AsktheBuilder.com News - May 13, 2018
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You may or may not know that my college degree is in geology. It was a fascinating course of study. Geology made me a better builder because I understood how houses interacted with the soil. I also discovered how to keep basements and crawlspaces BONE DRY.
If I could go back in time the only thing I'd change would be to have taken all advanced business classes for any free electives.
The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is generating lots of attention because it's doing what active volcanos do. It's making the island bigger and taller.
To put this in perspective, realize ALL of the land in the state of Hawaii above the sea, and below down to the seafloor, was spewed out over time in the form of lava. In other words, the slow eruption of lava is perfectly normal and it's ongoing.
Just think of Kilauea as an upside down giant tube of caulk that every now and then
gets squeezed. The lava flows up and out of various vents and fissures.
How would you like to have a better understanding of what's going on? Believe me when I say that it's NOT going to make your head explode.
Here are TWO AMAZING books written for homeowners like you that explain in language
you can understand of what's really causing the lava to flow.
It's all plate tectonics and the slowly roiling molten rock in the upper mantle of the Earth.
Rough Hewn Land is SO GOOD I read it twice. Keith Heyer Meldahl, the author, explains exactly how the conveyor belt of plate tectonics works and WHY and HOW it creates volcanos.
If you want to understand how the Rocky
Mountains came to be and how there's going to be ocean-front property in Las Vegas one day, then read this book. I GUARANTEE you'll love it.
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