On 21 Jan 2003 at 19:08, Barb Jernigan wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:03:43 -0600 "R. Clayton McKee"
>  writes:
> 
> > Tungurahua... 
> 
> I remembered the Tung and the hua... it's an incredible peak....

That he is.  Baņos is a nice town, or was nine years ago... gotta go 
back again, soon or forever, I don't care.  Wouldn't necessarily want 
to settle there, but it's sure a nice calm place when hisself isn't 
being rumbly...

> 
> well, stopping shy of the pyroclastic flow is good -- even though it
> makes the vulcanologists seem like sheep crying wolf People can't
> accept that science isn't All Knowing.

Only here, I think.  There's something to be said for the animist 
view... the locals tend to regard the volcano as alive, 
unpredictable, sometimes moody.  Science is all well and good, but 
the volcano's been there longer than the scientists.               
 Albest,

                        Clayton

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