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.

[aanker]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

..... I heard of one volcano in Japan that just erupted in April had been dormant for 250 years.

Yeah, that was a big one, they are lucky it wasn't even bigger.

One of the most famous volcanoes is the one that wiped out Pompeii back in Roman times (1st century). It has erupted many times since then and is still active as recent as the mid 1940's.

They say it is overdue for another huge eruption yet people still move back to it. If Mount Vesuvius erupted today, it could threaten more than 3 million people and wipe out the city of Naples.

[Gerald]

SAN MIGUEL LOS LOTES, Guatemala (Reuters) - Eufemia Garcia watched in horror as Guatemala’s Fuego volcano sent scalding ash and gas surging over her home a week ago, burying her children and grandson among 50 of her extended family. She has been searching for their remains ever since.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-g...-idUSKBN1J60OD

I read and find,200 more are believed buried beneath the waste.

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