bay from the Island Bikes Headquarters. Ash remains thick in Foxes Bay, but not at levels that can be cleaned up if Mr. V lets people return without more surprises. |