What Would Happen If a Hurricane Hit an Erupting Volcano?

The Atlantic ^ | October 18, 2017 | Jim Nash

[C19fan]

In addition to the cars flipped, the roofs collapsed, and the streets flooded, this season’s unprecedented string of devastating hurricanes also hit a much grander target: a volcano. The Caribbean island of Montserrat, home to the active Soufrière Hills volcano, twice suffered blows: first an almost-direct hit by Category 5 Hurricane Irma, then a direct hit by Category 5 Hurricane Maria.

The volcano’s peak this year was, thankfully, more noisy than explosive. No volcano-related calamities were reported from the storm. But the collision of the two disaster-movie terrors reveals the possibility of an unnerving scenario: What happens when a superstorm lands on a volcano that’s erupting?

[C19fan]

Asking the important questions. Sounds like a future Sci-Fi channel movie.

[anton]

The Bears.

[Dr. Sivana]

Add Sharks, and you have “Sharknado 6: The Eruption”

[SirLurkedalot]

I was going to throw in flying sharks, but yeah pretty much dead on lol.

[exnavy]

Throw in the heartbreak of psoriosis, Oh the humanity.....

[silverleaf]

Shark-Volcano- Nado part 5

[silverleaf]

Great minds

[Kozak]

I thought no one lived on Monserrat anymore?

[C210N]

Maybe the cat-5 hurricane would fill up the volcano and extinguish it! Perhaps Algore and Michael Mann should figure out how both to seed the clouds AND COMBINE with monstrous fans to create a cat-5 hurricane near erupting volcanos (near, not over, because little rain falls in the eye).

But, then on the other hand, perhaps the hurricane would have blown the volcano over, causing the island of Montserrat to tip over.

[Licensed-To-Carry]

Volcano wins.

[freedumb2003]

>>Sounds like a future Sci-Fi channel movie.<<

VOLSHARKCANADO!!!!!

[ETL]

What if an asteroid hit an erupting volcano during a hurricane?

[Caipirabob]

Easy...Hollywood would make a movie about it. Somehow it would involve guns, nudity and a sympathetic gay couple who save the world.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Imagine this being swept up by a cyclone sportin' 150 mph winds. It would turn the hurricane black and effectively 'spray paint' everything in its path a nice charcoal grey.

[henkster]

And someone flew like 500 Hindenburg Zeppelins over it...yeah, yeah...that would be cool.

[commish]

40 years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes! The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

[ETL]

What Would Happen If a Hurricane Hit an Erupting Volcano

[dfwgator]

A Hurricane and an Erupting Volcano versus Ditka?

[BlueLancer]

What if a flying saucer collided with the asteroid as it hit the erupting volcano during a hurricane?

[knittnmom]

Maybe, Sharcanado.