oSomehow I associated it with Edgar Allan Poe ' s story of the same name and maybe that ' s why I confused it xD . <| sep |> What a piece of shit . There is always that one guy that takes things too far . I cut off contact with a friend that was constantly guilty of this . <| sep |> Micheal Haley got it started , and the rest of the team followed suit <| sep |> Cool story . Most countries are not like this though . <| sep |> Volcanoes aren ' t as kabooomey as cartoons would lead you to believe . The only island with an active volcano is Hawai ' i aka the big island . All the other islands have extinct volcanoes . The largest human settlements are on Oahu , home to Honolulu and Disney ! and no lava ! . The big island ' s volcano is erupting regularly , a decade ago I was fortunate enough to go on a helicopter tour and see it spewing lava into the ocean . Freaking incredible . The thing is though , it ' s not a huge bang , it ' s a continuous lava pour that just nobody goes near , the most it ' s ever destroyed is a twolane road and a few bus stops . If a volcano were to form an underground pocket that could potentially build in pressure and go bang , we have the technology to detect that . EDIT Wait wait , clarification . There are FIVE active volcanoes . But the threat is still low . Kilauea this is the one on the big island , and the one I was alluding to in my previous words . It ' s regularly barfing lava on the south side of the island , and has no civilizations near it . No risk of dramatic eruptions . Mauna Loa also on the big island , it hasn ' t erupted in a while and is overdue . Nobody ' s built on top of it lol . Hualala also on the big island . It hasn ' t erupted since 1801 but is expected to go sometime in the next hundred years . Again , ain ' t nobody setting up shop on this . Lo ' ihi this volcano is located offr the south coast of the big island . It ' s erupting underwater , building up , and if the tectonic plates stay put , will eventually erupt into a new island .