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Here's the BBC story...

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-latin-america-46261168

First of all, this baby sent out pyroclastic flows a couple months ago, and killed two hundred people in villages on the slopes. Yet, people were still living on the slopes now?

Second, in the picture of the people taking "shelter" in the open air stadium, look how close they still are! You can see the volcano right there in the background! Brave!

Man, I would be well out of there, if I had to hike it.
 
@Squirtgunsquirter I would have to disagree on the brave part. I would agree on them being stupid. The brave ones have already packed up what they could and headed out. The stupid one are those still within range of the volcano. Pompey comes to mind. 100 years from now folks will be digging these people out from under all the ash.
 
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Hey, volcanoes are GREAT. You can't put a fence around them to keep stupid people from walking up & saying "is it hot?" as they poke the lava & burst into flame. Volcanoes are some of the very few things that still put really really stupid people in the right place: a grave.
 
If one looks at valcanos from the past one can see the boulders that landed in towns and rained down very hot rocks, Philippines, Sicily, Japan, Bali come to mind.

Mount Saint Helen's Northwest of me blew this boulder (below) 3 miles away when the mountain erupted. The last time Mt. Hood (Oregon) erupted it blew boulder to Vancouver Washington, the way the crow fly's is 46.90 miles these boulder were the size of a VW bug. Imagine that crap raining down in that stadium. Even being 50 miles away may not be safe ;)


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The pyroclastic flows from Mt. St. Helen's reached a distance of 19 miles.

Yep, people got caught in it that were 10 miles away. David Johnston was a geologist killed during the eruption of Helens, he was 6 miles away, Johnston was killed by the blast and buried, he was never found.
Lisa goes up to what is called Johnston Ridge (place of death) every May 18th and place flowers at his site.

David Johnston 13hrs before his death, his last words 'vancouver vancouver this is it' referencing USGS headquarters in Vancouver Washington

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Id of looked into it first.when it comes to volcanoes.id of started looking else where. If it at least appeared to be active at all.or if i was born there.would of moved from there,first chance i got..
 
Because of David Johnston sacrifice and the countless hours measuring EQs and measuring the gas levels near Helen's his findings have saved countless lives even to this day around the world, his insight and methods are being taught in Universities around the world, if it wasn't for Johnston thousands of lives would have been lost May 18th 1980, he insisted on evacuating the homes and closing access to the forest weeks before the eruption against protest from the State. Everybody was against him being their on the ridge, he said the only way to accurately measure this mountain was to be their in person, he said what good are scientists if they aren't willing to put themselves in harms way for the good of the community, he lived those words. His colleague Harry Glicken who Johnston relieved on that ridge 13 hours earlier believed in Johnston and what he was doing lost his own life in 1991 in Japan's Mount Unzen pyroclastic flow in helping to give early warning to the people below the volcano.
 
Wife has flown in to the craters by helicopter to sample the rocks and soil, I always had reservations about her doing that but never did voice my concern but I knew she had concerns as well but did it anyways.
No offense intended, but your wife has stones as big as cocoanuts . . . certianly bigger than mine.:eek:
 
No offense intended, but your wife has stones as big as cocoanuts . . . certianly bigger than mine.:eek:

It's what she loves to do, she's not as crazy as an Volcanologist though (my words) They keep an eye on all sensors and felt it was safe enough to send a small team as they do often.
 

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