What was so strange about the timing of the base closure?
• Pinatubo erupted at a time when debate was raging in the Philippine legislature over whether to extend the 1947 Military Bases Agreement. • The 1966 revision of the 1947 Military Bases Agreement set an expiration date of 9/16/91, just 91 (there’s that number again!) days after Pinatubo’s main blast. • Typhoon Yunya arrived on the same day as the worst eruption of Pinatubo, carrying ash downstream through and around Clark. • Typhoons are rare in June, favoring August through November. Clark Special Economic Zone Can you list some major changes that occurred after Clark closed? There have been many. In some cases they are interesting, and in some cases hilarious! • Wurtsmith Memorial School — Demolished and replaced with Fontana Casino. Hey, if you learned arithmetic there, you can return and use this knowledge to place a wager! • “Elephant Cage” antenna array — This giant circular array of antennas dating from the cold war era now serves as a framework for the elaborate Philippine E
