FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
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lava flows all can occurred at Dante’s peak.
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snow occurred.
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severe storms can occur during a eruption.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The lava in the movie is pahoehoe lava, very fluid and basaltic (remember that basaltic lavas are pretty unusual in Cascade eruptions).
Detailed explanation-2: -The film is set in the fictional town of Dante’s Peak where the inhabitants fight to survive a volcanic eruption from a long dormant stratovolcano that has suddenly woken up.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is true, Dzurisin said, that as the protagonist in “Dante’s Peak” says at the outset, the odds are 10, 000 to 1 against an eruption occurring. “The probabilities are indeed that high when a volcano is not restless, ” said the scientist. “But as soon as it becomes restless, then the odds decrease dramatically.
Detailed explanation-4: -The volcanic inspiration for “Dante’s Peak” was the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, which was used as a filming location for some scenes in the movie. “Dante’s Peak” is also strikingly similar to the 1981 movie “St. Helens, ” which portrays a slightly dramatized story about the real event.