re: Hawaii Volcano may be readying for huge explosion

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I don't think magma was in their homeowner's insurance policy...

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All the Louisiana baws can rest easy knowing that I double checked for them and confirmed that volcanic eruption is covered by Louisiana homeowner policies, but it does exclude damage caused by earthquakes, land shock waves or tremors.

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I thought shield volcanoes didn’t erupt violently as seen in movies. Sure more magma will come up but don’t think they are dealing with some kind of Yellowstone type eruption.

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Typically they don't. However, I was reading yesterday that the worry is the magma level has dropped a good bit. They are afraid it will drop below the level of the water table, which would let water rush into the caldera. If that happens, you get super heated water that flashes over to steam and you get a huge explosion (think of a Yellowstone geyser on steroids) that is pushing steam, ash and rocks out of the caldera at amazingly fast speeds and very powerfully.

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Katrina-Heineken beer dude never gets old.

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There's an OT poster's wife who would disagree with you on this.

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There's an OT poster's wife who would disagree with you on this.

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who let her out the kitchen?

When Krakatoa erupted it caused global average temperatures to drop by 1-2 degrees the year after.

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Ever notice how liberal states have to face Gods wrath

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So you're one of those who believe Katrina and Harvey were man's wrath (global warming)?

I always thought it was risky to move to a house on an active shield volcano.

I always love when people have serious replies to Gaucho

It's just not the same el. It's just not the same.



His name was LucasP.