Abandoned Plymouth, Montserrat

The Caribbean island of Montserrat once had its government and most of the island's services centered in the small town of Plymouth. The community was evacuated in 1995 due to volcanic activity. In 1997, an eruption buried Plymouth under several feet of ash, rock, and lava. It has been an exclusion zone ever since, and no residents have returned. See a collection of 40 pictures of what's left. Link (Image credit: Flickr user Nick Brooks)


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I was on St. Martin as a kid when one of the eruptions happened. We woke up the next morning and the island was covered in about a half inch of ash.

crazy stuff.
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Calcium Carbide was the fuel used in old time "miners lamps" to provide a flame for light,altough dim ,by wetting it,burned.The gas produced (acyetylene) is also very combustable and/or EXSPLOSIVE depending on the amount of oxygen available.Also,much modern torch use acetylene is still made this way.Shops that use large amounts of acetylene still have "acetylene generators" using Humidified calcium carbide,as it is cheaper to produce than buying the bottled stuff.HA HA;I'm smarter than you!!!
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It is more impressive to put the calcium carbide in a snowball. A must for people who snowshoe or go snowmobiling. It's easy to start a fire with fuel all around you!
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