Merapi Eruption

October 26th 2010, Merapi eruption attacked Yogyakarta. It was the second eruption after the first eruption on September 11th 2010. The second eruption was worse than 1872 eruption. Merapi produced lahars, ash and pyroclastic flow which was bigger than the latest eruption. Yogyakarta was in emergency condition. Everywhere covered with grey ashes which could harm human.

"I was sleeping when volcano ashes came," said Ayi, 20 a student of UGM  " I was in my boarding house and shock when I saw everything was grey." Merapi eruption produced volcano ashes in the midnight. Most people was deep in slept and didn't realize that volcano ashes were come. Ayi added that she heard a lot of hard materials falling in the roof.

Yogyakarta was in alert status. Search and rescue team was busy evacuated the residents who lived 7 kilometers from Merapi. Ayi said after the volcano ashes were come she went to Jalan Kaliurang to check the situation. "It was very crowded, I saw SAR team evacuated the victim using military truck," she said " The trucks were passing by and I saw a man was pouring water to the trucks's window which covered by ashes."

However, Ayi's campus didn't announce anything during Merapi eruption. In the morning, she still went to campus to check whether there were any classes or not, but then she received a sms (short message service) that said there was study-off almost a half month. Instead of happy she was sad, airport was closed and tickets for train and bus were sold quickly. She were trapped in Jogja also her friends. The next day, she  tried to go out from Jogja by riding her motorcycle to went back to her hometown although ashes have fulfilled the air.

During the study-off for almost a half month. Ayi was monitoring the situation of Jogja. Every station had headline news about Merapi from the little things to the bigger things. She was shock when she heard that Mbah Maridjan ( Juru Kunci Merapi) was dead. "It showed how amazing the eruption was" she said. After a week, she came back to Jogja. The condition was more conducive than a week before but there still covered with grey ashes. However, this eruption makes trauma for her.