In 1980, the stratovolcano Mount St Helens woke up, after a more than 100 years dormant period. A group of researchers was following the development on safe distance, they assumed. After a magnitude 5 earth quake, the northern face of the mountain collapsed. The subsequent lava eruption went off in an oblique direction, and buried the entire group of observers. Live volcano watching can be dangerous.
There are alternatives. She's watching on her lap top, while the web-cam is far away. The volcano is hot. The first drops of lava trickles from the crest. It's close now, so exciting. Then the volcano goes off, a burst of lava into the air, and flowing down the slope. Then it's all over. The volcano is dormant again, for a while. He turns off the webcam. She has some work to finish on her own. She records it on her phone and sends him a definitive voice mail.
Iceland is hot now. Maybe that’s the place to go for summer vacation this year?
