[JimSEA]

This has been building for a long time. Hard to tell if it's near a critical point.

[ClearCase_guy]

Women, children and Muslim refugees hardest hit.

[PghBaldy]

Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlegraean_Fields#More_recent_history

[Timpanagos1]

An eruption would stop global warming.

[Timpanagos1]

An eruption would stop global warming.

[amorphous]

And the whole area seethes with hydrothermal activity: Sulfuric acid spews from active fumaroles; geysers spout water and steam and the ground froths with boiling mud; and earthquake swarms shudder through the region, 125 miles south of Rome.

Prophecy of the Popes

"The prophecies conclude with a pope identified as "Peter the Roman", whose pontificate will allegedly precede the destruction of the city of Rome."

[LonePalm]

A side benefit is that the tephra (ash) in the area makes the most amazing cement and concrete in the world.

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Enterprise]

"There are written accounts of the 1538 eruption, but there are limits to the scientific insight those descriptions they provide."

A rough translation from a recovered piece of parchment: "Mama mia, she blowed up real good."

[GOP Poet]

bookmark

[bikerman]

Bush’s fault err no Trumps fault, global warming err global cooling, fake news??

[GreyFriar]

If it erupts on Jan 20, 2017, it will be Trump’s fault; and maybe a little bit of Bush’s as well.