Averting another Pinatubo disaster

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—One day in June 2001, my Nokia phone rang several times. When I finally took the call, it was Gen. Reynaldo Berroya, then chief of the Central Luzon police. “Tonette, we’re about to fly to Mt. Pinatubo. I’m checking the water in the crater. Oxfam (the UK aid agency) and Dr. [Kelvin]