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From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Sat Nov 09 2002 - 05:46:27 PST


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NEXT ON NOVA: "VOLCANO'S DEADLY WARNING"

http://www.pbs.org/nova/volcano/

Broadcast: November 12, 2002
(NOVA airs Tuesdays on PBS at 8 p.m. Check your local listings as
dates and times may vary.)

In January 1993, six scientists, confident that no eruption was
imminent, descended into the smoking mouth of Colombia's Galeras
volcano and perished when it suddenly exploded. Eight years earlier,
the eruption of another Colombian volcano, Nevada del Ruiz, unleashed
mudflows that buried 23,000 people in the town of Armero. In both
cases, a revolutionary new theory for predicting eruptions based on a
mysterious seismic signal might have saved lives -- in Armero's case
tens of thousands of lives. "Volcano's Deadly Warning" focuses on the
new prediction technique, developed by Bernard Chouet of the U.S.
Geological Survey.

Here's what you'll find on the companion Web site:

Interviews

    Volcanoes Talking
    Bernard Chouet describes the mysterious seismic
    signal he discovered that hints when a volcano
    might blow.

    Emergency Response Team
    How a crack unit of volcanologists tackles
    volcanic unrest abroad.

Slide Show and Interactive

    Anatomy of a Volcano
    Distinguish your magma from your tephra, your
    lava from your lahar, etc.

    Seismic Signals
    Discover the hidden signatures that volcanologists
    seek in the noise emanating from a restless volcano.

Resources

    Links and Books
    Teacher's Guide
    TV Program Description
    Program Transcript

http://www.pbs.org/nova/volcano/

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