Surprise. Ranier is NOT inactive. It’s just not spewing lava and smoke at the moment, but it could shimmy and shake and send a vast landslide down towards Seattle and destroy most of the Eastern suburbs.
And I would have a front row view. Imagine the pictures I could sell.
Actually Rainer could have a massive slope failure with no earthquake or eruption whatsoever - it’s incredibly unstable and being eaten away from within by circulating hot acidic water.
Note to people in the Eastern Suburbs who are worried about this: Time to pack up in leave, if you are worried about this. If something like this happens, they have my sympathy, and I will certainly send a check to whatever trustworthy relief fund is available. But if we know the thing is going to erupt, and people chose to build homes there any way, I fail to see how this is my federal goverment’s problem any more than when some nutjob who can’t feed or house herself decides to have 14 kids or a bunch or rich people choose to build beach houses in a hurricane zone. I missed the part in the Constitution where it talks about a right to stupidity.