empacher48:
tdgeek:
Ok, cancel alerts, waste of time, there is no need.
That is a bit extreme, don’t you think? We are dealing with Mother Nature, to whom is rather unpredictable, no matter what we think.
The alert levels do provide a need, but still have a level of uncertainty. The people who monitor the codes are aware of this and do not use the code exclusively when weighing up the risk to operate. If it were, the ski fields on Ruapehu would’ve closed down years ago.
Based on you comments, not extreme. They aren't used. The increased activity at WI in the last 2 weeks was significant. Its towards the end of the eruption cycle. Unused. As you say, its a risk. No need for alerts off they stay at GNS and are not used by those talking passengers to an active crater.
How often is Ruapehu at alert 2? When it is, for how long? When it was, a Google search example May 2016 example, DoC cut off the summit to climbers and trampers.
Many recent signs at WI, been a while since its last eruption cycle, nothing. Well, for some reason its ONLY up to tour operators to go to the crater