A note from the Tangentially Related to Kumamoto Desk: Vox recently published a mildly informative article on volcanoes in general. What caught my eye was the discussion of pyroclastic flow - “If you witness a pyroclastic flow, run in the opposite direction as quickly as possible,” the US Geological Survey helpfully advises - and used a video of the ‘95 Mt. Unzen (just across the bay in Nagasaki) eruption to emphasize the speed one might be expected to run in the opposite direction if one wants to remain alive. I’d just arrived in Kumamoto when Unzen erupted and remember having to top off my windshield wiper fluid almost daily to keep up with the ashfall. A direct link to the video is below, as is a link to the mildly informative article in which the link is embedded. - William
https://www.vox.com/2018/5/11/17327564/volcano-eruption-kilauea-hawaii-lava-science-7-things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=51&v=Cvjwt9nnwXY
