[43north]

Civilization exists at the pleasure of geology.

[proud American in Canada]

“Civilization exists at the pleasure of geology.”

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True enough. Just ask the good people living near Mount Vesuvius.

[livius]

Indeed. All of Mexico City is sitting in the crater of a huge extinct volcano…in other words, in bowl with a volcanic ash floor and unstable volcanic stone walls. All it takes is heavy rains, an occasional earthquake, etc. and we see how geology strikes again.