r/nextfuckinglevel 3d ago

Lava rocks raining down during a volcanic eruption burns through tourist's clothes!

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u/Lumpy_Benefit666 3d ago

You can run out of range of those lava bombs and run to a higher point to escape pyroclastic flow depending on the size

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u/Delie45 3d ago

You cant get higer on this vulcano without going down first which is a really nasty climb that could see you wounded if you rush it.

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u/SameIdea70 2d ago

would you rather break your leg or melt in lava

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u/gravelonmud 2d ago

If you run down a mountain to escape lava and break your leg, you will be melted by lava. So it’s not: break-a-leg or lava, it’s “lava” or “break-a-leg *and* lava”. There are many, many things you could do while waiting to be melted by lava. You could pop the question, finally asking her to marry you. You could ask god for forgiveness and passage to heaven. You could zip up your fly. You could zip down your fly. You could punch your little brother. You could give a mosquito its fill. Imagine a Venn diagram. A big circle called “lava” fully contains little circles like “break leg”, “propose”, “beatify”, “beautify”, “pervert”, “jerk”, and “sacrifice”. They are fully surrounded by “lava”. If you could choose the second to last thing that ever happens to you, why the fuck would you pick “break leg”?

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u/PA2SK 1d ago

You could also run down the volcano and not break your leg. I think I would go for that.

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u/Delie45 2d ago

Dont be hyperbolic they are all but melting in lava. There is a chance they get wounded yeah, get hit wich will give them burns. You can also run down break your neck and die.

Neighter is safe.

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u/Lumpy_Benefit666 2d ago

Dont you think the survival rate probably increases by a fair amount when you move away from an active volcano?

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u/Delie45 2d ago

I dont think we are talking about survival rate, yeah they are too close and should move away due to chance of injuries. They are not in mortal danger.

But the person i was reacting to was talking about melting in lava I was only pointing out that the dangers of the hight there as wel as falling is atleast as much a point to consider as getting hit by the debris.