I’m a dipstick!
You’re a wiener.
Can’t they do an infrared or sonar survey or something to check the levels? Wouldn’t that give them some idea?
‘Man, that magma is really hot!’
‘Yeah, and deep!’
‘I’m touching bottom.’
Just don’t be touching my bottom with your wiener! :eek:
Lately, I’ve started to wonder if they couldn’t make several bore holes and relieve the pressure that way—sorta like popping the Earth’s pimple, you know?
But I expect there’s a really good reason that can’t be done. Who’s our vulcanologist, again?
It would seem that, if there’s any kind of pressure in that thing at all, you’d create a lava geyser which would flow for…er…for a long time.
Well, yes, and that is a problem. Although it would probably still be better than a full-pressure eruption, don’t you think?
Old & busted: Panning for gold.
New hotness: Trepanning for lava.
Plus or minus three hours – “We only predict, we don’t schedule!”