Re: Did anyone watch the two parter on TV; 10.5?

As an afterthought, the reason they had the characters in /Dante's
Peak/ drive over the lava flow is probably because in reality they
could have easily outrun it in a truck. It *had* to be impossible,
just as most laypeople who have heard of them probably understand (from
straight documentaries as well as expert commentary on TV) that you
can't outrun a nuee ardente in a pickup truck or anything else. The
whole essence of fun in a disaster movie is turning a real danger into
a fantasy so that the audience can come to grips with it more easily.
That is an educational process, too, in its own way. It does need to
have a factual basis to spring from, however.

Barb

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Ride through the silent earthquake lands,
Wide as a waste is wide,
Across these days like deserts, when
Pride and a little scratching pen
Have dried and split the hearts of men,
Heart of the heroes, ride.
--G. K. Chesterton, "The Ballad of the White Horse"

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