“Each number is 10X the previous, so a 10 would be 50 times bigger than a 5.0, or technically: the scale is logarithmic, with each interval on the scale representing a tenfold increase in observed ejecta criteria.”
An event with a VEI of 10 would be much more than 50 times larger than a 5. The difference would be a factor of 10 to the fifth power, or 100,000 times.
Other than that, good post.
note the time 5/3/2019, 3:43:30 AM coffee was still brewing