If I could just remember all that FORTRAN I did back then, I might be able to manage a lucrative few years before I hit retirement age.

Too funny, MA. I sent the article to a friend of ours who retired a couple of years ago from Argonne National Laboratory. He was part of the group working on the ATLAS experiment.

https://www.anl.gov/hep/atlas-...-hadron-collider-lhc

Post-retirement income!

For total geeks, here's something he put together:

https://slidetodoc.com/overvie...avid-malon-malonanl/)

For non-geeks, one of the final slides from the presentation:

This is happening everywhere, unfortunately. There were a large number of volcanologists who entered the field or were active during the large eruptions in 1980 - 2000ish, including St Helens, Mt Pinatubo, and El Chichon. As a result, these folks learned the telltale signs of an imminent eruption and more importantly, how to help organize an effective evacuation. However, due to the march of time many if not all of these people have retired, and budget cutbacks have meant that their positions aren't being refilled, or those positions are going elsewhere.

Do I think about this when I look out my window at Mt Hood, Mt St Helens, Mt. Adams, etc.? You betcha!