John Jonas reports heightened activity at Taal Volcano in the Philippines: about 30 earthquakes and nine small eruptions in roughly ten days. The government has restricted flights, hiking, and boating. A 2020 eruption blanketed Manila in ash and disrupted work for outsourced staff.
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Episode 72
February 12, 2022
About 30 earthquakes and 9 small eruptions
Banned aircraft from flying around it and banned hiking and boating on the island
An eruption sent a massive plume of ash over Manila and other areas; a couple of people died
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Welcome to the Secret Sauce of Outsourcing podcast that's dedicated to making you better at outsourcing to the Philippines. This is episode 72. Is Taal volcano about to erupt? So in a previous episode, I talked about how the Philippines is kind of part of this ring of fire where natural disasters happen there all the time. And they're part of this, like, volcanic chain of islands that dots the whole Pacific. They have a specific volcano. They call it Tal. I don't actually know if I'm saying that right, that over the past week and a half has had like 30 earthquakes and nine small eruptions. This isn't normal. It's not normal for Taal to be doing this. And so the Philippines has banned aircraft from flying around it and they've banned hiking and boating on the island that Taal is on. So hopefully this has happened over, like, the last week and a half. Now, this is an interesting podcast because I'm recording this early before it gets published. And so it'll be between when I'm recording this and when it gets published. It might erupt or it might just kind of chill out and go away. And hopefully what they've already seen is the worst of it. Like, it's done these earthquakes, it's had these small eruptions. It's going to calm down and not do anymore. But the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, I had to read that one. They're looking at it carefully because its activity is increasing and Taal has a history of really destructive stuff. In 2020. So I remember this super well. In 2020, it erupted, sent this massive plume of ash into the air that covered Manila and other parts of the Philippines. And, like, a couple people died from it. And I just remember getting tons and tons of emails from people saying, I'm sorry, I cannot work. I can't breathe. People were sending me pictures and they couldn't. They could barely see across the street because of the ash. It was so bad. I'm just telling you that Taal volcano could erupt. If it erupts and it goes. It did, like it did a couple years ago, it's going to cause issues with your ofs. It's just, it's going to cause it. If it doesn't erupt, just be aware that it could and people in the Philippines are anxious about it. It causes problems and it will affect their lives. If it does, that's it. Today's short and sweet. Taal volcano could erupt. It hasn't. But just pay attention.
