The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #160943 Message #3821438
Posted By: Steve Shaw
18-Nov-16 - 07:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: Just when it couldn't get any worse-Earthquake
Subject: RE: BS: Just when it couldn't get any worse-Earthquake
"Most of the Auckland volcanoes were one-offs - they popped up like zits and never recurred.
The hot plume seems to be moving north-east - Rangitoto's eruption 500 years ago was the last. The reassuring thing about that is that it puts the likely spot for the next bang just offshore..."
That's how it goes. Vesuvius has been incredibly active for 2000 years, and it's had two big jobs in the 20th century, in 1906 and 1944. The received wisdom is that it should have had one if not two more goes by now. But it's as dead as a doornail at the moment. Went up there in 1968 and it was well smelly. Went up there in 2013 and there was hardly a puff. Etna (up which I went last year) tends to have side craters that go bonkers for a short while then die and get covered in wild flowers. Wouldn't trust any of 'em, however. I've done Teide and Vulcano in my time as well as la Solfatara and Vesuvio. Jaysus, I love being terrified.