[Rockhounds] Why did White Island (Whakaari) Volcano, New Zealand, erupt as it did?

[J Bryan Kramer]

The real question is why were tourists allowed to go ashore when the
alert level was raised to 4 out of 5

BK

“ if government says, this you may not read, this you must not see,
this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and
oppression no matter how holy the motives..

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.”

Robert A Heinlein

J Bryan Krämer       North Florida, USA
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On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 6:42 PM Paul <etchplain at att.net> wrote:
>
> A short, concise, and understandable explanation of the tragic eruption
> of White Island (Whakaari) Volcano, New Zealand, is:
>
> What caused the White Island volcano to explode the way it did? ABC News
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_93KoBrZEwY
>
> A concise description of White Island (Whakaari) Volcano, New Zealand,
> can be found in “Magmatic-hydrothermal system at White Island volcano,
> North Island, New Zealand, Carlos Jimenez, on pp. 35-43 of:
>
> JCU SEG Student Chapter, Guide Book
> New Zealand, North Island Field Trip 2015
> https://www.segweb.org/pdf/events/2016/16JCFT-Guidebook.pdf
>
> Yours,
>
> Paul H.
>
>
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