The next big earthquake. A perilous wildfire season. Steph Curry breaking both ankles simultaneously. California definitely has its share of potential disasters – but one you might not normally think of are volcanoes. Give Andy Calvert a few minutes and maybe he can change that. Calvert is the scientist-in-charge at the California Volcano Observatory in Menlo Park and Moffett Field, a U.S. Geological Survey facility that studies our local volcanoes. Yes, they exist: The early-1900s eruption of Lassen Peak devastated the surrounding region and spread ash all the way to Nevada. Eruptions around Mona Lake and Mammoth Mountain are as young as 300 to 600 years, and Mount Shasta went off about 3,000 years ago and is very capable of a repeat. “All of these volcanoes will erupt again. Whether it's in our lifetimes or not is uncertain,” says Calvert.
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