Vertical columns of black smoke and gray ash. Eruptions occurred regularly every 10 hours. Flows down to the sea creating black geysers. These rocks don't liquefy like the Hawaiian lava volcanoes do. More dangerous than lava, not as hot but move much faster.
Landscape is changed forever, lunar surface appearance.
Huge amounts of ash have settled on the island. Bethel Baptist Church, destroyed and then completely covered. On each island there often is a firmly rooted parochialism -devotion to a parish or a village, a mountain valley or a coastal lowland. Most Caribbean people identify themselves as English or French in terms of culture. English or French dialects are the languages spoken in common.