Getting papers finished when figuring out a career, a demanding (and wonderful) job where publishing is not part of it, and juggling chronic illness every day is HARD. This paper showed me how colleagues/friends can step up and make all the difference ❤️
This is where having wonderful co-authors is the best! Thank you so, so much Sam for getting this across the finish line ❤️
Some pretty volcano art for our feeds 🥰
#GOES18/#GOESWest True Color RGB images revealed another well-defined episode of resuspended volcanic ash (from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta-Katmai) being transported across the Shelikof Strait and over parts of Kodiak Island: geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu#playing:true...; #AKwx
Thank you 🥰
Thank you 🥰
In my experience, the worst of the worst come out of the UK when it comes to garbage, fearmongering headlines about geohazards 🙄
One of the best parts of my work with GeoTenerife in the Canary Islands is working with students. One who stood out immediately was Leah Gomm from the United Kingdom. Her bubbly personality made an impression right away, and it didn’t take long for me to learn of her passion for tsunamis, particularly the catastrophic 2004 Boxing Day event. Earlier this year, Leah visited Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, and spoke to locals about their experiences, firing up her enthusiasm for helping people. This was the area where the tsunami collided with the ‘Queen of the Sea’ train, claiming more than 1000 lives. While we name it the ‘Boxing Day Tsunami’, the Buddhist community were preparing to celebrate ‘Poya (full moon) Day’, a national holiday. Children are commonly sent to inland temples. That resulted in many lives being saved that day; however, many were also orphaned. While they were practicing their religion in the morning, the waves were sweeping away their homes and families. Leah shared her story of meeting a tuk-tuk driver who had tragically lost his grandparents, mother, little sister, and his home. He took Leah to significant sites, including an 18.5-meter-high Buddha statue that marks the height of one of the tsunami waves. Leah reflected, “You’re an ant in comparison to the height of these waves.” After the emotional journey, Leah attempted to tip the tuk-tuk driver, but he refused, saying, “We want humanity, not money.” He expressed his hope for people to unite and learn about nature’s overwhelming forces.
Humanity after a tsunami
"Each of the locals conveyed a unified message: their desire to see the human race come together."
Full article: www.teawamutunews.nz/2025/09/huma...
#Scicomm #tsunami #hazards #disaster
I'll use this thread to share my #scicomm writing from the past few years 😊 I have a weekly newspaper column, 'On Shaky Ground', printed in 3 community papers and posted online. I cover a range of hazards topics in the hope that something helps someone, my way of giving back to my home.
Ooh thank you!
I have thought about all of you SO many times over the years. It is sparking so much joy seeing the familiar names here 😊
It's great to see you here! 😊
#MSH45 | May 18, 1980 — 8:32 a.m.
Geologists Dorothy and Keith Stoffel, with pilot Bruce Judson, make a final pass over Mount St. Helens. A M5.1 quake strikes. Ice and rock collapse into the crater.
Below them, the north face heaves—then gives way. The largest landslide in recorded history begins.
The new Eruptions newsletter is out! Lots of stuff about the resuspended ash in Alaska and Washington, a deep dive into resurgent calderas and satellite views of Russian lava flows: eruptions.beehiiv.com/p/eruptions-...
🔊Sound on🔊 for the distant roar of an erupting volcano (while hiking down a neighboring volcano, as the Sun rises over another volcano).
I love this ❤️
Thank you 😊 Will you be at GSNZ this year? I hope I get to see you again soon!
I REALLY look forward to that!!
I'm so happy that this is still going! Thanks!
I am planning on moving to Wellington in January. Once I have a guest room you are more than welcome to visit 😁
It's great to see you here 🥰
I appreciate the kind assistance 😊
Lava fountaining at Kīlauea on September 19, 2025.
Of this you can be sure: if I send out a newsletter saying Kīlauea is likely to erupt soon, it does. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
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A lava fountain at dawn with a small tephra tornado.
One of the HVO interns (Christina) grabbed this shot of episode 33 from the public viewing area.
Thank you 🥰 Great to see you here!
