"Cotopaxi"--Frederic E. Church, 1862
OH NO! More Global Warming
Tsunamis SUCK... but Volcanoes BLOW...
I climbed Cotopaxi in the early 1990s. It was belching steam periodically back then. It had a big steam release when I was standing on the edge of the 19,xxx something foot crater rim. Like 1000 matches struck under my nose. There is a great deal of glacier ice on the top 3,000 foot of the summit. There were crevasses I jumped across where I could not see the bottom. If that ice slides it could do a long distance.
“... both because of its size and because it is so close to well-populated towns.”
Yes, I also want to live close to a large, active, explosive volcano.
Another volcano I climbed that is currently dangerous is Popocapetl in Mexico. This volcano is east of Mexico City and I don’t remember exactly, but maybe only 50 miles away. I think that when the Pacific plate and the north american or south american plates start moving then the volcanoes and earth quakes become active.