• Flying Squid
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    1010 months ago

    This one defies Betteridge’s rule because he really is building a bunker in Hawaii. Which will work out for him really well if the Kauai volcano erupts and covers it with lava.

    • @[email protected]
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      610 months ago

      That’s not gonna happen, the Hawaiian volcanos are created by a hot spot in the Earth’s mantle which Kauai shifted away from centuries ago.

    • @grue
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      10 months ago

      if the Kauai volcano erupts

      Unfortunately, that’s not how the Hawaiian hotspot works. Kauai is the second-oldest and northwestern of the islands in the state, and since the hotspot has been moving southeast the only places where activity occurs are Maui, the Big Island, and the Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount to the southeast of it (which is expected to be a new island in 10k years or so).

      • Butt Pirate
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        210 months ago

        Is the hotspot moving, or is the hotspot stationary while continental drift drags the islands away from it?

      • @Death_Equity
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        10 months ago

        Just have to build it above sea level by about 250ft.