Monday, February 25, 2013

Videos on Volcanoes

USGS's video on Mount Saint Helen, which they did not allow to embed... http://youtu.be/xP2dreOI8gI

This is definitely worth watching.


And for our class activity, we are going to answer (A) and (B) in groups

Crossing the lava video clip



The "pyroclastic flow"



(A) Explain the extent these video clips are representative of the destructive nature of acidic lava type volcanoes.

Traffic jams... a town in big trouble!


(B) Explain how volcanic hazard management has failed in this movie clip and explain how you will go about setting in place a volcanic hazard management program for a town like the one portrayed in the movie.



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