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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (51249)	5/13/2014 12:10:45 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

People are crazy. I'm right now in the firing line: <Btw, I know I forgot to mention NZ's Mt. Taupo previously.. that is also a supervolcano on the level of Toba..> Even though I know it's going to happen, I'm just 200 km downwind from that and all the other vulcanicity such as Rotorua [a mere 40 km to the edge of the crater]. I'm also just above sea level on a sand spit so a tsunami from an eruption would wash me and the house away. White Island or a new caldera at Matata could send a megawave my way before breakfast. So could a bolide splashing into the Pacific ocean. I hope it doesn't happen in the next week, though in one way it would be good if it did as I'm minding our son's family's house and dog while they are in Rarotonga. One old Geezer gone instead of a whole family in the process of making the world a better place. While it's not happening, the beach, ocean, sky and whatnot are as beautiful as it's possible to be. On the beach yesterday it was as idyllic as overlooking the Bay of Islands from Paihia on the morning of 11 September 2001. Yet on tv was proceeding the destruction of my beloved Twin Towers which took one of our daughters to see in 1999. The juxtaposition of the idyllic perfection out the window and the spectacular Islamic jihad destruction on tv is welded into my brain. So I suppose the beautiful scene will be shattered once again because that's what alpha males and females like to do. They want to be the boss, even if the world is destroyed in the process of them getting that power. It's not Mount Taupo. It's just Taupo. The "mountain" is hundreds of kilometres across and the crater lake looks like a sea rather than a crater. Not many people would think of it when standing enjoying the splendid view and idyllic ambience on a clear blue sunny day on the edge of the lake in Taupo [the town]. People wouldn't even know they have driven up the mountain, over the crater rim, and down into the crater to picnic by the crater lake and to let the children play in the water. It's like a giant rat trap with cheese to get crowds to move in. "Look how nice it is. Come on everyone. Lots of people are here so it must be okay. There's plenty of cheese for everyone." There is not necessarily safety in numbers. In fact, the presence of the crowd makes people think things are fine. They assume somebody else will do their thinking for them. Mqurice