More than three million people live in the vicinity of Mount Rainier. Official warnings have been ignored, and the suburbs of Seattle and Tacoma have spread dangerously close to the volcano. But steaming fumes rise from the mountain's summit daily and earthquakes rattle the volcano's core. The situation is ripe for disaster. In this riveting worst-case scenario Thomas P. Hopp describes a world gone mad as volcanic ash and stones fall from the sky, deadly lahar mudflows cover entire towns, people panic, and desperate rescuers try to cope with an overwhelming situation. The relentless chain of events and the life-and-death stakes make RAINIER ERUPTS! a heart-palpitating 'what-if' look at a major volcanic eruption in our times.
More than three million people live in the vicinity of Mount Rainier. Official warnings have been ignored, and the suburbs of Seattle and Tacoma have spread dangerously close to the volcano. But steaming fumes rise from the mountain's summit daily and earthquakes rattle the volcano's core. The situation is ripe for disaster. In this riveting worst-case scenario Thomas P. Hopp describes a world gone mad as volcanic ash and stones fall from the sky, deadly lahar mudflows cover entire towns, people panic, and desperate rescuers try to cope with an overwhelming situation. The relentless chain of events and the life-and-death stakes make RAINIER ERUPTS! a heart-palpitating 'what-if' look at a major volcanic eruption in our times.