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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/volcano.deaths.ap/index.html

Silent but deadly. :(

Wow that sucks.

Wow that sucks.

I gotta agree.

You read the way they found them? Not a good way to die....

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/volcano.deaths.ap/index.html

Silent but deadly. :(

http://perso.orange.fr/mhalb/nyos/disaster/indexdisaster.htm
How about having to be burped?
*Praise be to The Bathroom Readers' Institute*

http://perso.orange.fr/mhalb/nyos/disaster/indexdisaster.htm
How about having to be burped?
*Praise be to The Bathroom Readers' Institute*

Geology is so full of interesting events. Pity they happen so rarely.

Geology is so full of interesting events. Pity they happen so rarely.

It happened enough that the events had been incorporated into some local myth, about how the earth would get angry and set loose spirits, and the indicator would be the blood red bubbling lake.
:eek:

Earth farting: :D
Kids dying :(

It happened enough that the events had been incorporated into some local myth, about how the earth would get angry and set loose spirits, and the indicator would be the blood red bubbling lake.
:eek:

Ah, the power of Myth.

I also find myself wondering what Earth has been eating lately.

Ah, the power of Myth.

I also find myself wondering what Earth has been eating lately.

Ask the republicans.

Ask the republicans.

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I can't think of a volcanic gas likely to cause blood and foaming at the mouth and nose...

EDIT: Carbon monoxide poisoning can cause oedema, apparently. Maybe that's it.

Ah, the power of Myth.

I also find myself wondering what Earth has been eating lately.Iraqis.

http://www.abestweb.com/smilies/eek3.gif

Not a bad smilie. I've let my smilie use fall by the wayside, lamentably.

Not a bad smilie. I've let my smilie use fall by the wayside, lamentably.

Special smilies are best in moderation. Increases their fun value when they do show up. *nod*

I can't think of a volcanic gas likely to cause blood and foaming at the mouth and nose...

HCl or HF can be produced by volcanoes. I'd imagine that inhaling either of them would generally spoil your day. Not sure about the foaming though.

I also find myself wondering what Earth has been eating lately.

Maybe it ate Al Gore. :eek: Well, I can hope can't I?

Special smilies are best in moderation. Increases their fun value when they do show up. *nod*
Just don't use those bananas... :p

Well, that's a pretty crappy way to go.

Not a bad smilie. I've let my smilie use fall by the wayside, lamentably.
*laments*

Maybe it ate Al Gore. :eek: Well, I can hope can't I?

No, no, he's not a virgin.

Just ask everyone who voted for him ... he got fucked! :p

Ugh! That was so terrible, I think you gave me cancer!

*laments*

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/gen111.gif

Hey, i still keep the best ones.
:fluffle:

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/gen111.gif

Hey, i still keep the best ones.
:fluffle:

:)

Earth farting: :D
Kids dying :(

Yeah. I know someone who laughs whenever someone farts (And she calls me out whenever I do). She compared earthquakes to farts once in science class. I said, "Let's test that theory" and I ripped one. It was funny for me and for her, because it was loud and really near her.

Special smilies are best in moderation. Increases their fun value when they do show up. *nod*

Yeah, I REMEMBER you. :)
Something about a sheep?

HCl or HF can be produced by volcanoes. I'd imagine that inhaling either of them would generally spoil your day. Not sure about the foaming though.

Health effects

Hydrogen fluoride is toxic and can be fatal if even small amounts are ingested or absorbed through the skin. HF burns require immediate treatment beginning with washing with water but specialized care is indicated. HF acid burns are not similar to those produced by hydrogen chloride (HCl), or other common acids. Onset time of symptoms of HF burns are proportional to concentration. Above 50% instantaneous effects are apparent. Between 20% and 50% clinical symptoms may not appear for one to eight hours. Concentrations below 20% may not result in symptoms for 24 hours.

Entry routes include inhalation, ingestion, skin and eyes. Aside from burns to the eyes, skin, lungs, or digestive tract, the lowering of serum calcium (hypocalcemia) is one of the most serious consequences of HF exposure. As the free fluoride ion penetrates the skin it binds serum calcium forming covalent, nearly insoluble calcium fluoride (CaF2). This has effects on nerve conduction and can lead to extreme throbbing pain, metabolic changes, and even death.

Burning lungs suggest foaming to me.

Bummer. Someone needs to teach that volcano a lesson. I suggest missiles.

Burning lungs suggest foaming to me.

Quite right, but HFl is usually produced in relatively small quantities alongside larger amounts of CO2, H2S and CO - Carbon Monoxide (according to Wiki) can result in Pulmonary Oedema and coughing up blood, so it seems more likely that it was a rather nasty cocktail of gases that did for them. They must have just got unlucky with where they camped, in a hollow or something that trapped the gas.

Burning lungs suggest foaming to me.

It does indeed.

I've inhaled a little chlorine gas and it was extremely unpleasant. Must have been a bloody horrible way to go for those kids.

It does indeed.

I've inhaled a little chlorine gas and it was extremely unpleasant. Must have been a bloody horrible way to go for those kids.

Did it affect your sense of smell? I got a whiff of HCL way back when I was in school and it knocked mine out for a week. :p

That's a bad way to go, having your lungs burned up.

Did it affect your sense of smell? I got a whiff of HCL way back when I was in school and it knocked mine out for a week. :p

Ammonia does that too. :(

"He said families of the victims had refused permission to perform autopsies, but the dead were believed to have been poisoned by gases from the crater. The six were found with blood and foam on their mouths and noses, he said."

Ew. :(

Did it affect your sense of smell? I got a whiff of HCL way back when I was in school and it knocked mine out for a week. :p

Not that I remember. The main effects I noted were the coughing until my throat bled and a couple of hours of violent vomiting.

Like I said, I don't imagine those kids had much fun.

Not that I remember. The main effects I noted were the coughing until my throat bled and a couple of hours of violent vomiting.

Like I said, I don't imagine those kids had much fun.

Yeah, I wouldn't think so. :(

I wonder if this will have any impact on the popularity of camping on the rim of an active volcano. :p