Volcanic ash, composed of microscopic silica glass shards with razor-sharp edges, can destroy internal combustion engines within 500 miles of an eruption by fusing inside engine cylinders, clogging fuel systems and air intakes, while simultaneously causing structural collapse when mixed with moisture (6 inches of wet ash weighs 120 lb per square foot) and posing fatal health risks when inhaled as it embeds in lung tissue with no known cure.
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this ash fuses inside your engine #mechanics #volcanoAdded:
You think you'd drive away.
You wouldn't.
Volcanic ash is not like wood ash.
It's pulverized glass.
Microscopic shards of silica with razor sharp edges.
Every internal combustion engine within 500 miles stops within hours.
The ash fuses inside your engine cylinders.
Destroys your fuel system.
Clogs every air intake.
Your car dies before you reach the highway.
And if you try to breathe it in, it embeds in your lung tissue and destroys it from the inside.
No treatment.
No surgery.
No cure.
When ash mixes with moisture, its weight triples.
6 in of wet ash weighs 120 lb per square foot.
Rooftops across the Midwest begin collapsing within 48 hours.
You can't outrun this.
You can't drive through this.
You can't breathe through this.
Want to know what happens to the food supply next?
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