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Michael considered fate at 14:34   |   Permalink   |   Post a Comment

And while we're on large natural phenomenons, how about a volcano?

BEND, Ore. (AP) -- A recent survey of a bulge that covers about 100 square miles near the South Sister indicates the area is still growing, suggesting it could be another volcano in the making or a major shift of molten rock under the center of the Cascade Range.

Luckily our government is, as usual, on top of things:

A recent U.S. Geological Survey report said monitoring is inadequate at [all of the active oregon volcanos], with only basic monitoring at about half

Okay okay, I'm just joking around. The last thing I'd want to be accused of is trying to sensationalize this sort of stuff. They're just volcanos, afterall. No big deal:

Whether the magma [of the bulge] will move again or ever reach the surface is a mystery. But if it did, geological history suggests it would result only in small cinder cones that spew ash and lava.

The good news is that such an eruption likely would not seriously affect any population centers