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True Dough

(17,302 posts) Thu Mar 16, 2017, 04:07 PM Mar 2017

BBC crew, tourists get a little too close to Mount Etna eruption

For the camera crew and reporter(s), there ought to be some danger pay in this sort of assignment. For the tourists, well, a dose of common sense would do.

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BBC crew, tourists get a little too close to Mount Etna eruption (Original Post) True Dough Mar 2017 OP

well they got their money's worth msongs Mar 2017 #1

I have been on Mt. Etna Skittles Mar 2017 #2

My wife and I have been there as well True Dough Mar 2017 #4

WTF! Why is that thing allowed to erupt when people are nearby? struggle4progress Mar 2017 #3

I know. Why didn't they turn it off? Laffy Kat Mar 2017 #5

Somebody's probably been eating too much pasta canapa struggle4progress Mar 2017 #6

msongs

(67,395 posts)

1. well they got their money's worth

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 04:14 PM

Mar 2017

Skittles

(153,150 posts)

2. I have been on Mt. Etna

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Fri Mar 17, 2017, 08:36 PM

Mar 2017

no way would I be on it when it was active

True Dough

(17,302 posts)

4. My wife and I have been there as well

Reply to Skittles (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 17, 2017, 09:24 PM

Mar 2017

Overcast, a few light showers. No sign of any lava!

struggle4progress

(118,280 posts)

3. WTF! Why is that thing allowed to erupt when people are nearby?

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Fri Mar 17, 2017, 09:01 PM

Mar 2017

Laffy Kat

(16,377 posts)

5. I know. Why didn't they turn it off?

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 17, 2017, 10:36 PM

Mar 2017

struggle4progress

(118,280 posts)

6. Somebody's probably been eating too much pasta canapa

Reply to Laffy Kat (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 17, 2017, 11:46 PM

Mar 2017

Hey, Vito! You gonna turn Etna off this morning?

Whoa, look that thing smokin! Mebbe I leave it on a while longer

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