Volcanologists just ranked the most threatening volcanoes in the United States (theverge.com) 2 points by extraterra 7y ago ↗ HN
[–] rdtsc 7y ago ↗ The actual report:https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20185140Top ten from the table in the PDF since it was very slow loading:---1 Kilauea HI 48 263 19.425 -155.2922 Mount St. Helens WA 59 235 46.2 -122.183 Mount Rainier WA 37 203 46.87 -121.7584 Redoubt Volcano AK 48 201 60.485 -152.7425 Mount Shasta CA 39 178 41.42 -122.26 Mount Hood OR 30 178 45.374 -121.6947 Three Sisters OR 30 165 44.133 -121.7678 Akutan Island AK 47 161 54.134 -165.9869 Makushin Volcano AK 47 161 53.891 -166.92310 Mount Spurr AK 48 160 61.299 -152.251---First number is aviation threat score [0-60]Second is a general threat score [0-300]The next pair is lat/lon coordinates with decimal degrees. [–] grizzles 7y ago ↗ I was pretty shocked that Yellowstone wasn't at #1 or #2. Apparently it's #21, based on their assessment. [–] rdtsc 7y ago ↗ Yeah me too. And I am kind of surprised how high Mt. Rainier is in the list.
[–] grizzles 7y ago ↗ I was pretty shocked that Yellowstone wasn't at #1 or #2. Apparently it's #21, based on their assessment. [–] rdtsc 7y ago ↗ Yeah me too. And I am kind of surprised how high Mt. Rainier is in the list.
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Top ten from the table in the PDF since it was very slow loading:
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1 Kilauea HI 48 263 19.425 -155.292
2 Mount St. Helens WA 59 235 46.2 -122.18
3 Mount Rainier WA 37 203 46.87 -121.758
4 Redoubt Volcano AK 48 201 60.485 -152.742
5 Mount Shasta CA 39 178 41.42 -122.2
6 Mount Hood OR 30 178 45.374 -121.694
7 Three Sisters OR 30 165 44.133 -121.767
8 Akutan Island AK 47 161 54.134 -165.986
9 Makushin Volcano AK 47 161 53.891 -166.923
10 Mount Spurr AK 48 160 61.299 -152.251
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First number is aviation threat score [0-60]
Second is a general threat score [0-300]
The next pair is lat/lon coordinates with decimal degrees.