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OLYMPIA, WA—In an effort to bring more awareness to an often overlooked issue, a safety campaign was launched Tuesday to teach new parents that babies can die in just one or two inches of lava. “Take it from me, leaving your infant unsupervised in a shallow pool of hot, molten rock is deadlier than you may think,” said Child Safety Foundation president Leo Miller, who added that many parents think it’s fine to leave their children alone near a volcano, only to return and find them face down, floating in 2,000-degree lava ejected from the Earth’s mantle. “Sadly, submersion in lava can cause damage to a child’s vital organs or—worse—death. By the time parents find their baby and begin administering CPR, often all that’s left is a smoldering skeleton.” Miller has previously called on local governments to invest in more public volcanoes so that more American children can learn to swim in lava.


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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh my god, I had no idea. We just moved in from an area where there are no volcanoes anywhere close.

Just this morning I let my toddler play up there. I thought the crater lake would be fun for the kid, because what child does not like to dabble in water now and then. I had no idea that volcanoes could provide such hazards. Will certainly not let him play there again.

This article might have saved my child.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The article is a little alarmist. I played near volcano craters all the time as a toddler. Is your child street smart?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kids got rocks for brains.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Damn libs trying to tell me I can't give my baby a lava bath now?! The hell they ain't!!!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So ... it took me a moment to realize that this was The Onion, because I legit figured that in the bizarro world timeline, this is a thing that could actually happen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That onion's lit

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yea but there is a 50/50 chance of the bones not burning up and someone finding them, ideally you want to shoot for 4-6" of lava.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Education is crucial near a lava flow. You can easily cook a kielbasa or your kid over it. Choose wisely.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not very hungry at the moment, so maybe just kielbasa for now. Unless you're hungry too, we could go halves on the kid?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tbh I’m trying to cut back

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's the right way to do it. You don't want to cut forward and back, like a sawing motion. That actually takes longer and it shreds the tendens. You want a nice firm backwards cut. The knife should slice right in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is unnecessary. Given the nature of capitalism, some kind entrepreneur will delivery to these people molten lava charms

(for a nominal fee of course)

This is of course provided the pharmaceuticals don't develop a molten resistance potion first, then there's no reason for lava charms.

[–] nei7jc 2 points 1 year ago

I don't really like the feel of swimming in lava in general, not really the temperature that gets to me.