@ Ruby - geez sounds like a nightmare.
@ MH - classic! Had a good laugh about that one.
@ CH - as it so happens I have been on an active volcano. Mount Cameroun was right next to the hotel we were staying in when I as contracting for the oil companies. One evening the hotel started shaking. We thought it was an earthquake. Turns out Mt Cameroun was erupting - albeit a small eruption. We went up the side of the volcano to have a look at the lava. It was moving really slowly down the side of the mountain - the eruption was not from the top but from the side of the mountain about three quarters of the way up. The thing I remember the most is the next morning we caught the rubber duck out to the rig which was moored about a mile away from the harbor. The whole sea surface as far as you could see was white from the ash fallout. It was one of the most surreal things I have ever witnessed. This was about 1998/1999 if I remember correctly. A memorable experience indeed. Also the most spectacular electric storms I have ever witnessed. A light show better than any rock concert ever staged. I used to sit on the balcony of the hotel room and just watch the show for hours on end. Spellbinding!
Maybe Vangelis got it right when he wrote about 'Soil Festivities' - https://uk.yahoo.com/news/plants-emit-ul...42671.html
@ MH - classic! Had a good laugh about that one.
@ CH - as it so happens I have been on an active volcano. Mount Cameroun was right next to the hotel we were staying in when I as contracting for the oil companies. One evening the hotel started shaking. We thought it was an earthquake. Turns out Mt Cameroun was erupting - albeit a small eruption. We went up the side of the volcano to have a look at the lava. It was moving really slowly down the side of the mountain - the eruption was not from the top but from the side of the mountain about three quarters of the way up. The thing I remember the most is the next morning we caught the rubber duck out to the rig which was moored about a mile away from the harbor. The whole sea surface as far as you could see was white from the ash fallout. It was one of the most surreal things I have ever witnessed. This was about 1998/1999 if I remember correctly. A memorable experience indeed. Also the most spectacular electric storms I have ever witnessed. A light show better than any rock concert ever staged. I used to sit on the balcony of the hotel room and just watch the show for hours on end. Spellbinding!
Maybe Vangelis got it right when he wrote about 'Soil Festivities' - https://uk.yahoo.com/news/plants-emit-ul...42671.html
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