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This is where us Europeans have life easy. Actually there's more to like in Europe than just the lack of deadly natural disasters. Good beer, whisky the variet
by laumars 10y ago
This is where us Europeans have life easy.
Actually there's more to like in Europe than just the lack of deadly natural disasters. Good beer, whisky the variety of cultures and food being amongst my personal favourites.
- arethuza 10y agoThere are quite a few volcanic areas in Europe - the Phlegraean Fields near Naples being an area that has been identified as being a particular risk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlegraean_Fields https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlegraean_Fields I was also surprised to find that Germany has had fairly significant eruptions fairly recently (in geological terms): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laacher_See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laacher_See Fortunately the volcano I can see out the window is dormant enough for there to have been a castle there for the last few thousand years... ;-)
- schoen 10y agoA castle for thousands of years? ... maybe some other kind of fortification at first?
- arethuza 10y agoOK - slight exaggeration - castle for at least a thousand years and some other kind of fortification before that. :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Castle NB The volcanic plug that the castle sits on is 350 million years old - so no real danger apart from the occasional bit that falls off.