DANTE'S PEAK PROJECT

PRECURSORS

• Do trees and wildlife die because of carbon dioxide in the soil?
• Yes
• Carbon dioxide gas is released from magma has accumulated in the soil sufficient concentrations

PRECURSORS

• Water supply is contaminated by carbon dioxide
• Yes but it has to originate directly from the volcanos groundwater system or a stream covered in volcanic ash

HAZARDS

• Earthquakes
• Not usually
• Earthquakes associated with eruptions rarely exceed magnitude of 5

HAZARDS

• Helicopter engine stalls due to ash in the air
• Yes
• Because of the volcanic ash in the engine stalls it and won't work anymore
• In the past many, many aircrafts encountered volcanic ash.

WHAT TO DO...

• When your in a pyroclastic flow
• You can't run away from pyroclastic flows
• But you could probably survive if you get to somewhere safe before pyroclastic flow happens

WHAT TO DO...

• For a volcanic bomb
• Probably if you were to take cover under something
• Examples: rock ledge, underground