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They believe that when the time comes, God or the volcano itself will save them.<\/div>\n<p> Sophie Gerrard<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sophiegerrard.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.sophiegerrard.com<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/stories\/volcano_to_web\" width=\"640\" height=\"580\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 470px; height: 470px;\" title=\"Sophie Gerrard\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/sg04.jpg\" alt=\"Sophie Gerrard\" width=\"470\" height=\"470\" \/><br \/>Sophie Gerrard visits the town of La Yerbabuena, Mexico where its residents refuse to be intimidated by the threat of a volcanic eruption.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[20],"tags":[914,911,3261,910,347,912,913],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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