This is actually a tiny, almost negligible eruption for any volcano, and White Island is actually a fairly large stratocone volcano. But it doesn’t matter if you are foolish enough to stand not near the crater, but in the middle of the crater.
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Volcanic eruption in NZ
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 (December 10, 2019 at 11:14 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: This is actually a tiny, almost negligible eruption for any volcano, and White Island is actually a fairly large stratocone volcano. But it doesn’t matter if you are foolish enough to stand not near the crater, but in the middle of the crater. Attaboy. Six dead, thirty badly burned, eight still missing, but let's focus on the size of the eruption. That makes sense. Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
  How sad for everyone affected.
Illegitimi non carborundum
As a metric of just how bad this was, NZ has ordered almost 1300 square feet of human skin for grafts.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
I've lived on or near three shield volcanoes, Fuji, Etna, and Pinatubo. Fuji was extinct, Etna a grumbling old man, and Pinatubo, an utter bitch.
I once ate one of these
![[Image: DfkEoYyXUAEnEgI.jpg]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfkEoYyXUAEnEgI.jpg) Didn't half put me off sweets for a year. Other than that, my experience with volcanoes is limited. Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
Crap, forgot Vesuvius.
 (December 11, 2019 at 3:40 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Crap, forgot Vesuvius. Vesuvius won’t forget you... Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???" (December 11, 2019 at 3:51 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(December 11, 2019 at 3:49 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Vesuvius won’t forget you...Certain ladies in Naples won't forget me. Typical sailor. In a lady in every port. Or something like that... Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???" |
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