Will any further volcanic eruption occur which will force the evacuation of atleast 1000 inhabitants by 31st May?

I think this is supposed to be before June 31st, but a lot of people may have already bet on it thinking it was supposed to be may in reality.

the question and settlement has may...why would you think june?

This question is confusing. The link in the background leads to an article about an eruption causing 4000 to evacuate. Do they mean an another eruption besides this one causing 1000 to evacuate? Because this eruption already caused 4000.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7381652.stm

Relevant time periods start from the date of creation of the question (ie 9:45am, PST 3 May). Otherwise, of course, the question would already have a known outcome.

This question was obviously written after the release of the news article, so it means 'will any further eruption occur' in the month of May. I have amended the question text to clarify.

There's another link from today here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1927588/Chile%27s-Chaiten-volcano-forces-4%2C500-to-flee.html

That's 4500. So does that count as 500 of the 1000 referred to in the question?

The problem with the question is that eruptions are constant once they begin, they do not switch on and off, as it were. They may get more and less intense for brief periods, but they keep going overall from the start to the finish (i.e. when the volcano returns to 'dormant') of the entire event.

The question should maybe read "Will the eruption force at least a further 1000 residents to flee before the 31st ".

In which case, those of us who bet 'yes' are already half-way there.

Does the question refer to just one volcano in particular? It seems as though any eruption anywhere might qualify.

1.Any volcano which erupts anywhere qualifies.
2.Since volcanic eruptions are constant , if more than 1000 inhabitants are asked evacuate before the first eruption then this can be settled .

Thank you for the clarificaiton junkie_1. It seems to me that this question would have to refer to a volcano other than the one in Chile, because otherwise the information would already be known and the question voided from the beginning.

Thus, this question must refer to another volcano eruption which is not the same volcano in Chile. In response to #5, the 500 external people evacuated in Chile does not count towards the total 1000 required to settle the question.

Here is an article that is interesting but irrelevent. They moved 6,000 tons of salmon from areas around the volcano in Chile.
http://www.miamiherald.com/915/story/548294.html

(Yes, I know the question was about people...!)