U.S. Geological Survey warns: Don't roast marshmallows over volcano

[babylonsister]

Good to know.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/389731-us-geological-survey-warns-against-roasting-marshmallows-over

U.S. Geological Survey warns: Don't roast marshmallows over volcano
By Luis Sanchez - 05/29/18 02:31 PM EDT


The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is warning people not to try to roast marshmallows over a volcano.

A Twitter user asked the USGS Volcanoes Twitter page if it is “safe to roast marshmallows over volcanic vents? Assuming you have a long enough stick, that is?”

“We’re going to have to say no, that’s not safe. (Please don’t try!.),” the USGS responded Tuesday.

The USGS took time out of providing updates on volcanic activity to point out that marshmallows roasted over volcanic vents would also taste bad.

“If the vent is emitting a lot of SO2 or H2S, they would taste BAD,” the USGS added. “And if you add sulfuric acid (in the vog, for example) to sugar, you get a pretty spectacular reaction.”

The tweet comes after Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano began to spew lava in recent days.

The volcanic activity has created clouds of ash and flowing lava, made nearby areas uninhabitable and also created volcanic vents. Those vents emit high levels of sulfur dioxide that carries health risks.

[samnsara]

1. all that sulphur!..When St Helens exploded thats what we smelled first..

...then the lightning...then the big black cloud..then the ash.

[lpbk2713]

2. Don't go surfing in a hurricane either.

Just in case anyone needs to be told.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. Don't go kite surfing near an airport.

[MissB]

10. Omg

Okay that was intense.

[Lochloosa]

7. I have. Mexico Beach FL. It's protected by Cape San Blas

Perfect 6 foot curls. Little windy though

[dhill926]

3. jesus....this is the second OP in the last minute...

I thought came from the Onion. The other was NK opening up a burger joint....mercy....

[Tanuki]

5. There is actually a restaurant in a national park in Lanzarote, Canary Islands,

where food is cooked on a vent in a volcano!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3105685/The-dangerous-BBQ-world-Lanzarote-restaurant-uses-VOLCANO-cook-food-450-degrees-Celsius.html

"Forget a portable barbecue in the park, the aptly-named El Diablo (the devil) restaurant in Lanzarote uses the 450 - 500 degrees Celsius of geothermal heat to cook the meat and fish on the menu. 

Set against the volcanic backdrop of  the Timanfaya National Park in the Canary Islands, the restaurant relies on the dormant volcano producing bursts of heat or hot vapour, which rise through a hole in the ground to brown the food placed over it on a cast iron grill. "...

[spinbaby]

16. In Japan they hard cook eggs

Eggs cooked in the volcanic hot springs are a thing there. But they’re not cooking them over lava.

[ret5hd]

6. OK, well then...uhhhh...what about hot dogs? Or S'mores?

[catsudon]

17. here

hold my beer.....

[MissB]

8. Omg

[smirkymonkey]

9. I really thought this was going to be an Onion article.

[LiberalFighter]

11. If someone is stupid enough to ask that question...

[miyazaki]

12. What about kalua pig?

[jmowreader]

13. More suggestions of what not to do

Don't sleep in the subway

Don't eat the yellow snow

Don't bogart that joint

[babylonsister]

15. Don't

rain on my parade!

[Tanuki]

21. Don't tug on Superman's cape....

[jmowreader]

22. And how can we ever forget...

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow

Don't pay the ferryman

Don't talk to strangers

Don't let it show

Don't let it end

[Tanuki]

23. Don't rock the juke box....

And..
Please, Mr., please don't play B-17

[Tanuki]

24. Don't go on Wolverton Mountain

And...
Don't tell me what to do, don't tell me what to say.....

[Blue_true]

14. Sounds like reasonable advice to me. nt

[Renew Deal]

18. Only one way to find out

[vercetti2021]

19. Is it dangerous? Yes.would I do it anyway?

Yes I would yolo