Gudun Plymouth, Montserrat, da Pompeii na Caribbean

01 na 06

Shekaru 20 Bayan Rashin Hutun Tsuntsaye, Buried Plymouth Ya Komawa Baƙi

Ga wani karamin tsibirin, Montserrat ya ba da labari mai girma. Yankin Birtaniya da ke kudu maso yammacin Antigua , Birnin Birtaniya shine inda Paul McCartney, Elton John, da kuma Stevie Wonder sun yi rikodin a Sir George Martin's Air Studios, kuma sun kasance gidan gidan Soca superstar Arrow wanda ya rubuta '80s red-hot buga Hot, Hot, Hot . Kasashen da ba a Ireland ba ne da ke murna da ranar St. Patrick a matsayin ranar hutu na kasa , tarin mikiyar 13x7 mile a cikin teku na Caribbean yana kuma inda dutsen mai suna Soufriere Hills ya rusa babban birnin Plymouth shekaru biyu da suka wuce.

Ranar 18 ga watan Yuli, 1995, dutsen mai tsabta, kwanciya don ƙarni huɗu, ya fadi 20 feet na ash a kan kudancin bakin teku - abin da ya faru a farkon abin da zai faru. Hanyoyin tsautsayi sun haifar da saurin haɗari da gas mai zafi da dutsen da suka binne birnin Plymouth. Rayuwa kamar yadda mutane 12,000 ke zaune a yankin Montserrat sun canza har abada: yawan jama'a sun karu yayin da mutane suka fuskanci zabar gudu zuwa arewacin tsibirin (wanda ba a taɓa shi ba) ko sake saiti a Birtaniya, yankunan Caribbean, Amurka, ko Kanada. An yi watsi da tsawa a matsayin Puerto Rico.

Yau, dutsen mai fitattun wuta ya zama katin daji: rushewar babbar rushewa ta kasance a shekara ta 2010, lokacin da "Madame Soufriere" ta rushe . Tafiya zuwa tsibirin na da lafiya, amma dutsen mai tsabta ya ci gaba da gurguwa, kumfa, da furotin sulfuric.

02 na 06

Dubi Dutsen Dandalin daga Afar a Montserrat Volcano Observatory

Ka tambayi Rod Stewart wani abu game da volcanos kuma za ku ji labarin abin da ya faru a Soufriere Hills. Masanin ilimin lissafin wuta tare da wannan suna kamar dutsen da abin nadi ya zama darekta na Rundunar Dinkin Dutsen Montserrat, wadda mazaunan wurin ke magana a matsayin MVO. Scottish ta haihuwa da kuma tsibirai ta zabi, Stewart yana farin ciki da yin magana da ƙwararru da masu neman sani waɗanda suka zo kallon wuri ta wurin tabarau na babban babban tsarin kulawa da kundin tsarin kulawa da kuma karɓar kyauta a cikin shagon kyauta.

"Babbar maƙarƙashiya ita ce, wata yarinya tana zaune a cikin tafkin, amma yana jin dadi sosai babu tafkin a cikin dutsen mai tsabta," in ji shi, yana nunawa daga wurin da yake kallon zuwa Soufriere Hills. Cibiyar Nazarin Seismic Research a Jami'ar West Indies da gwamnatin Birtaniya sun ba da tallafin kuɗi, masana kimiyya na MVO sun taƙaita gwamnati a kowane mako kuma suna watsa shirye-shiryen wutar lantarki yau da kullum akan rediyo na gida. "Soufriere Hills yana daya daga cikin manyan tsaunukan tsararraki a duniya," in ji Stewart tare da danginsa na Scottish-Montserratian, "babu inda za ku ga wani birni binne kamar yadda muke da shi a nan."

03 na 06

Ƙungiyar Birnin Buried

Plymouth yana cikin abin da aka kira Zone marar iyaka, ko Zone V; saboda wannan yanki yana zaune a hanyar babban aikin wutar lantarki na yanzu, akwai iyakacin damar jama'a, kodayake an yarda da kananan jiragen ruwa su rufe bakin teku. An kaddamar da hanyoyi a bara, duk da haka, ana gudanar da su ne ta hanyar horar da masu jagorantar da ke tafiya a cikin ɓangaren wani ɓarna. "Yarjejeniyar mu na shekaru biyar ya haɗu da haɓaka garin da aka binne a matsayin babban kayan yawon shakatawa," inji Hon. Ryan, mataimakin mataimakin firaministan Monserrat. "Wannan ya hada da alamomi akan gine-ginen da suke sama da ƙasa, alamun da ke kwatanta abin da ya faru, da kuma abubuwan da baƙi suke yi kamar dakunan wanka." A wani misali na koyo don zama tare da dutsen mai fitattun wuta maimakon ƙaddarar lalacewa, Montserrat yayi shirin samar da kashi 100 na makamashi geothermal by 2020, Ryan ya ce.

04 na 06

Tafiya cikin "Lunar Landscape" na Plymouth

Daga iska, ko teku ko a ƙasa, lalacewar da Madam Soufriere ta yi ta kama da layin gari. Plymouth ziyara yana da kwarewar kwarewa: Gidajen gine-ginen Georgian da ke cikin gine-ginen da ke cikin lalacewa, sun kasance da dama a cikin ƙananan ƙafafu 40 a ƙarƙashin ash kuma kawai a bayyane yake. Tunawa cikin taga na abin da Kamfanin ruwa yake da shi: an bar sassan a cikin shekaru fiye da 20. Kungiyoyin yawon shakatawa suna tafiya a hankali kamar yadda jagora suka nuna harsashin ƙurar wuta na kamfanin Texaco na garin, Flora Fountain hotel, ofishin 'yan sanda, Bankin Barclays (jita-jita yana da cewa ba a sake dawo da kudaden ajiya ba), Gidan waya da mara waya mara waya, babban kantunan, zangon Ikklisiya da tsirrai ta hanyar sabon ciyayi, da Makarantar Sakandare inda duk abin da ya rage shi ne kofar ofishin ofishin.

A wannan birni mai fatalwa babu dabbobi, tsuntsaye, ko sabis na wayar salula. Abin da ya fi dacewa shi ne abin da aka bari a baya, kamar takalma ko takalmin rubutun tsohon; a cikin tsaunuka (wadanda ba a yarda da su a ciki ba), kayan wasan wasan kwaikwayo, kaya, tufafi, da kayan abinci suna daskarewa a lokacin.

05 na 06

Cafe Features wani Dandalin Dattijan Tarihi Tarihin Tarihi

Lissafi sun hada da shigar da MVO, karɓar a hotels, da kuma tasha a arewacin tsibirin inda aka ajiye gidajensu, asibiti, filin jirgin sama da gine-ginen gwamnati. David Lea, dan Amurka wanda ya zauna a tsibirin har tsawon shekaru 30, shi ne mai kula da Hilltop Café, wanda ke dauke da gidan kayan gargajiya na kasa da kasa da kuma tarihin Montserrat. Ku zo kujera da kofi Cuban kuma ku zauna a kan labaransa na hotuna, bidiyo da kuma zane-zane. Abin sha'awa ga mawallafin kiɗa, Café kuma yana haɗaka tasirin kayan aikin Air Studio, ciki har da babban kujerar da Paul McCartney ya fi so.

06 na 06

Samun zuwa Montserrat

Montserrat yana da nisan mita ashirin ko minti 90 daga Antigua. SVG Air ya tashi sau uku a rana kuma Fly Montserrat yayi tafiya sau hudu a kowace rana. Kuna iya zuwa zuwa tsibirin ko kuma ku ciyar da dare don fadada ayyukanku.

Gingerbread Hill wani wuri ne mai kyau don zama a tsibirin, tare da farashin dare daga US $ 65 zuwa dala Dala 125 na gidan dakuna mai dakuna biyu tare da ɗakunan abinci, kayan hade, da kuma zurfin ra'ayoyi game da teku da kuma dazuzzuka. Ga iyalan da suke so su dafa, hotel din yana ba da sarari tare da mango da bishiyoyi: jin dadin kyauta. Mazaunan mazauna suna samar da sabo mai kyau don karin kumallo kumallo. Ga wadanda suke son kiɗa, Olveston House shine tsohon gida na Sir George Martin da kuma inda dakin tauraron A-jerin suka zauna yayin da yake a Montserrat. Tamanin dare suna US $ 109. An yi masa kyauta da hotuna irin su Linda McCartney na John Lennon, gidan cin abinci mai suna Olveston House yana daga cikin mafi kyaun tsibirin, shugaban Chef Sarah wanda uwarsa, Margaret Wilson, ke kula da hotel din tare da Carol Osborne, wakilin Montserrat na Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka.