Guatemala volcano death toll up to 33, expected to rise

[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by aanker

Rich fertile ash soil attracts farming communities, to villages, that can grow to small towns.

This chain of explosive volcanoes goes from South America up into British Columbia. Seattle, WA and surrounding areas may be destroyed from the blast and sometimes almost supersonic winds, mud and debris flows when Mt Rainier decides to wake up again, yet people choose to live there. Last time a face slid off in the late 1800's activity that produced flows that part of Tacoma is now built on. Mt St Helens is in the Cascades too and people lived around it in logging communities. The ash rich soil grows beautiful Doug Firs, perfect timber for building.

People live near dormant volcanoes all around the world.

Thank you aanker, I didn't know that ... so hundreds of years in some cases allows the people to take a chance. I heard of one volcano in Japan that just erupted in April had been dormant for 250 years.