How do people escape from volcano eruptions if there was going to be one?
Most (if not all) volcanoes will have a period of seismic activity running up to the actual eruption. If these earthquakes appear to be strong enough, the local emergency management organization will notify residents in the possible affected area to evacuate (Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Pinatubo, etc.). Of course, the method of notification will change from country to country, state to state, city to city (assuming that there is an EMO in the first place) Evacuation methods will be different depending on the eruptive history of the volcano. An explosive volcano, like Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines will demand a very large scale evacuation to prevent death from lahars, lava flows, lava bombs, and ash fall and inhalation. These evacuations have to be planned in advance because the affected area could be enormous. However, other volcanoes are very peaceful. Mauna Loa (Hawaii) erupts through fissures that spill very non-viscous lava down its face (very liquid lava). However, these lava flows are
