[palmer]

Lake Toba is 440 square miles. Lake Pinatubo is 0.7 square miles. Lake Taal is 94 square miles but most of that lake was created 100k to 500k years ago and that is not likely to repeat.

But I think you are right about looking at duration. The 1754 eruption lasted 7 months. That could have unpredictable effects like the Icelandic volcano did to Europe.

[crz]

I dunno about you but, the one thing about getting old is that you have met a lot of people in the old age.

I come from an area where they have a top geology school and have met a pretty good professor who tends to keep up on this stuff. So..we talk about volcanoes quite a lot.

I can talk about this stuff for DAYS and never get tired of it. Being the dumb ass kid I was, I should have went to geology school, but NO, I had to stay in the woods.

My old man was right.. Run, or the woods will get you.

[crz]

Just called that guy and talked to him. Said that he learned that there is extreme ground deformation going on there and that it doesnt look good.

So it looks as if the show is about to begin.