Re: Awfully quiet in here...

On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:40:55 -0800, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 20:34:20 -0500, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
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Or Mt Rainier erupts, sending a lahar downhill.

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Which most recently was when 8000 years ago?
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(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'.
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