Strange earthquake waves rippled around Earth

Re:Strange earthquake waves rippled around Earth by dvdgsng on Thursday November 29, 2018 @08:49AM (#18560101)

I just saw a documentary about Réunion yesterday, an island in the vicinity with a unique culture & cuisine (a fascinating mixture due to colonization history) paired with great tropical nature due to (now inactive) volcanoes that created some beautiful hiking trails in craters and calderas. All those little islands around Madagascar seem to be really lovely and beautiful, they are certainly on my ToDo travel list now.

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Re:Strange earthquake waves rippled around Earth by jventura on Thursday November 29, 2018 @11:30AM (#18561403)

Been there some years ago for two weeks of paragliding. One of my best memories for sure, beautiful island, very clean waterfalls.. There's an active volcano though [1]..

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9union#/media/File:Volca...

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Re:Strange earthquake waves rippled around Earth by kaybe on Thursday November 29, 2018 @12:03PM (#18561696)

What do you mean, 'though'.. that's another plus! It's monitored so it won't go off and kill people without warning and time for evacuation.

And it's Hawaiian style, which means very fluid and low ash, which is the most fun style of volcanoes because it won't really explode (the gas can escape steadily instead of building up pressure) and you can get pretty close during an eruption.

Worst case, your flight is delayed or cancelled and you cannot stay in a specific village. Best case, you get to see an awesome and safe display of natural forces!

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Re:Strange earthquake waves rippled around Earth by gregschlom on Thursday November 29, 2018 @02:43PM (#18563253)

I think "though" was in reaction to the GP saying that the volcanoes on the island are inactive. I was going to say the same thing, the piton de la fournaise is very much active.

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Re:Strange earthquake waves rippled around Earth by dvdgsng on Thursday November 29, 2018 @07:26PM (#18565533)

Thanks, guess I misinterpreted the documentary, they were only talking about huge calderas from former eruptions. Or I missed the part where they talked about the active volcano (multitasking, meh ...).

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Re:Strange earthquake waves rippled around Earth by wazoox on Thursday November 29, 2018 @11:20AM (#18561317)

Choose your time carefully, the population is currently rioting and the island is in near complete chaos...

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Re:Strange earthquake waves rippled around Earth by dvdgsng on Thursday November 29, 2018 @07:21PM (#18565499)

Thanks for the hint, will do some reading on this ...

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Re:Strange earthquake waves rippled around Earth by tangue on Friday November 30, 2018 @08:36AM (#18568955)

I live there, it's a bit exagerated. But I wouldn't recommend coming in the forecoming month. If you really want to come feel free to ping me if you need some advice.

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Re:Strange earthquake waves rippled around Earth by arethuza on Thursday November 29, 2018 @10:07AM (#18560676)

I went (and indeed got married) in the Seychelles - absolutely gorgeous places. Surprisingly large granite mountains on the main island as well.

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