PREDICTING VOLCANOES John Doe 4/7/03 Per.6 With more and more of the world's population coming to live under the shadows of active volcanoes, an accurate prediction of when and where a volcano will erupt is critical. This report will focus on the main ways to predict when a volcano will erupt, how a town can be saved from an advancing lava flow, and the ways a volcano can be helpful in the long run. All volcanoes …showed first 75 words of 1536 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1536 total…responding to an eruption of any size. Yet, prediction is our first line of defense and the only ay we can hope to prevent a major catastrophe from happening. WORKS CITED "Listening to Volcanoes" Futurist Jul/Aug2002 p2 (1) Hirshberg, Charles. "RIGHT ON SCHEDULE." Popular Science Oct2001, p29 (1) "Prediction of danger" @ http://volcanus.info/tq98/volcanoes/prediction.php, 3/1/2003 "Volcano tamers." Popular Mechanics Mar98: p54 (1-3) Pendick, Daniel. "What's this volcano trying to tell us?" New Scientist 02/20/99: 26 (1)