The latest from Lusi
It’s been a couple of months since I’ve posted about Lusi, the Indonesian mud volcano, mainly because I hadn’t found anything significant to report. Sadly, in this case, it seems that no news was bad news, and last week’s reports that one of the dykes preventing the sludgy tide from engulfing more of Surabaya had burst seems to confim that despite some early optimism, the mad concrete ball-dropping scheme has failed to appreciably stem the flow.
Today comes news that the Indonesian authorities are set to try a new strategy, although at present none of the stories I’ve read seem particularly clear on what this actually involves. According to Physorg:
The latest attempt will try to plug the mudflow using inverted pressure in the area where spoil has built up around the crater.
I have no idea what ‘using inverted pressure’ means. Given the mention of ‘spoil’, I’m hoping that it’s not just a posh way of saying ‘try to block the vent by dumping stuff in it’. Any ideas?
Categories: geohazards, Lusi
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