I’m a dipstick!
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya]
I’m a dipstick!
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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?
[QUOTE=Encinitas]
They would need a really long dipstick.
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‘Man, that magma is really hot!’
‘Yeah, and deep!’
‘I’m touching bottom.’
Just don’t be touching my bottom with your wiener! :eek:
[QUOTE=Sunspace]
Could they drill down and check the magma level in the chamber?
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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.
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya]
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.
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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.
[QUOTE=Miss Woodhouse]
But if it does blow, it will go off at 2:40pm and 2:40am.
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Plus or minus three hours – “We only predict, we don’t schedule!”