You don't have to live near a volcano to be buried by one. Ash rides the wind for hundreds — even thousands — of miles, collapsing roofs, grounding planes, choking engines and ruining crops far downwind. Pick a real volcano (or place your own) and watch the ash spread.
N95 masks, sealed water, clean-air rooms and a plan to clear roof loads — ashfall preps are cheap and rarely on anyone's list.
The lava stays home. The ash travels hundreds of miles.
You don’t have to live near a volcano to be buried by one — ash rides the wind for hundreds, even thousands, of miles.
It’s a smooth downwind estimate; a real plume bends and patches with the winds aloft. Depths are illustrative of the hazard, not a precise forecast.
