Portal:Volcanoes/Quotes

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The quotes section of the portal is dictated by the following template:

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| size = size of the image
| rollover = rollover text
| quote = "Part of being wise is knowing when to be silent."
| speaker = quote's speaker.
| context = remarking on his boots melting whilst on the slope of [[Lopevi|Lopevi Volcano]], 2000
| source= standard is http://www.volcanolive.com/quotes.html. Change as needed.
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If you want to add a quote, be sure to include the source and the speaker. It must be volcano-related and relevant, however.

Featured quotes

Quotes 1

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"This ground is hot enough to cook the Sunday roast!"

— John Seach, remarking on his boots melting whilst on the slope of Lopevi Volcano, 2000


Quotes 2

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"I have seen so many eruptions in the last 20 years that I don't care if I die tomorrow."

— Maurice Krafft, on the day before he was killed by a pyroclastic flow on Unzen Volcano, Japan, 1991.


Quotes 3

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"Is this volcano active?"

— Tourist on Mount Etna, after being reprimanded for camping out at the base of a dangerous volcanic vent, 2000.


Quotes 4

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"No one told us we needed a gas mask."

— Tourist visiting the highly active Ambrym volcano, South West Pacific.


Quotes 5

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"Do we need to bring a sleeping bag, or will the volcano keep us warm at night?"


Quotes 6

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"We'll just look at you. If you looked scared then we'll panic."

— Discovery channel crew, talking to volcanologist John Seach during filming at Yasur Volcano, 2000.


Quotes 7

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"This is just like Yellowstone."

— American tourist, referring to Krakatoa, Indonesia, March 2008.


Quotes 8

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"El enemigo sigue ahí. (The enemy is still there)"

— Sergio Galilea, intendant of the Los Lagos Region, Chile, speaking of the Chaitén Volcano on the first anniversary of its eruption, 2 May 2009


Quotes 9

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Now an extinct volcano is not quite so safe a neighbour as many may suppose. Vesuvius was an extinct volcano from time immemorial till the year 63, when it suddenly broke out again, and soon after destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum; since which time it has never again subsided into entire inactivity.

— A possible event — dangers of our planet, The National Magazine, November 1854, p. 435