Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Awfully quiet in here... Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:50:35 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:50:32 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="de8cbb17b85c2295ea0d73f802d82580"; logging-data="1982939"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+1O3813qWq+MjXcSvZGz8T" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:nsVG3YkMKRRltn2b+ZBoJCrTsAA= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2433 On 11/12/2024 8:30 AM, Paul S Person wrote: > On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:40:55 -0800, The Horny Goat > wrote: > >> On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 20:34:20 -0500, Cryptoengineer >> 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) > > The longer it's been, the more pressure accumulates, and the more > likely it becomes. > > 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. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.