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TIL Patton’s solution to Hawaiian lava flows in the 40s-50s was to bomb them
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Apparently this happened in the 1930s. General Patton died in 1945 so we can assume he was busy with other stuff in 1941-45 and definitely not alive after that.
To be fair that was Pattons solution for everything
What a moron. Everyone know that bombs only work on hurricanes.
The year was 1935.
>The 1926 eruption in particular is noteworthy for having inundated a village near Hoʻōpūloa, destroying 12 houses, a church, and a small harbor. After an event in 1933, Mauna Loa’s 1935 eruption caused a public crisis when its flows started to head towards Hilo. A bombing operation was decided upon to try and divert the flows, planned out by then-lieutenant colonel George S. Patton. The bombing, conducted on December 27, was declared a success by Thomas A. Jaggar, director of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, and lava stopped flowing by January 2, 1936. However, the role the bombing played in ending the eruption has since been heavily disputed by volcanologists.
When the only tool in your toolbox is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail
Correction on the title; lava bombings were carried out in 1935 and 1942
Sounds like something Patton would suggest
No more crazy than knocking down a building to divert the lava flow as demonstrated in the cinematic tour-de-force [Volcano](https://youtu.be/A01aAvg8aDk?t=122)
I mean it’s Patton so is that really surprising lol
Trump wanted to nuke a hurricane, so not too far off.