New Zealand volcano disaster

[theleader82]

Sad news for those holidaymakers. You’d think they would have technology to tell if it’s aboit to blow otherwise surely it’s too much of a risk to visit. A modern day Pompeii. It’s too dangerous to search for any survivors

[beingsoblase]

Scientists did try to warn people about activity at the volcano, because they actually do have the technology to detect this sort of thing.

They were simply ignored.

[subsub]

You’d think they would have technology to tell if it’s aboit to blow otherwise surely it’s too much of a risk to visit. A modern day Pompeii. It’s too dangerous to search for any survivors

Thanks for that.

[carcinogen]

Quite amazed the authorities (maritime?) weren't closely monitoring the bods who were taking tourists back and fourth to this 'island'. I mean, I don't blame someone who has a boat wanting to make some cash by taking people to see the rock, but surely it should have been regulated somehow? Of course, seismic activity monitoring isn't an exact science is it. Visiting an active volcano is always going to be a risk. That's partly why it is alluring for people. The tourists took a gamble and they lost, but I can't help wondering what their decision would have been if they had have known there was a heightened risk of eruption. Maybe they did know and that's why they went? Lawsuits? Can one sue a volcano? Who knows. More later, tune in. Sivven-fifty-sivven.

[ToRmAtO]

Let's go to a deserted live volcano island, what could possibly go wrong.

There must have been a process for this type excursion to happen to allow the public to visit this place. I would have loved to see the risk assessment.

What's next, let's have a tourist excursion to the ruins of Chernobyl, what could possibly go wrong.

[JimmyDee]

Can one sue a volcano?

You can't sue anyone for damages in NZ. Full story on the DigitalSpy volcano thread.

[carcinogen]

tbf, our whole planet is just one giant volcano isn't it. It's not anyone's fault. FAULT. Gettit??! FAULT! ahaha ... Michael 'unfunny cunt' McIntyre can have that one for free.

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Can Micheals "AHAHAHA" Mackintyres have your "barnet fair" for free also MeinCarc? He needs to do-over that wobbly chinese helmet

[theleader82]

tbf, our whole planet is just one giant volcano isn't it. It's not anyone's fault. FAULT. Gettit??! FAULT! ahaha ... Michael 'unfunny cunt' McIntyre can have that one for free.

They won’t have to pay for a cremation I suppose

[EddieCheddar]

Quite amazed the authorities (maritime?) weren't closely monitoring the bods who were taking tourists back and fourth to this 'island'. I mean, I don't blame someone who has a boat wanting to make some cash by taking people to see the rock, but surely it should have been regulated somehow? Of course, seismic activity monitoring isn't an exact science is it. Visiting an active volcano is always going to be a risk. That's partly why it is alluring for people. The tourists took a gamble and they lost, but I can't help wondering what their decision would have been if they had have known there was a heightened risk of eruption. Maybe they did know and that's why they went? Lawsuits? Can one sue a volcano? Who knows. More later, tune in. Sivven-fifty-sivven.

[kancutlawns]

Sad news for those holidaymakers. You’d think they would have technology to tell if it’s aboit to blow otherwise surely it’s too much of a risk to visit. A modern day Pompeii. It’s too dangerous to search for any survivors

A modern day Pompeii? Only five people were killed with four people lost on a small island FFS. It’s hardly the eradication of an entire civilisation.

[kancutlawns]

tbf, our whole planet is just one giant volcano isn't it. It's not anyone's fault. FAULT. Gettit??! FAULT! ahaha ... Michael 'unfunny cunt' McIntyre can have that one for free.

They won’t have to pay for a cremation I suppose

What happens if the families believe in burials.

[carcinogen]

tbf, our whole planet is just one giant volcano isn't it. It's not anyone's fault. FAULT. Gettit??! FAULT! ahaha ... Michael 'unfunny cunt' McIntyre can have that one for free.

They won’t have to pay for a cremation I suppose

What happens if the families believe in burials.

I think they were buried alive weren't they? Under the ash? Or were they burnt to death first? Hopefully it was quick. Sounds quite painful.

[theleader82]

Some of the people rescued couldn’t be recognised according to reports and have been taken to special hospitals in Australia

[kancutlawns]

Some of the people rescued couldn’t be recognised according to reports and have been taken to special hospitals in Australia

Couldn’t they be identified by dental records or DNA? If they had been incinerated then there would have been nothing to identify, Shirley?