Mt Doom erupts: Hobbiton threatened

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Well, sort of

Civil defence authorities in New Zealand have activated an emergency response plan after the volcanic crater lake at Mt. Ruapehu burst its banks sending a mudflow down the mountain, Australian media reported on Sunday. There were no reports of injuries or damage associated with the natural phenomenon known as a “lahar”, Australian Broadcasting Corp. said on its website.

Mt. Ruapehu is one of the most active crater lake volcanoes in the world and scientists have been expecting a significant lahar for the past few months. The 9,175-feet mountain also was the location of Middle Earth in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy of films.

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I hope they rescue all those, Hornblowers, Neerlocks, Jumpswells, Hunters, Gamgees, Bolgers, Bunces, Goodbodys, Norcrosses, Sandheavers, Nesses, Goldworthys, Northers, Underhills, Goolds, Mudruffins, Gardners, Leatherleafs, Longholesses, Burrowses, Fleams, Rumblebuffs, Spinners, Archers, Browns, Maggots, Primstones, Whitfoots, Mugworts, Broadbelts, Parkses, Oddfoots, Haywards, Sandymans, Topleafs, Ropers, Smallburrows, Leagallows, Weavers, Oldbucks, Holemans, Puddifoots, Worryworts, Stoors, Goatclosets, Diggers, Greenholms, Boffins, Tooks, Bracegirdles, Rumbles, Proudfoots, Chubbs, Fallohides, Bolos, Furrys, Rootss, Tunnellys, Long Cleves, Greenhands, Noakess, Handymans, Broadbeams, Rafters, Darnswools, Starsleys, Moresbys, Brandybucks, Harfoots, Twofoots, Goodchilds, Pitchers, Newbucks, Bagginses, Cottons, Redsmiths, Grubbs, Pickthorns, Stonemoulds, Brockhouses, Thorneys, Gammidges, Digswells, Jackleys, Brownlocks, and even the Sackville-Baggines.

Jim

[eleanorigby]

Proudfeet!

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@eleanorigby

Proudfeet!

Perfect Answer.

[Captain_Carrot]

How long did that take you, What Exit??

[eleanorigby]

@What Exit?

Perfect Answer.

Let’s share a pint and a pipe…

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@Captain Carrot

How long did that take you, What Exit??

About 3 minutes. I used a list of Hobbit surnames, pasted it into Excel, gave each name a random number, resorted. Then a Cut and Past to Word where I converted *Table to text * with comma seperators. I did a Replace all on commas with a ‘s,’. It took minimal cleanup to complete it.

Or I could claim, I just had it hanging around.

ETA:

@eleanorigby

Let’s share a pint and a pipe…

Gladly, maybe we could meet at the Pony once the “lahar” is done.

Jim

[Cunctator]

A good picture here of the flow of mud and water from the lahar.

[eleanorigby]

@Cunctator

A good picture here of the flow of mud and water from the lahar.

Jeepers! The Ents must be on the move!

:eek:

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@What Exit?

Gladly, maybe we could meet at the Pony once the “lahar” is done.

You know, I always used to think that a lahar or an invasion of dragons would be good for the country, but now I’m just happy to know that somewhere there is a bit of home, even if we do not set foot on it again…

[Harmonious_Discord]

Maybe the giant whirlpool off Australia will stop now.

I wants me a pint too.

[Autolycus]

The 9,175-feet mountain also was the location of Middle Earth in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy of films.

That must be one damn big mountain, to fit all of Middle Earth onto it.

[C_K_Dexter_Haven]

Wow. We were there almost exactly one year ago, atop Mt Ruapehu … it was used for several different locations in the filming, mainly for Mt Doom, but also for some miscellaneous other bits.