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USGS Warning: Do Not Try To Roast Marshmallows Over Erupting Hawaii Volcano
CBS ^ | May 29, 2018 at 3:42 pm | Staff

Posted on 05/29/2018 12:50:25 PM PDT by Red Badger

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — You would think it would go without saying, but the U.S. Geological Survey took to Twitter on Tuesday to warn residents not to try and roast marshmallows over the erupting Hawaiian volcano.

The USGS responded to one Twitter user who asked, “Is it safe to roast marshmallows over volcanic vents? Assuming you had a long enough stick, that is? Or would the resulting marshmallows be poisonous?”

@USGSVolcanoes Is it safe to roast marshmallows over volcanic vents? Assuming you had a long enough stick, that is? Or would the resulting marshmallows be poisonous? @JimGriffith_SV @DrFunkySpoon

— Jay Furr (@jayfurr) May 29, 2018

The USGS responded: “Erm, We’re going to have to say no, that’s not safe. (Please don’t try!)”

Erm…we're going to have to say no, that's not safe. (Please don't try!) If the vent is emitting a lot of SO2 or H2S, they would taste BAD. And if you add sulfuric acid (in vog, for example) to sugar, you get a pretty spectacular reaction.

— USGS Volcanoes🌋 (@USGSVolcanoes) May 29, 2018

Not only would it not be safe, the USGS says the marshmallows would taste very bad.

The volcanic vents could be emitting sulfur dioxide or hydrogen sulfide, and the USGS says the sulfuric acid from the volcanic smog would create a “pretty spectacular reaction.”

Earlier in the day Tuesday officials issued a warning that a fast-moving lava flow was flowing through the Leilani Estates community in Hawaii. Residents were urged to evacuate to avoid being trapped by the lava.


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To: Red Badger

I’d be down for roasting weenies on a long stick over the slower moving lava flows.


21 posted on 05/29/2018 1:06:25 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: M Kehoe
Don’t piss into the wind.

And don't piss on molten lava. You'll get a steam burn right back.

22 posted on 05/29/2018 1:07:21 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: SpinnerWebb

Chug-a-Lug, Chug-a-Lug!.....................


23 posted on 05/29/2018 1:07:52 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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24 posted on 05/29/2018 1:09:59 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Red Badger

Terrific. Now we’ll have millenials dumping marshmallows all over the lava. Hopefully with a few spectacular mishaps.


25 posted on 05/29/2018 1:12:50 PM PDT by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: Red Badger

Useful advice from our gummit. Our tax money at work!


26 posted on 05/29/2018 1:18:08 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: Red Badger

Not surprised. It seems that every year someone wanders off the sidewalks at Yellowstone. Volcanic heated ponds and pots can kill a person? Who knew?


27 posted on 05/29/2018 1:18:59 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Red Badger
Well, lava moves, so you’ll havta keep moving the pig...

Well, I won't, but my friend will.

He'll figure out a solution, I'm sure. ;)

28 posted on 05/29/2018 1:24:09 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Red Badger

The next BIG THING on Face Book The Volcano Roasted Marshmallow CHALLENGE!!!


29 posted on 05/29/2018 1:26:06 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Red Badger

And you don’t pull on superman’s cape, you don’t spit into the wind, you don’t pull the mask off the Lone Ranger and you DON’T mess around with JIM!


30 posted on 05/29/2018 1:26:32 PM PDT by mc5cents (Pray for a new Pope)
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To: Red Badger
But roasting wieners is OK.

At least with a tungsten grill.

31 posted on 05/29/2018 1:27:53 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
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To: Red Badger

Another news story about something someone said on Twitter. Do reporters actually work any more?


32 posted on 05/29/2018 1:30:23 PM PDT by mlo
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To: mlo

Any more?...They never did......................


33 posted on 05/29/2018 1:31:11 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Red Badger

And you have those unfortunate explosive events spraying molten rock about periodically when gas pockets ignite.


34 posted on 05/29/2018 1:33:08 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
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To: pierrem15

As a young apprentice blacksmith I used to cook
hot dogs over a coal fire.

Yes, they were sometimes....crunchy.


35 posted on 05/29/2018 1:33:13 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: NorthMountain

I see you’re one of those FReepers who reads the article before reacting to a headline. That’s no fun!


36 posted on 05/29/2018 1:37:31 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Red Badger

37 posted on 05/29/2018 1:44:27 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Trillian
You posted:

Of course, this is that same guy a few minutes later...

Should have heeded the warning...

38 posted on 05/29/2018 1:48:53 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: Red Badger

Well, there goes my weekend.


39 posted on 05/29/2018 1:53:33 PM PDT by Noumenon (When all liberals have is a hammer, every problem is a nail in YOUR coffin.)
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To: Red Badger

40 posted on 05/29/2018 1:57:25 PM PDT by TruthWillWin ([MSM])
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