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NOVA - In the Path of a Killer Volcano

starring: Hal Holbrook
directed by: Noel Buckner; Rob Whittlesey

: NOVA - In the Path of a Killer Volcano
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
EAN: 9781593755690
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1593755694
Label: WGBH Boston
Manufacturer: WGBH Boston
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: WGBH Boston
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 28, 2006
Running Time: 56 minutes
Sales Rank: 37606
Studio: WGBH Boston
Theatrical Release Date: 1993



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The Philippines' Mount Pinatubo is about to blow big. Is there enough time to evacuate the hundreds of thousands in its raging path? Stay with the scientists who remain behind- and see some astonishing footage of the world's largest volcanic eruption in 80 years. Local tribespeople were the first to see the signs. 'There was a flash of light from the sky,' said one. 'I thought it was my time to die.' The Philippines' Mount Pinatubo was acting restless- and the volcanologists at Clark Air Force Base were starting to sweat. An angry mountain is highly unpredictable. If they misread its fits and starts, a violent explosion could send pyroclastic flow- hot, dense avalanches- roaring down its sides at 100 miles per hour, burning everyone and everything in its path. But if they ordered an evacuation and nothing happened, these experts could lose their credibility for good. With a typhoon headed in their direction, the stakes are even higher. Torrential rains turn ash and rock into hot mud flows that can bury a town in minutes. Is it time to issue a Level 4 alert- ordering hundreds of thousands to flee their homes? Stay with the courageous scientists who remain behind- and see some astonishing footage as the world's biggest eruption in 80 years really starts to blow.



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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - WHY?
I had this DVD on video tape and my player ate it so I had to discard it, so I purchased the DVD and ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Killer...
Used in class to illustrate the power of volcanoes and the uncertainty associated with predictions. The ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great, but please--we're adults!
I used to use this in VHS format (my own taping, not the PBS product) for my university-level geology students. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I WAS THERE!!
I was one of the 20,000 American's evacuated from Subic Bay Philippines when Mt. Pinatubo erupted. I have the VHS ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - In the Path of a Killer Volcano
I am a teacher of Earth and Environmental Science and have the VHS version of this fabulous documentary. It excels ... Read More


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