It’s not just any mountain...it’s Mt. Kilauea & it’s HUGE. Jack nearly wore out his patience applying a cement like substance to it, what with the crater and all the divots & channels. It looked like the real thing covered with drips and splatters. When I left, they were having a discussion about the best way to produce an explosion...it had something to do with baking soda, detergent, coke, mentos and dry ice, or maybe it was root beer, aspirins, vinegar and lighter fluid. I know they’ll get it sorted out. Jack wanted to put a tiny town at the bottom of the mountain to achieve a sort of Pompeii like effect, but nobody wanted to help with the tiny houses.
Be sure to see the photos and video clips of the real Kilauea from the U.S. Geological Survey, they're spectacular.
PS: His presentation at school was a hit, with lots of dry ice vapor flowing this way and that. He's going to give us a personal demonstration.
