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Related: About this forumCan You Outrun a Supervolcano? Maybe, Study Finds
Can you outrun a supervolcano? New evidence from an ancient eruption suggests the answer is a surprising yes.
"I wouldn't recommend anyone try to outrun a volcano, but there's a few of us that could," said Greg Valentine, a volcanologist at the University at Buffalo in New York.
By analyzing rocks trapped in volcanic ash, Valentine and his colleagues discovered the lethal ash flow spread at street speeds about 10 to 45 mph (16 to 72 km/h). It might be hard to sustain this pace on foot, but it's certainly possible by car. [Big Blasts: History's 10 Most Destructive Volcanoes]
http://www.livescience.com/53954-how-to-outrun-a-supervolcano.html
StandingInLeftField
(972 posts)would you want to.
sue4e3
(731 posts)StandingInLeftField
(972 posts)Would I really want to hang around and deal with the aftermath. Probably not.
mike_c
(36,281 posts)Fleeing the pyroclastic flow from Mt. Pinatubo in 1991.
sue4e3
(731 posts)hunter
(38,340 posts)Unfortunately there's not always a road that goes the right direction, or it's clogged with traffic.