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Article: A Mexican Icon: since before the time of Cortes, towering volcano Popocatepetl has inspired awe and worship.
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- Business Mexico
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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"There they were, the two monsters, watching gigantically and terribly over this lofty, bloody cradle of men, the Valley of Mexico. Alien, ponderous, the white-hung mountains seemed to emit a deep purring sound, too deep for the ear to hear ... murmuring like two watchful lions."
D.H. Lawrence, "The Plumed Serpent" (1926)
Anyone driving from Mexico City south toward Cuernavaca and Acapulco, or east toward Puebla and Veracruz, has seen the volcano alert signs: Two jagged mountains--one pointed--and the warning that we are currently in "Amarillo 2," the highest stage of yellow alert.
This emergency phase warns the public not to come within 12 km ...