A tempranas horas de la noche del 4 de Agosto, me encontraba en una cena en el local de Kuredumas (www.kuredumas.com) cuando de repente en twitter comenzaron a mencionarme y hablarme de Altos y de un Volcán. No lo entendí a la primera. Sí me llamó la atención en la tercera vez. La noticia que corría en twitter era que en Altos se había abierto una grieta de 70mts de longitud x 15mts de ancho y emanaba humo. Alarmistas como somos, comenzaron los chistes sobre Volcanes, especulaciones, etc, a los que me sumé como oveja de rebaño que soy. A las 23:32 me llama mi gran amigo de aventuras Claudio (con quien una vez visitamos el Cerro Acahay que al parecer alguna vez fue un volcán) y la conversación fue algo así como: -Hola Zenoura chera'ato -Hola Claudio, sí ya me enteré -Y... quiero ir a ver -Vamos Sin más vueltas (tan directo que ni pude buscar mi cámara!) en aproximadamente 40 minutos ya estábamos en Altos, siguiendo indicaciones y encontrando el lugar marcado por los bomberos donde se produjo la grieta, el humo y la falsa alarma de Volcán. | In the early hours of the night of August 4, I was at a dinner at the local Kuredumas (www.kuredumas.com) when suddenly people began to mention myself on twitter and talk about Altos and a volcano. I did not understand at the first. Yes I noticed at the third time. The story that ran on twitter was that in Altos there was a opened a crack of 15mts in length x 70mts in width, and a smoke was emanated. Alarmists as we are, we began with the jokes about Volcanoes, speculation, etc, which I joined as a sheep herd I am. At 23:32 I was called by my good friend of adventures, Claudio (who once we visited the Cerro Acahay which maybe is a former volcano) and the conversation went something like: -Hello Zenoura my friendo -Hello Claudio, I heard about it -And ... I want to see -Let's go But very quickly (so quickly that I didn't have time to grab my camera!) we get in almost 40 minutes in Altos, following directions and finding the spot marked by the firemen where the crack occurred, the smoke and the false alarm of Volcano. |
00:25 - We overcome obstacles and finally we get to the place, and left the car where it was the mark of firemen protection. After touring the place in total darkness, about 10 minutes, the smoke begins to appear.
00:40 - While the information on twitter were handled in a very diverse way, Claudio and I were the first to arrive after the group of firefighters, police and media have already been retrieved from the place. Finally after we begin to get more vehicles, other columns of smoke began to emanate. Claudio tells me that the steam that coming out was warm, and I make the mistake of approaching in the wrong place and my leg goes completely into the crack, and luckily my reaction allowed me to stand up on time. Claudio felt the ground beneath him tremble when I fell.
One of the young of another truck that arrived at the scene, is approaching the area where the smoke emanating.
In Asuncion, people thought it was a volcano that went active. Claudio toured the area and found that the ground had sunk a little, the ground was damp and the steam was stil emanating. A villager told that the place had previously a quarry that was "capped and filled." Claudio says with confidence that it is simply a landslide (the movement of land or accommodation due to water, stones, bad filler, etc.).
The steam was not only warm, but also emanated a strong earthy, musty sell, like the grass in the courtyard of a house in an afternoon of rain and sun.
Here's some of the small cracks where the smoke emanating. In total darkness and only lit by the light of the vehicle made it impossible to observe, that is why the first crack at the top left was where I slipped and my right leg went completely inside. Claudio got scared and said that in the worse scenario, we could go to the bottom.
01:05 - With some disappointment, even though a volcano is not good, we returned to Asunción, but with the satisfaction of having been in place very quickly and we could take away the uncertainty and somehow share it online via twitter. Today August 5 Geologists will present at the scene to determine the cause or this. Meanwhile we not wasted that way back to park in the high and try to make some final shots.
The cold beat Claudio's patience who could not take his picture from this position so we returned to the heat of the vehicle and an returned to Asunción that awaited us sleeping, like the distant lights of distant cities and yet close at the same time, of San Bernardino and Altos.
Muchas gracias por leer, y por acompañar esta pequeña aventura y sobre todo a aquellos que me escribieron y estuvieron atentos vía Twitter. Considero que de ser un deslave como dijo Claudio, sería una gran irresponsabilidad de parte de los loteadores del lugar, ya que con tal de vender el espacio lo rellenan con aire y barro, y que en el futuro se arregle el nuevo propietario. Pero qué podemos esperar tanto si hasta el más novedoso viaducto de Asunción fue relleneado con isopor. Gracias Claudio por el viaje, y por prestarme tu cámara. | Thank you very much for reading, and to accompany this little adventure, and especially those who wrote to me via Twitter and were attentive at my words. I believe that to be a landslide as Claudio said, would be a big irresponsibility on the part of the site sellers because in order to sell the space they fill it with air and mud, and in the future it should be be fixed by the new owner. But what can we expect whether even the new viaduct of Asunción was filled with styrofoam. Thanks Claudio for the trip and for lending me your camera. |
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Muy lindas fotos. Por cierto, el isopor del viaducto se utiliza como junta de dilatación, si no estuviera, la estructura al calentarse se rajaría y el viaducto colapsaría.
ResponderEliminarQue haces para vivir vos Zenoura? Porque sos un gran tekorei
ResponderEliminaren realidad amigo anonimo.. la funcion del isopor como junta de dilatacion no funciona si sos arq. o ing. sabras... y en el caso del puente.. no es tanto la preocupacion la temperatura y si la vibracion... por eso el isopor actua como aislante de un bloque a otro.. para que con la vibracion no se toquen ni se rajen.. entendea? y el calor no flexa HºAº mi querido a no ser qeu supere los 1000ºc que no es el caso.. tiene que haber presion para que se produzca la flexacion por ejemplo un auto camion ... ok? un abrazo..
ResponderEliminarcada gente estupida que comenta!! dios mio...excelentes fotos!!! un abrazo...
ResponderEliminarKe excelente trabajo!!!muyy buenas las imágenes y la info....
ResponderEliminarZenoura, una aventura mas para los recuerdos, nos vemos en la proxima, claudio.
ResponderEliminarLindas las fotos Zenoura...yo oienso que son aguas termales como las del Yguazu...yo vivo cerca de un volcan Asama se llama y subi el monte Fuji y pense que bueno cuando vaya a Paraguay tendre un lugar para visitar..ejeejjej!saludos desde Japon Zanahoria !
ResponderEliminarah olvidaba decirte que esto parece las aventuras de Indiana Jones ajajaj! Zanahoria es Zenoura ayepa
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