Comments on: The birth of a volcano http://boingboing.net/2013/02/28/the-birth-of-a-volcano.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 16:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ambiguity http://boingboing.net/2013/02/28/the-birth-of-a-volcano.html#comment-1668457 Ambiguity Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215928#comment-1668457 I too read about this in grade school in the 70's, and was thinking about it the other day :) Thanks for posting Maggie. I was thinking that maybe it was some urban legend I read as a kid. Nice to know it was for real! I too read about this in grade school in the 70′s, and was thinking about it the other day :)

Thanks for posting Maggie. I was thinking that maybe it was some urban legend I read as a kid. Nice to know it was for real!

]]> By: chris coreline http://boingboing.net/2013/02/28/the-birth-of-a-volcano.html#comment-1668401 chris coreline Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215928#comment-1668401 thank you for 'volcanaversary', its my favorite new word this month. thank you for ‘volcanaversary’, its my favorite new word this month.

]]> By: Bernard Wasow http://boingboing.net/2013/02/28/the-birth-of-a-volcano.html#comment-1668281 Bernard Wasow Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215928#comment-1668281 I am particularly interested in Paricutin because my father told me about it when I was a little boy (Paricutin and I are almost the same age).  I have visited the volcano several times and climbed it once.  The church is the only building not completely buried in the lava flow.  It is half buried and quite dramatic.  There is a vent near the base of the cinder cone, among the lava flows, from which steam and sulfurous fumes still rise.  The rocks around it are brightly colored by sulfur (yellow) and perhaps iron (red). I am particularly interested in Paricutin because my father told me about it when I was a little boy (Paricutin and I are almost the same age).  I have visited the volcano several times and climbed it once.  The church is the only building not completely buried in the lava flow.  It is half buried and quite dramatic.  There is a vent near the base of the cinder cone, among the lava flows, from which steam and sulfurous fumes still rise.  The rocks around it are brightly colored by sulfur (yellow) and perhaps iron (red).

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2013/02/28/the-birth-of-a-volcano.html#comment-1668147 B E Pratt Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215928#comment-1668147  "Doesn't everyone laboring under other systems of measurement have at least a rough idea by now of what a meter represents?" Ans: No. They are all still deathly afraid that they might have to watch something called 'Meterball' in the future.....  ”Doesn’t everyone laboring under other systems of measurement have at least a rough idea by now of what a meter represents?”

Ans: No. They are all still deathly afraid that they might have to watch something called ‘Meterball’ in the future…..

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2013/02/28/the-birth-of-a-volcano.html#comment-1667992 Noctilucent Studios Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215928#comment-1667992 OMG!! I remember reading about this as a kid in grade school back in the 70's and was just thinking of it the other day!!! OMG!! I remember reading about this as a kid in grade school back in the 70′s and was just thinking of it the other day!!!

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2013/02/28/the-birth-of-a-volcano.html#comment-1667634 Nash Rambler Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215928#comment-1667634 What a great story!  I particularly liked how folks in the town reacted; alarm, then unbearable curiosity.  I mean, it's a new volcano!  How many times in your life are you going to get to see one of those? What a great story!  I particularly liked how folks in the town reacted; alarm, then unbearable curiosity.  I mean, it’s a new volcano!  How many times in your life are you going to get to see one of those?

]]> By: Nagurski http://boingboing.net/2013/02/28/the-birth-of-a-volcano.html#comment-1667556 Nagurski Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215928#comment-1667556 I've often wondered what happened to the locals since I first read the story as a kid. The only off note was the persistent translation of metric measurements into feet and yards. It was my impression that SA articles assume, to greater and lesser degrees, some fluency in science. Doesn't everyone laboring under other systems of measurement have at least a rough idea by now of what a meter represents? I’ve often wondered what happened to the locals since I first read the story as a kid. The only off note was the persistent translation of metric measurements into feet and yards. It was my impression that SA articles assume, to greater and lesser degrees, some fluency in science. Doesn’t everyone laboring under other systems of measurement have at least a rough idea by now of what a meter represents?

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