I dunno, but it provokes an interesting thought. In alpine regions, they deliberately trigger small avalanches to prevent bigger ones later. I wonder if there is a civil engineering solution? To start to cleave off threatening overhangs *carefully* before they become major catastrophes.
Good point. My thinking exactly.
And to the people who posted replies concerned about "giving them ideas", with all the publicity about the Indian ocean tsunami disaster, we NEED to think like the terrorists do to prevent their attacks, correct?
If this explosives idea is at all plausible maybe the US could "monitor" the volcano to ensure the safety of the east coast, and eliminate one more terrorist threat.
Just an idea...