After which type of natural disaster would pyroclastic flow most likely occur?

Correct answer: Volcanic eruption

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Sandyberry
Sandyberry
yikes can't outrun that! Note to self, Do not visit any areas with possibly active volcanoes !
Player #3532789
Player #3532789
Randall Stone, I think you might be wrong. Yes there was a pyroclastic flow which did kill an awful lot of people, but it was the ash which covered and smothered the people in the towns and encased their bodies in a mummified state that are on show in the likes of Pompey.
Tanya
Tanya
Volcanoes are considered active if there has been anything going on for the last 10,000 years. Yes, 10,000 years seems like a long time...
bribiepete
bribiepete
Tanya, this is open to debate among scientists. Most would not consider a valcano active if it hasn't shown activity within the last 100 years, some would argue 50 years or less. I haven't found any reports suggesting 10,000 years. I think that would be considered "dormant"
Birdiemom
Birdiemom
I knew the answer because a friend of ours was supposed to be on Mt St Helens
Sar
Sar
Chosen because of the word pyro, pyromaniac, someone who deliberately starts fires. So pyro, fire flow, no idea what clastic means!
Player #30403597
Player #30403597
I knew the answer because I graduated high school. I wish that more Americans could say that!
StationaryStreet4
StationaryStreet4
I knew the answer because I've seen the movie Dante's Peak.
Suekirider
Suekirider
StationaryStreet4, Me too! Pierce Brosnan described it in Dante's Peak! Great flick!
Player #32567393
Player #32567393
humbermaniac, Cozzy 25, Yes, lest we forget.
Player #2331803
Player #2331803
I wonder if the MCU will use Pyro as a bad Guy when they re boot the X men?
Player #15915594
Player #15915594
ten thousand years is a long time ,duh
Uninitialized
Uninitialized
Sandyberry, just few weeks ago. people were killed by volcano erupted on a island off New Zealand s coast. they were site seeing tourists.
BlueHairedFreak
BlueHairedFreak
Player #3532789, it was gas from the pyroclastic flow that killed the victims of Vesuvius in Pompeii and Herculaneum. The ash fall was actually fairly light, but it did cover the bodies and preserve them. The science behind the deaths is fascinating.
Teslasgirl66
Teslasgirl66
MALICE, yeah I'm with you