Mt.Galunggung+AmyLlewko

**Mount Galunggung: Amy Lewko**  Type of Volcano : strato (2,168 m) (7,113 ft)!!! Geographic Location: Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java, Indonesia Type of plate boundary : subduction (converging) Name, distance, and population of nearest major city (cities): Bandung, capital of West JavaIndonesia's third largest city, and 2nd largest metro area with 7.4 million in 2007, 2520ft above sea level. Date of most recent eruption: 1982 Date of most DESTRUCTIVE eruption: 1822 Predict when next eruption may occur: Judging by the eruption patterns that occur every 160 years Other event associated with the last eruption (earthquakes, floods,lahars etc): avalanche deposits, landslides, lahars, pyroclastic flows that extended almost 10km (6 miles) from the volcano. Major hazards to humans in the vicinity of this volcano : 4000 people dead in 1822, 68 people dead in 1982, extensive property and agricultural damage, delayed and disrupted flights, __**Summary**:__ Be aware of mud lows and landslides. Stay clear from stream channels, river valleys and low-lying ares and look upstream before crossing a bridge**.** Help you neighbors who require assistance( children, elderly people and the disabled.). Stay indoors until ash and debris have settled (unless there is danger of the roof collapsing), and wear long sleeved shirts and long pants, goggles or eye glasses (instead of contact lenses), a dust mask, and gloves. Close all doors, windows and ventilation systems including chimney vents, air conditioners, fans, and furnaces. Keep a battery powered radio or television with you to keep up to date on emergency information. Avoid running vehicles and engines, for a driving car can stir up ash that can damage parts, clog engines, and stall the car. With or without a vehicle, avoid places with heavy ash fall, stay away from areas of downwind, and if you are driving only drive at a max of 35mph.

__**Other Facts:**__ -Plums of ash, steam and smoke reached 50km high! -The " Ten Thousand Hills of Tasikmalaya" are hill sized deposits (or 'hummocks') left by a debris avalanche triggered by the collapse forming the caldera about 4200 years ago! -Before the dawn of April 5th 1982, the volcano ejected "stones as big as a human head" according to press reports and more than 40, 000 were evacuated. -Alsoo known as "the Golden Crater" -volcanic LIGHTENING!!  **Sites:** VolcanoDiscovery,   [|http://www.hottnez.com], wiki, [|http://culinaryandtourism.blogspot.com], [|http://javatourism.com],

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