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Oberon

02-02-14 03:22 PM

He was standing on the lava though, so that still counts, and it was still hot enough to destroy his shoes, accelerant or no accelerant.

On a tangent, I remember the story of a volcanologist who got married to his wife on a layer of freshly cooled lava, and then a short while after the wedding had finished another layer of lava came across and covered where they had married, so no-one will ever stand on that particular piece of ground again.

As unique wedding locations go, they don't come much more unique than that.

Lava is quite an interesting form of matter, depending on the surface it travels over, it can either move faster than an express train or slow enough that you can run rings around it. Either which way though, one mistake and you don't usually get a chance to make another.

Jimbuna

02-02-14 03:31 PM

I wonder what those who can walk over hot coals would make of it :)

Aktungbby

02-02-14 03:40 PM

On Kauai: when fire goddess Péle speaks, lose the grass skirt!

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A smaller series of explosions took place in May 1924. Geologists, comparing the amount of material deposited in 1924 and earlier, suggest that the 1500-1790 AD explosions were far more violent than the 1924 event, and the amount of ash deposited many times greater. The large amount of falling ash in 1790, however, likely did not cause the death of the passing party. Reports by local Hawaiians on the conditions of the bodies of the people killed by the 1790 event, in addition to geologic indicators, strongly suggest the falling ash was accompanied by searing hot surges that engulfed the victims. The army of Keoua was apparently overcome by a sudden and violent pyroclastic surge. Basically, the party was engulfed in a stream of hurricane force winds, composed of hot steam and sulfuric gases.

What's cookin' at your luau, Kahuna BBY? I've actually seen the tracks left by the victims... a local tourist attraction.

Oberon

02-02-14 04:08 PM

Ah, Nuée Ardente, Pyroclastic flows, probably one of the deadliest things a volcano can throw out, IMHO anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvjwt9nnwXY

Boiling mud flows and/or lahars are another major danger that's often overlooked. Nasty stuff.

When Mt St. Helens went up, it wasn't the lava that killed, it was the mudflows and pyroclastic flows from the sideways explosion that killed.

Geoff Mackleys youtube video has some good volcanic footage, he seems to be rather a risk taker when it comes to volcanoes, which is morally debatable, but it does make for some good footage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52C5lURB9Pg

BrucePartington

02-02-14 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED (Post 2170670)

Write my last will and testament out.

Will that be paper or stone, Sir?

Tango589

02-02-14 09:02 PM

If a lava flow is coming, it'll be written on the back of his shirt!

Wolferz

02-03-14 08:15 AM

A pyroclastic surge travels at around 700 mph. There's no outrunning it like they did in the movie 2012. That was Yellowstone popping its top and I'd wager the pyroclast from that puppy will travel faster, launching a few crispy Bison into space.:timeout:

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