Chaiten to bury Chaiten

I've been trying to keep up with the Chaiten eruption in Chile, but the news is just beginning to sound like a broken record: eruption continues, ash falls, don't know much else. However, it does sound like Chile is being realistic about people's chances of moving back to the town of Chaiten - 10 km from the vent(s) - in the near future ... and those chances are zero to none. This doesn't entirely surprise me. If the town isn't already buried, when the pyroclastic flows do start, whether they be from the collapse of the the eruptive column or from the vents themselves, the town will be wiped out. Chilean President Michelle Bechelet is quoted as saying ""We have never had a situation quite like this in Chile" and she's quite right. In fact, I don't think there is any country in the last 100 years within quite this ...