THE WORLD'S POPULATION KEEPS GROWING AND GROWING. AS IT DOES, MORE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN AREAS WHERE VOLCANIC ACTIVITY MAY BE PRESENT. VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS HAVE GONE OUT THROUGH HISTORY. IT WILL CONTINUE. CREATING EVEN GREATER THREATS TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.
MT. RAINIER WAITS OVER THE SEATTLE AREA, THREATENING THE POPULATION OF THREE MILLION PEOPLE NEARBY. POPOCATÉPETL IS BEGINING TO BECOME ACTIVE AGAIN, PUTTING A MILLION PEOPLE IN DANGER. MORE MILLIONS ARE ENDANGERED BY MT. VESUVIUS'S CONTINUED ACTIVENESS. PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE IN DANGER. THE NEED TO PREDICT VOLCANOE'S ERUPTIONS IS IN DEMAND.
R: Information gathered from www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/entry.html