Portal:Volcanoes/Quotes
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The quotes section of the portal is dictated by the following template:
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| 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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Featured quotes
Quotes 1
"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
"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
"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
"No one told us we needed a gas mask."
— Tourist visiting the highly active Ambrym volcano, South West Pacific.
Quotes 5
"Do we need to bring a sleeping bag, or will the volcano keep us warm at night?"
— Documentary producer at Mount Etna, 2000.
Quotes 6
"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
"This is just like Yellowstone."
Quotes 8
"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
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