From your wiki cite:
… significantly damaged an area of more than 233 square kilometers (90 sq mi) with the ejection of stone, volcanic ash, and lava. Three people were killed, two towns were completely evacuated and buried by lava, and three others were heavily affected. Hundreds of people had to permanently relocate, and two new towns were created to accommodate their migration.
But at least he got his own wiki article. Seems a fair trade to me. 
I had heard of many oceanic volcanoes appearing out of nowhere, but not one on land! Aside from the death and destruction, it was pretty cool. Geologists got to see a volcano being formed from start to finish. 1400 feet in under a decade!
Before leaving his home for the last time, Dionisio Pulido placed a sign on the cornfield that read in Spanish: “This volcano is owned and operated by Dionisio Pulido.”
Absolute respect for this guy, a role model for us all.
Indeed. The man had panache.
With apologies to Shelley …
My name is Dionisio, Campesino of campesinos;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing nearby remains. Round the lava wasteland
Of my colossal Cone, boundless and bare
The lone and level ashes stretch far away.
When I read that in the article, I thought to myself “He just set himself up to be sued big-time.”
Very good!
We built this shoddy future on the ground up bones of a better past.
As markn_1 noted, it was not very cool. It is a volcano after all.
I think this crosslink is timely here
As of early this morning 03/06/25 Eastern time it was still fountaining vigorously. Just now, 1300 ET, it seems to have quit that but is steaming / smoking nicely.
“It seems wrong that Fruit by the Foot is only sold by weight or by number of rolls.”
Same idea:
Or that famous holiday dish the ostriturduckenquailhummer.
“Update: The physics department has recruited an astronomer who studies meteor fireballs.”
What’s the scattering matrix for a typical water balloon? To build an S-matrix we must first determine the sets of asymptotically free states of one. I suppose we must approximate it as a sphere to make any progress but perhaps we can derive a perturbative solution with spherical harmonics.
Assume a spherical cow …
No. Your first assume a cow shaped water balloon. Then you use the knowledge base from cow physics to determine the water balloon physics. (That almost all of the papers you’ll be citing assume a spherical cow is not your problem.)
As long as you use cow tools to derive your physics you’ll be fine.
“I understood that reference.”
Steaknife,… right?
Nope. Cow Tools - Gary Larsen.
“It does come at the small cost of a LOT more off-by-40-or-50 errors.”