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Nicaragua still has active and erupting volcanos and a lot of earthquakes.
by benologist 12y ago
Nicaragua still has active and erupting volcanos and a lot of earthquakes.
- pmorici 12y agoI don't doubt it but could human scale construction trigger an eruption that would destroy the country?
- benologist 12y agoPoor / developing countries don't have the infrastructure or standards to avoid disasters so I'm sure 'we' could indirectly cause a fire or a landslide or something that overwhelms their emergency services. Nicaragua's capital has been destroyed twice in the last century by situations like that.
- gus_massa 12y agoYes. But can you activate a volcano with a (big) digger? Or this danger is only FUD.
- bjelkeman-again 12y agoI have studied geology and believe that to be FUD.
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- lotsofmangos 12y agoIf Baru volcano in Panama goes off, then folk opposing a Nicaragua canal may end up looking silly as well though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar%C3%BA_%28volcano%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar%C3%BA_%28volcano%29
- jccooper 12y agoOnly if it erupted while they were wearing silly socks. Said volcano is nowhere near the canal.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoOops, my bad :) I didn't check the map properly and I am an idiot.