On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Russell McMahon wrote:

>>> How about Scuba gear and plenty of air tanks, in case of gas cloud?
>
> Good idea. Even though small scale (probably).
>
>> And fireproof undies in case of pyroclastic flow ? (see Pompeii for 
>> possible effects)
>
> Pyroclastic flow of any m,agnitude unlikely here. Unlikely :-). See my 
> copmments on Taupo for that! A wave travelling at near the speed of sound and 
> 1 km+ tall would be something to see. But you'd only see it once.

Right. You stay there, and keep a huge shovel handy.

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pompeii.htm

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pompeii/pmpErup.html

The flow did 4 miles in 4 minutes. Incidentally it also went out over 
the water where boats were caught by it and destroyed (this does not 
appear directly in this account). So water is not a solution. Is 4 
minutes long enough to read what you need to read ?

A more factual account:

http://www.smatch-international.org/DestructionPompeii.html

A recent tiny eruption of Mount St. Helens I think killed a few people 
and caused river diversions that took 5 years to fix using huge 
engineering works.

Peter
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