A tour of a lifetime.
I wonder how long it will be before it's open to tourism again?
A walk on the wild side.
White Island
White Island

“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
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ex-khobar Andy
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Re: White Island
NZ has apparently ordered 1.2 million square cm of skin for grafts. I make that 120 square meters or about 1200 square feet. With about 30 people in burns units that is something like 40 square feet each.
Wow. I understand that specialist burns teams are on the way from Australia, UK and USA.
Wow. I understand that specialist burns teams are on the way from Australia, UK and USA.
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Re: White Island
With burns that extensive it would be a miracle if they survive.ex-khobar Andy wrote:NZ has apparently ordered 1.2 million square cm of skin for grafts. I make that 120 square meters or about 1200 square feet. With about 30 people in burns units that is something like 40 square feet each.
GAH!
Re: White Island
Things like this make me glad to be an armchair traveler.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
White Island
Sadly, I feel those living recipients will envy the dead.

“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”