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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Awfully quiet in here...
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:07:25 -0800
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On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:50:35 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>On 11/12/2024 8:30 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:40:55 -0800, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
>> wrote:
>>=20
>>> On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 20:34:20 -0500, Cryptoengineer
>>> <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Or Mt Rainier erupts, sending a lahar downhill.
>>>
>>> Which most recently was when 8000 years ago?
>>>
>>> (Or would that be Mt Baker north of Seattle toward the Canadian
>>> border? Both are volcanos that haven't erupted any time recently - =
I'm
>>> afraid I've lost my via of Mt St Helen's ash which I was given by a
>>> former student whose father had a cottage about 30 mi away from there
>>> and saved the volcanic dust he had his eaves filled with)
>>=20
>> The longer it's been, the more pressure accumulates, and the more
>> likely it becomes.
>>=20
>> This applies to earthquakes as well as volcanos. There is one
>> difference: a volcano can move off the "hot spot" and go dormant
>> indeed, but those pesky plates just keep on slippin' and slidin'.
>
>So a good strong earthquake can take care of your volcano problem.

A good strong earthquake can take care of a /lot/ of problems.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"