Indonesia: Adjusting to the Ring of Fire

Standing unscathered: A lone Mosque remains
Video: 12/04- IndonesiaLooks like this Mosque was really built to last... And miraculously remained; as the cracks in the seed of Earth forever saw our Planet shift.

Amidst Indonesia's massive quakes and erupting volcanoes today; many Javanese flouted Evacuation Orders... Trusting their Spiritual Visions?Actually, of the thousands who were evacuated, many more remained concerned with the looting, and government's failure to compensate

Today's: Mount Kelud Volcano
Quick Peak: Inside the Volcano (Oct. 12th)
Tremors on Sept 13, 2007 8.4
Sidoarjo: Endless Mud- Volcano

Bakornas PB reported the number of evacuees in Kediri has significantly decreased from 28,130 to 10,803 persons since more then a half returned to their homes. # Even though lava travels 24 miles in less than an hour!

Pictured below: Eastern Indonesia's Mount Gamkonur- (one of the many)Today's Volcano Threatens, But the Locals Don’t Want to Budge

Residents in the East Java region of Mount Kelud...
10/19 - are warned by Scientists that a powerful eruption could occur at any time. As was the case in 1919; Kelud's lahar traveled 38 kilometers (24 miles) in less than an hour and devastated more than 15,000 hectares (37,065 acres) of arable land.
5,160 did not flee in time , as it destroyed a hundred villages."

Donations for humanitarian and volunteer efforts:

UN RC/HC Office Jakarta
Mr. Abdul Haq Amiri
tel. +62 21 314 1308
mob. +62 812 10 87 277

Ms. Titi Moektijasih
tel. +62 21 314 1308
fax. +62 21 319 00 003
mob. +62 811 98 76 14

Desk Officer:

New York
Mr. Wojtek Wilk
tel. +1 917 367 3748

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