Many 'Dangerous' Volcanoes Not Monitored ; Agency Lacks Funds for Basic Equipment
The Columbian › October 25, 2004
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The nation's volcano hazards program suffers from a lack of resources severe enough that at least a quarter of the "truly dangerous" volcanoes in the United States are left without so much as a single seismometer to determine whether they're stirring to life.
"We think it's serious," said Jim Quick, director of the U.S. Geological Survey's volcano hazards program in Reston, Va.See the full content of this document
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Many 'Dangerous' Volcanoes Not Monitored ; Agency Lacks Funds for Basic Equipment
Mount St. Helens has grabbed headlines over the past month, but the USGS also must keep tabs on a slew of other volcanoes throughout the country.
In at least 20 cases, according to federal officials, the agency lacks the money to put in place rudimentary equipment capable of detecting the initial stirrings of a volcano.Even at...See the full content of this document
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