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  1. @Sophia_Moseley aah right. Well, does show that the tropes are based on common themes!
  2. .@Skud I was very tempted to sign up to an MSc in Geophysical Hazards last year, but I can't afford it. Would be fun though!
  3. @Erica_Jane_MP thanks. Yes, and I don't know how fast the damn thing is growing. bloody uncomfortabble though.
  4. @Skud ha ha ha. I love those sorts of details. makes a real difference if you get them right, too.
  5. @Sophia_Moseley @tim_harrap ah, no. which particular news story were you thinking of?
  6. btw, cyst news: it's actually 9.5 x 8.5 x 8.1cm. Awaiting appt w consultant now. Lots of waiting. Lots and lots. And lots of painkillers.
  7. @kevinmarks will put it on my list :D
  8. @Skud aah the fun bit. I have a degree in geology, hence being drawn to volcanic disaster scenarios. and floods.
  9. @shinyship thankfully, no. Just lots and lots of lava.
  10. @Skud I think disaster stories (which are my guilty pleasure) are really, really tough. You need a meaningful human story amongst the death.
  11. .@Tupp_Ed @HelenHollick have thought about Vesuvius erupting. wonder how the mafia would respond.
  12. @belril after a while, everything becomes a trope...
  13. @kevinmarks cheers, will take a shufti. :D
  14. .@Sophia_Moseley @tim_harrap for lots of books you know the outcome, but the thrill is in finding out how we get there.
  15. @HelenHollick ha ha ha. quite. and therein lies the problem.
  16. .@owenblacker often they truisms, because for eg there's a good reason why politicians are reluctant to sound the alarm: re-election.
  17. @owenblacker my dreams are always fun, and often cinematic to boot!
  18. @williamheath :p
  19. @kevinmarks good point, but I think easier said than done to work at into a disaster story well.