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Director of the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO), Michelle Forbes, is again urging Vincentians to prepare for the possibility of an explosive eruption of La Soufriere.<\/p>

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The volcano has been erupting effusively since December and returned to its \u201cnormal\u201d dome-building activity last Friday, after three days of elevated seismic activity.<\/p>\n

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Forbes said on VC3’s Round Table Talk on Wednesday that the cessation of the elevated seismic activity is no reason to become complacent.<\/p>

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\u201c\u2026.We cannot sit and think it is all over because we know we are in it for the long haul,\u201d she said.<\/p>

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\u201cAs I keep saying, I believe we are on borrowed time. The volcano has given us enough time to get things in order and we continue to basically prepare, think about the worst-case scenarios, think about the different scenarios, whether it can happen in the night, during the day, and the different types of resources we will need for each event.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The NEMO director said that her agency continues with preparation activities, including a pre-planned tabletop simulation exercise during the heightened activity last week.<\/p>

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\u201cThis is not the time for us to become complacent because we hear that things have quieted down last week, because we can expect to have similar events,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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