Volcanoes

VOLCANOES The city of St. Pierre on the French Caribbean Island of Martinique had been living in the shadow of their volcano for more than two centuries and it had never harmed them. By 1902 they had begun to regard it as a peaceful dragon sleeping away the eons in their backyard….There was nothing in history of the Volcano that would suggest to the 30,00 people of St. Pierre, known as Pierrotins, that it was capable …

…These facts show that Volcanoes are very powerful and unpredictable. People have tried to study Volcanoes to avoid disasters like the one mentioned before, but because they are so unpredictable it is hard. The different types of volcanoes also has something to do with were they are located and what kind of eruption it will have. Work Cited Cashman, Katherine V. “Volcano” The World Book Encyclopedia. Volume 20. Chicago, 1990 Time Life Books, Planet Earth Volcano. Alexandria, 1982.