SINCE Mount Anak Krakatau had flared up so often, Anton Sudrajat was in no panic when he saw the volcano had erupted some 50 kilometers away from where he worked. The employee of the Tanjung Lesung Beach Club even joked about it when he saw the repeated explosions on Saturday two weeks ago.  “Anak Krakatau is coughing again,” Anton said on Monday last week, repeating what he had said the week before that.  

As it turned dark,