[ari-freedom]

Ok well THAT is reassuring...

[mountn man]

Since 2005, Campi Flegrei has been undergoing what scientists call "uplift", causing Italian authorities to raise the alert level in 2012 from green to yellow, signalling the need for active scientific monitoring.

Obviously, Bush's Fault

The pace of ground deformation and low-level seismic activity has recently increased.

Trump's fault.

[Carriage Hill]

“half-million people living inside and near the caldera”

Bye.

[elcid1970]

Its’a gonna go BA-DOOM-BA!!

[Mr. K]

""Hydrothermal rocks, if heated, can ultimately lose their mechanical resistance, causing an acceleration towards critical conditions," he told AFP by email."

In other words "It go boom"

[heartwood]

If it did (erupt) however, "it would be very dangerous" for the half-million people living inside and near the caldera," he added."

To put it mildly.

[dfwgator]

You’ve also got Vesuvius nearby, which supposedly blows every 2000 years, the last time was 79 AD, you may have heard of it, it was called , “Pompeii”.

[Adder]

Italian Meatballs

Place 500,000 Italians in a cauldron.

Steam until done

Serve.

[Palio di Siena]

holy unliquified blood of St. Januarius, Batman!

[bog trotter]

Hey, my geography isn’t so good.
Is this any where close to the Vatican?
Just askin’.

[anoldafvet]

Damn global warming again!

[AFreeBird]

Big badda BOOM!

[dainbramaged]

A nearby volcanic eruption can flat out ruin your day. I wasn’t far from Mount St.Helens when she went off in 1980 and that plume was freaking huge, let alone the pyroclastic flows that boiled a couple rivers and killed dozens.

[Organic Panic]

At least it isn’t a giga-valcano.

[onedoug]

I thought øbama was supposed to fix this.

[PIF]

See Naples and die ...