{"id":281028,"date":"2022-02-14T14:28:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T18:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=281028"},"modified":"2022-02-17T15:58:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T19:58:41","slug":"commentary-boiling-lakes-episodes-of-instability-1887-2022-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/commentary-boiling-lakes-episodes-of-instability-1887-2022-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: Boiling Lake&#8217;s episodes of instability (1887-2022) [part II]"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_281029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281029\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281029 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Boiling-Lake-March-31st-2005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Boiling-Lake-March-31st-2005.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Boiling-Lake-March-31st-2005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Boiling-Lake-March-31st-2005-642x482.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Boiling-Lake-March-31st-2005-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Boiling-Lake-March-31st-2005-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking down into a non-boiling Boiling Lake on 31st March 2005. Note water colour and marks left on the soft mud by the water as lake was draining in spurts. Photo by A. James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>December 2004 to April 2005<\/strong> \u2013 A tour guide and his clients visiting the Lake on Christmas Eve 2004 met the Boiling Lake with \u201calmost no water\u201d and not vaporizing. A visit to the lake on 28<sup>th<\/sup> December 2004 by three Forestry staff members accompanied by a MARPIN TV cameraman met the lake with very little water which was grey in colour, a large area of grey mud surrounding the pool of water, and two spots which were bubbling very lightly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over the next three and a half months, the water level rose significantly then fluctuated, sometimes with dramatic changes in level from one day to the next, and with some interesting colour changes, from grey to turquoise, to olive green, to dark grey, to pale blue, and then to \u201cjet black\u201d when the lake\u2019s level rose again and it began to release heat and vapour again from around 9<sup>th<\/sup> April 2005.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The lake did not refill completely immediately with this \u201creactivation\u201d. On 13<sup>th<\/sup> April 2005 the water level was about 3ft below the high-water mark and the water temperature was measured at approximately 60\u00b0Centigrade, which was well below the lake\u2019s \u201cnormal\u201d boiling temperature of 88\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281031\" style=\"width: 722px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281031 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-photo-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"722\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-photo-3.jpg 722w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-photo-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-photo-3-642x482.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-photo-3-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boiling Lake on 28th December 2004, with almost no water which was not releasing any heat or vapor. Photo by A. James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281030\" style=\"width: 722px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281030 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-photo-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"722\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-photo-4.jpg 722w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-photo-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-photo-4-642x482.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-photo-4-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boiling Lake on 28th January 2005, with turquoise-coloured water level and only bubbling sporadically. Photo by A. James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281035\" style=\"width: 942px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281035 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"942\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-5.jpg 942w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-5-642x482.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-5-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boiling Lake on 13th April 2005, almost completely filled, with black-coloured water, and vaporising but not at full strength. Photo by A. James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>27<sup>th<\/sup> August 2015 <\/strong>\u2013 The water level in the lake as well as the high-water mark drop to a new level, estimated at 3-4 ft below the previous high-water mark, as a result of heavy scouring of the bottom of the lake\u2019s outlet during Tropical Storm Erika.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>8<sup>th<\/sup> November 2016 to January 2017 \u2013 <\/strong>Boiling Lake goes cold again around 8<sup>th<\/sup> November 2016, with decreased water levels. A photograph taken of a couple in the lake on 16<sup>th<\/sup> November 2016 goes viral. The Office of Disaster Management, the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre and the Forestry, Wildlife &amp; Parks Division strongly advised against visiting the lake while it is in such unstable conditions. Lake returned to \u201cnormal\u201d activity by January 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281034\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281034 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-6.jpg 960w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-6-642x482.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-6-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors to Boiling Lake on 16th November 2016 having a swim in the lake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>November 2021 to February 2022 <\/strong>\u2013 From around 17<sup>th<\/sup> November 2021 *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>November 2021 to Current<\/strong> <strong>(February 2022)<\/strong> &#8211; Boiling Lake entered one of its unstable episodes again. This time the water level dropped and remained below \u201cnormal\u201d for a couple of weeks, but was very dark grey to black, but vaporizing relatively heavily. Towards the end of December 2021, the lake refilled and was flowing out even through early January 2022. At the time it was still vaporizing heavily with the water colour almost black.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From a photograph taken of the Lake on Thursday 27<sup>th<\/sup> January 2022, the level had dropped dramatically, leaving only a small pool of boiling, dark grey to black-coloured water in the centre. A photo taken on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> February 2022 shows the lake still with a very low water level, with dark grey water, but this time it was not vaporizing. And the episode continues and just might reoccur some time in the future. \u00a0Note from the above, the number of episodes of instability which occurred in the months of April, and with one ending in an April.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281033\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281033 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-7.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-7-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-7-642x483.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-7-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-7-1536x1156.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-7-638x480.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boiling Lake on 19th November 2021, with reduced water levels but vaporizing heavily.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281032\" style=\"width: 992px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281032 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-8.jpg 992w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-8-642x482.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-8-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/boiling-lake-8-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boiling Lake on 19th November 2021, with reduced water levels but vaporizing heavily.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The evidence has shown that when Boiling Lake is going through its episodes of instability, it can refill relatively quickly &#8211; not necessarily to the level of its high-water mark &#8211; have a rapid increase in temperature, and sometimes release toxic gases like what killed the two men in 1901. That said, guides and visitors should heed the call of the authorities about the Boiling Lake during such episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Information obtained from archived newspapers (1901, 1964, 1967), personal accounts (1971, 1988, 2004-2005), articles\/notices published Online (2016, 2020, 2021), and copies of old photographs provided by local historian Dr Lennox Honychurch (1887, 1901) and photos from 2021 and 2022 from various sources.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>*Editor&#8217;s note*<\/strong><em>The Dominica Forestry, Wildlife &amp; Parks Division is reminding the general public that the Boiling Lake is closed unless approved by relevant authorities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The notice followed a post within the last week on social media which showed photos of visitors bathing in the Boiling Lake.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-281036 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/visitors-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/visitors-edited.jpg 720w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/visitors-edited-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/visitors-edited-642x710.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/visitors-edited-434x480.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The public is reminded that these periods of instability can last for weeks to months before normal activity is fully re-established. As this current episode continues, the risk of harmful gases such as Carbon Dioxide and small steam explosions is heightened.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The observed changes at the Boiling Lake are not necessarily related to increased volcanic activity in the area.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The UWI-SRC and the Office of Disaster Management, with support from the Forestry, Wildlife &amp; Parks Division, will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as necessary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/commentary-boiling-lakes-episodes-of-instability-1887-2022-part-i\/\">Click here to View part I<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0\u00a0 December 2004 to April 2005 \u2013 A tour guide and his clients visiting the Lake on Christmas Eve 2004 met the Boiling Lake with \u201calmost no water\u201d and not vaporizing. 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