@@loafoffloof3420 Indeed it would be a waste if good fertile land wasn't used. Volcanoes have always been more beneficial to humans than destructive and it's because of this that we take the risks to live near them. The scenic landscapes they provide is just another added bonus.
Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand, is built around a field of dormant volcanoes and Lake Taupo on the North Island occupies the caldera of one of the largest super-volcanic eruptions in Earth's history. Living near a volcano is not unlike living on or near a faultline. You know it is certain there will be an earthquake sooner or later but you just get on with life (otherwise, for example, California wouldn't be the most populous State in the U.S.A.).
as someone who has grown up in campi flegrei i can tell you that the reason people choose to live here is because of the beauty and fertility of the land. The Romans realised the same.
@@torbjornbernhardson3634there are allotments all over Naples. People in Italy use every spare bit of land to grow food. Potsuoli is a suburban neighbourhood and everybody grows vegetables and fruit in their gardens.
For some reason, i understand why all of the residents doesn't want to leave. I'm an Indonesian and my country are considered as a one of most active volcanic and earthquake in this world. I live near Merapi Mount (an active volcano), on 2010 theres a big eruption. Many houses were destroyed, and many cattles were burnt alive, and some of my neighbour too. I and my family were forced to flee to another town and after a few weeks, we came back to our house and as u guessed, my house was destroyed. My dad and my brothers started to renovate. And yeah we live in this house again and don't wanna leave again tbh. The soils are fertile and so my family back again to our fruit garden.
Volcanoes have given humans much more than they have destroyed or taken from us. Humans have found the rewards volcanoes give far outweigh the risks associated with them.
fantastic job. The US public TV show NOVA (highly regarded) just did an an hour doc on campi flegrei. I clicked off in 5 minutes promptly aware they hadn't done their homework. You made stunning photography and met truly engaging locals. Bravissimo.
Completely reminds me of living in South Korea. The residents are not concerned at all about attacks from their northern neighbor. To them, cases full of giant rows of emergency gas masks at the subway stations is a normal sight.
Honestly I'd much sooner live in an area that has these kinds of hazards over having to deal with the rampant cartel violence I have to put up with. At least mother earth doesn't have any ill intent when it decides to wipe you off the map, unlike other people.
Put volcano in the title and you might get more clicks. Had I known this was about volcanoes and not what I assumed (violent crime) I would have clicked much sooner! Great and informative mini-documentary!
This is a very well made video. You have some volcano 101 and then you talk about the situation and how it impacts the people's lives there. Well, I thought it was going to be click bait. It was actually very enjoyable to watch and informative. Good job!
Before I clicked I thought this would be a video about why people live in cities with high violent crime/murder rates like Ciudad Juarez, Cape Town, Caracas, Quito, Medellin, or Salvador de Bahia.
About an hour ago an intense earthquake swarm began at Campi Flegrei. It started at 03:52 local time with the first eq measuring 3.0 and seventeen minutes later an even stronger eq with a magnitude 3.7 and the swarm continues as I write this comment.
@@JustMe-gs9xiLocal and national newspapers barely talk about it... I doubt it is written about in international ones. The world will only know about this crisis the day one of the most enchanting places on Earth turns into an open-air hell.
I don't know why it took me until now, watching this video, but it finally just occurred to me that archaeologists who have spent their lives and careers excavating incredible sites that had been buried by volcanic activity might live to see them buried again.
Or be buried by the same volcano. I was a classics major, and Herculaneum's burned scrolls and all the archaeology there thrill me. I used to be able to read Pliny's letter in the original Latin. So I would love to visit those sites. EXCEPT. I've visited Mount St Helens, and seen Kilauea erupting.I live in California and have been through moderate earthquakes; I've even felt mild ones in the last month. I've seen fire tornadoes here, hurricanes and blizzards when I lived back east, and my school was destroyed by a tornado. All survivable. Pyroclastic surges? Not. Campi Flegrei scares the spit out of me. I salute everyone who lives and works there, but that is a volcano I do not trust farther than I can throw it, and I mean that literally. From everything I've learned since i got interested in volcanoes and earthquakes after moving to California 25 years ago, I'm not sure it's going to give clear warning signals far enough in advance for people to evacuate; just gradually worsening conditions like the proverbial frog in a pot of water that's slowly heating. I hope I'm wrong.
@@ellenbryn I also hope you're wrong about the lack of warning signals, but from what I've seen, I don't know that enough of the populace would recognise or heed them, anyway. I'm with you on all of this. SO scary, and sadly, it's a wise choice for you to stay away. (Side note: I LOVE that you used to be able to read Pliny's letter in the original Latin. Dang! I did only three semesters of Latin, and I'm still so mad at myself for allowing most of it to leave my brain so readily. I know that it still informs me on some level.)
Wonderful documentary. I often gravitate to actively erupting volcanoes such as Kilauea or those in Iceland, but Campi Flegrei is indeed the most dangerous. It is truly fascinating to see why all the people continue to live there despite the risk.
Taal volcano in the Philippines is also one of the worlds most dangerous volcano due to it being very large and is close to the capital of the Philippines which is metro manila home to roughly 14 million people.
True but Taal is weak compared to the 2nd strongest eruption of the 20th Century, Mt Pinatubo which cooled down the planet by 0.3C for three years from 1991-1993 due to its ash covering the planet. Add also the dormant Mt Talim, part of the Laguna Lake Caldera whose parts of its banks is in Southeast Metro Manila.
As someone who basically lives there,this was a fantastic video. You explained perfectly everything from the evacuation of Rione Terra ,to bradisismo, to why people decide to stay. I'm so glad someone decided to make a video about the Campi Flegrei because I always thought they were extremely underlooked, especially compared to Mt. Vesuvius. Thanks again for this wondeful mini documentary, and I bring you my greetings from Pëzzule ✌️
A serious volcanic winter is probably the biggest threat to humanity and we have absolutely zero way to stop it from happening (if it happens). We might have created a global trade system that reduce the reliance on local food sources since the last big one but yeah, a global hit on agriculture would hit everyone at the same time.
And nothing is being done...at all...anywhere...to prepare...which is probably the most ridiculous thing imaginable. This is only one of them and there are dozens scattered around the globe and they`re active and overdue. Few even know the recent history of what these things have done or the recent history of space impacts.
There's an even bigger city built on a huge volcanic field! Auckland, NZ is built on a field of 53 volcanoes, and is still deemed as active. There's almost 2 million people living here. It's no supervolcano, but definitely a risk (just not as dramatic as Campi Flagrei).
I live next to lake Taupo, another super volcano. No one here generally considers that it’s a super volcano they just admire the huge lake. It’s a bit of a different case though, Taupō is dormant. I think that it won’t erupt any time soon
I have seen many reports clips on CF, with varying levels of accuracy and quality. This is a very well done report, well laid out with genuine and accurate detail. Loved it.
This is so well done. What crazy timing that right after you visit and meet these people, that the strongest event in a very long time occurs.. I'm glad you got to stay in touch with them. That abandoned area is a total shame for those who lost their home's & community back in the 80's. *BTW if you really want to see a volcano that's similar to the movies then you definitely should look into traveling to see sites with active Magma. Iceland, Greenland, etc. Have them. That's a totally different experience than visiting active but dormant volcanoes. Volcanoes are some of the most gorgeous places it's just so tricky when towns settle down alongside them..
last catastrophe in messina was in 1908 so why do over 600k people live there and why is the biggest bridge in the world currently being built there? there just are so many answers its not easy if you dont do your own research
San Francisco sits at the mouth of a huge natural bay, so a great location to fortify a harbour. Messina sits right at the narrow between Sicily and Italy. If you control that straight, you control shipping. Cities grow at economically or politically important locations. And those aren't the only ones. What about New Orleans, in a bowl below sea level surrounded by water at three sides. Or Las Vegas, in the middle of the desert with no natural water resources. Or Manilla. Or half of Japan. Or Nauru. Or everyone in the flood plains at the north sea. Or the entire country of Bangladesh.
Incredible mini-documentary, I've been on Vesuvius' crater rim when an earthquake occurred at Vesuvius and it scared me shitless. I can't even imagine living inside Campi Flegrei when an earthquake swarm hits...
Pozzuoli resident here, very nice and honest video. It’s a very complicated situation, everyone has a life here so we all live with the hope that like it happened before things will go back to normal. Finger crossed 🤞
Thank you for this. I've been hearing about Campi Flegrei for a long time now, and it definitely concerns me. It's truly jaw dropping to see aerial photos depicting a landscape scarred with craters ... with a city built right on top of it. It's not the biggest 'super' volcano around. Probably Toba takes that prize. But it is very active, in the heart of a densely populated region, and so it is very dangerous. It is also largely under water, something you didn't mention, which means there is a high probability that an eruption would be extremely violent. My suspicion is, a large eruption is not likely in the near future, but is almost inevitable within the next 100 years or so. And when it does go off, life as we know it will change forever.
As someone living in a dangerous city, you kinda get desensitized to it. Not even physical activities or horror movies makes my adrenaline pump anymore.
I love finding videos and channels like this so much. It may not get the most attention compared to certain other things, but it's gotta be so much fun making videos like this. It's never boring, always refreshing and something new and fun to explore.
A number of years ago I was in Mexico City and getting ready to sit at a restaurant. All of sudden I felt dizzy and noticed the huge chandeliers swaying. A very disastrous earthquake hit about 10km away. Everyone got quiet, watched until the chandeliers stopped swaying, and went back to talking as if nothing had happened. Very interesting.
Brilliant video! Ive been to the top of Vesuvius and looked down on the urban sprawl for miles around, it’s mind blowing to think of that whole area being so high risk and the potential for devastation. It was sobering to be in Pompeii, to look at Vesuvius in the distance and imagine what people saw in the eruption of 79AD. Very informative & enjoyable piece of journalism.
Its one thing to build around one, entirely something else to build on top of an active one. A few towns in the us are built on top of extinct volcanoes. One still shows gas emissions, but the last eruption was over 6 million years ago
Imagine sleeping on top of a volcano, you wake up and your home is full of smoke, you can't see, you look out your window to see your home tilted on a cliff facing a huge lake of rushing lava, then boom, your home is shot up and decimated. No way someone is surviving that.
Really shows you how different people can be. I'm so grateful to live in an area that experiences cold winters, but doesn't get earthquakes, volcanoes, or hurricanes. Evidently these people feel the exact opposite.
Excellent documentary. I'm living at 3km sight line from the center of Solfatara volcano and I'm felt all the earthquackes happening in last days (I'm located in a building at 9th floor). Sometimes I can't go to sleep calm and I feel fear of next earthquake and when it happens. But this is my life and moving from here isn't simple for work and habits of my family. Anyway thanks for this video. I like it very much. It's a close up of real life stories.
As an Indonesian who lives in basically a chain of volcanoes. Area around volcanoes has the mosy fertile soil, and it's great for agriculture, u basically can put stick and stone into the ground and it'll grow into some food. We all aware of the volcano may just erupt all the sudden without warning, but i guess that's the price people willing to pay for living
Ironically, the soil must be super fertile that can support and sustain human life, one of the reasons for people wanting to remain and try to survive, despite of the high risk. A well made documentary, Faultline.
Auckland here in New Zealand is quite similar with countless large and small volcanoes but thankfully less active than the ones there and almost no earthquakes occur there
Given all the effort given to this single video, I am confused on why you have only a few hundred thousand subscribers! 😮 This channel deserves millions! ❤️ subscribed!
Amazing reportage mate, all my family lives in Pozzuoli and you made me feel again the real chaos this situation is. As you said we love these places and most of the time we try to not think about the danger all around us.
I’m Greek and I’m so interested in Naples and Vesuvius history! I’ve recently discovered Campi Flegrei and your video is the first non Italian documentary I’ve watched. Well done! 👏🏻
When Vesuvius blew in Ancient Rome, I read that many older residents didn’t run because there had been a scare when they were younger, but nothing bad happened. The human life is a blink to the geological. We must understand that a few decades of inactivity are meaningless.
Also, calderas, when not erupting, became the most beautiful landscapes you can see on Earth. See also Yellowstone and other well known calderas, the landscape is often green, full of trees... In Italy, Piedmont, we have an extint caldera that last erupted 300M years ago and is still visible, and the whole conduct and magma chamber emerged in surface due to tectonics. Is called 'Sesia' or 'Valsesia supervolcano', the river follows the volcanic vent and you clearly see the rock around is solidified magma. It rated VEI 8. Because of this, Piedmont is one of the most beautiful and lush regions of Italy.
Mexico City also has people living inside volcanoes lmao, there's around 40 million people living around volcanoes. I doubt Naples is the most populated area surrounded by volcanoes
Honestly, looking at maps, the old medieval streets are so narrow and labyrinthic that I must say that I have some serious doubts that they would have time to evacuate in a hurry if needed. They would need several hours of warning to really stand a chance at getting everyone out.
I adore Angela's attitude! She has lived there since the 70s, it is her home, she knew the risk when she moved there and she knows it now. We all take risks every day, we are none ever completely safe and we none will get out of here alive, the best thing we can do is enjoy life. Yes, we should limit our risks, but all of us are risk takers in our own way. This is hers and she is happy, that is more than many can say. Cheers, Angela, enjoy life to its fullest!
I really like the fact that there is so much interest in the Campi Flegrei at the moment, because there is a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding about it, which is why people really can't understand why we decide to live here anyway. Great video man 💪🏻🌋 and besides, you can't really understand how spectacular the view is in this place until you admire it with your own eyes, the fact that it is mostly close to the sea gives it much more depth and value. I hope you can come and visit the area as soon as possible!
Best Campi Flegri video thus far. I am quite impressed and living in Southern California where we get earthquakes all the time but they don’t cause Armageddon. Well done. I look forward to your next Campi Flegri video.
'Campi Flegrei' literally means 'Burning fields'. Also, keep in mind that most of those houses there are built without following the law. They are 'case abusive'. Basically people built them without permission, thanks also to Camorra, a mafia group from Napoli. Scientists are hopeless into convincing people there to leave. As you also saw for yourself, they follow no reason and prefer to pretent that everything is fine
Completely reminds me of living in South Korea. The residents are not concerned at all about attacks from their northern neighbor. To them, cases full of giant rows of emergency gas masks at the subway stations is a normal sight.
While I’s argue Rafah is probably more dangerous this week - on a year by year basis - yeah, this is likely the most dangerous place on Earth. Pretty mind blowing.
@@denniscrane9753 I know right? Israel should never have allowed itself to be attacked by a rag tag guerilla group! That fact that they breached one of the most secure borders on earth without an immediate Israeli response is simply shocking, how dare Hamas! *SARCASM*
Thank you, excellent documentary. Having read/seen videos about Campi Flegrei it was great to see the area at 'street view'. I knew about the rising ground at Pozzuoli port, very interesting to actually see the difference where the ships tied up at 11:45
Reminds me of an anecdote I heard: Dutch researcher was in Indonesia for a conference, and asked why they would ever live in such a dangerous place, on top of active volcanoes and all that. Receiving a question in return: well why would you ever live in such a dangerous place, literally below the sea level and all that?
I literally used to live in Lago Patria, just north of the Campi Flegrei caldera. Summer camp at Carney Park in Pozzuoli (inside a dormant volcano), went to middle school near Solfatara. My childhood was amazing in Italy, but I never had a sense of dread or fear about where I lived.
We live there currently (cause Nato) and we just live day by day without thinking about it. You literally can’t, cause life would be so miserable and scary. There is earthquakes more often, & one of my friend (who lives near Pozzouli) feels it everytime. She said people pop up their tents and the government is trying to move people with damaged house caused by it, to other houses farther away but a lot of people refuse to take on the offer, since work would be to far away. So far we couldn’t feel anything in Lago 🍀
When I was in my college years, I went on a field trip to an extinct volcano in New Mexico. My geology professor insisted we take in the view, then declared, "The most beautiful landscapes are always tortured ground." It's a fact worth sharing...
I live in a volcano zone in Cental America. I love it. Life happens, and trying to prevent every eventuality is exhausting and impossible. Nobody knows when their last day will be. Enjoy today, hope and plan for tomorrow,, and be kind and helpful.
The residents at Campi Flegrei don't live on top of that volcano, it's a caldera so they live inside of the volcano.
Literally yes
Somehow worse now that you say it 😂
Worse😮
well said!
@@usamong1129I know right
The ironic thing about volcanoes is that when they are not actively erupting they are some of the greatest places on Earth to live near
why?
@@sinon4Areas around volcanoes are some of the most fertile soils on the planet and humans have always exploited this benefit.
@@EternalEyeofRa it would be a waste of good fertile soil and agriculture land if we did not though
@@loafoffloof3420 Indeed it would be a waste if good fertile land wasn't used. Volcanoes have always been more beneficial to humans than destructive and it's because of this that we take the risks to live near them. The scenic landscapes they provide is just another added bonus.
Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand, is built around a field of dormant volcanoes and Lake Taupo on the North Island occupies the caldera of one of the largest super-volcanic eruptions in Earth's history.
Living near a volcano is not unlike living on or near a faultline. You know it is certain there will be an earthquake sooner or later but you just get on with life (otherwise, for example, California wouldn't be the most populous State in the U.S.A.).
Giuseppe looks so excited to share his knowledge with you. He is a fantastic educator you did well to search him out.
Giuseppe seems like an amazing guy. Very dedicated to his craft.
It's called being a scientist.
as someone who has grown up in campi flegrei i can tell you that the reason people choose to live here is because of the beauty and fertility of the land. The Romans realised the same.
How fertile can a city be?
@@torbjornbernhardson3634 when you consider the amount of volcanic deposits ...very
@@torbjornbernhardson3634there are allotments all over Naples. People in Italy use every spare bit of land to grow food. Potsuoli is a suburban neighbourhood and everybody grows vegetables and fruit in their gardens.
@@torbjornbernhardson3634volcanic soil is actually super fertile, so when a volcano isn’t erupting then it’s a pretty good place to live
I spent a month living with my friends there in Pozzuoli and I agree it was a wonderful place
For some reason, i understand why all of the residents doesn't want to leave. I'm an Indonesian and my country are considered as a one of most active volcanic and earthquake in this world. I live near Merapi Mount (an active volcano), on 2010 theres a big eruption. Many houses were destroyed, and many cattles were burnt alive, and some of my neighbour too. I and my family were forced to flee to another town and after a few weeks, we came back to our house and as u guessed, my house was destroyed. My dad and my brothers started to renovate. And yeah we live in this house again and don't wanna leave again tbh. The soils are fertile and so my family back again to our fruit garden.
I am Italian, i understand.
Volcanoes have given humans much more than they have destroyed or taken from us. Humans have found the rewards volcanoes give far outweigh the risks associated with them.
Does your family profit off the fruit garden?
Im just wondering
@@JaKingScomez his home area are known for it. I'm also live near mount merapi. About 2 hours from there😅
fantastic job. The US public TV show NOVA (highly regarded) just did an an hour doc on campi flegrei. I clicked off in 5 minutes promptly aware they hadn't done their homework. You made stunning photography and met truly engaging locals. Bravissimo.
When you live in a danger area: you just make peace with it
I think you mean you make peace with death.
@@Thyalwaysseek We all die eventually.
Especially as people get older. It becomes harder to change, and death creeps ever closer, anyway! 🤷♀️
Completely reminds me of living in South Korea. The residents are not concerned at all about attacks from their northern neighbor. To them, cases full of giant rows of emergency gas masks at the subway stations is a normal sight.
Honestly I'd much sooner live in an area that has these kinds of hazards over having to deal with the rampant cartel violence I have to put up with. At least mother earth doesn't have any ill intent when it decides to wipe you off the map, unlike other people.
Put volcano in the title and you might get more clicks. Had I known this was about volcanoes and not what I assumed (violent crime) I would have clicked much sooner! Great and informative mini-documentary!
but it isnt the deadliest volcano i think
I knew it was about volcanoes when I saw the map on the thumbnail
@@wdhyrhrj4414 I knew those specific contours in Italy's coastline in the thumbnail. And I thought to myself: Campi Flegrei
@@JesusSavedYouu the danger comes from the fact that so many people are directly impacted.
After months of being fed up with YT. This vid was that quality content I've been looking for
This is a very well made video. You have some volcano 101 and then you talk about the situation and how it impacts the people's lives there. Well, I thought it was going to be click bait. It was actually very enjoyable to watch and informative. Good job!
Yes excellent presentation.
Before I clicked I thought this would be a video about why people live in cities with high violent crime/murder rates like Ciudad Juarez, Cape Town, Caracas, Quito, Medellin, or Salvador de Bahia.
Well.. it kind of applies to Naples 😅
@@LucaBrasi215 Was just going to say that.. 🤭
Ya i thought it was some random brazillian city from the thumbnail
Or New York and Seattle.
Medellin is very safe. It still has Escobar’s drug cartel feel, but it’s very safe if you know where you’re going.
About an hour ago an intense earthquake swarm began at Campi Flegrei. It started at 03:52 local time with the first eq measuring 3.0 and seventeen minutes later an even stronger eq with a magnitude 3.7 and the swarm continues as I write this comment.
OH my Goodness,, where is the news reports?? i am looking.
I monitor the seismograms positioned around Campi Flegrei that's how I knew an earthquake swarm had started.
@@JustMe-gs9xiLocal and national newspapers barely talk about it... I doubt it is written about in international ones. The world will only know about this crisis the day one of the most enchanting places on Earth turns into an open-air hell.
@@JustMe-gs9xi The news don't report these things, you have to watch the data for yourself.
yeah it was a modest earthquake i heard it clearly and in Pozzuoli some of my friends spent the night in the car. It is becoming our normality
I don't know why it took me until now, watching this video, but it finally just occurred to me that archaeologists who have spent their lives and careers excavating incredible sites that had been buried by volcanic activity might live to see them buried again.
Or be buried by the same volcano.
I was a classics major, and Herculaneum's burned scrolls and all the archaeology there thrill me. I used to be able to read Pliny's letter in the original Latin. So I would love to visit those sites. EXCEPT.
I've visited Mount St Helens, and seen Kilauea erupting.I live in California and have been through moderate earthquakes; I've even felt mild ones in the last month. I've seen fire tornadoes here, hurricanes and blizzards when I lived back east, and my school was destroyed by a tornado.
All survivable. Pyroclastic surges? Not. Campi Flegrei scares the spit out of me. I salute everyone who lives and works there, but that is a volcano I do not trust farther than I can throw it, and I mean that literally. From everything I've learned since i got interested in volcanoes and earthquakes after moving to California 25 years ago, I'm not sure it's going to give clear warning signals far enough in advance for people to evacuate; just gradually worsening conditions like the proverbial frog in a pot of water that's slowly heating.
I hope I'm wrong.
@@ellenbryn I also hope you're wrong about the lack of warning signals, but from what I've seen, I don't know that enough of the populace would recognise or heed them, anyway. I'm with you on all of this. SO scary, and sadly, it's a wise choice for you to stay away.
(Side note: I LOVE that you used to be able to read Pliny's letter in the original Latin. Dang! I did only three semesters of Latin, and I'm still so mad at myself for allowing most of it to leave my brain so readily. I know that it still informs me on some level.)
Fertile soil is a big drawcard - I live at the base of an extinct volcano.
Kako misle iseliti tri i po milijuna ljudi?To bi mogao postati veliki problem...
Fertile soil and coast = good livelihood. Can’t blame these people.
Clermont-Ferrand ?
@@FE0003 Mt Dandenong…last erupted 300 million years ago.
@@andreagriffiths3512 Thats near Melbourne right ?
Finally a video about fault lines!
I'm gay too buddy lol😂😂😂😂
Ley lines when???
Great vid❤
On June 21, 2024 you will receive news that will trigger a year long spiral towards your eventual death on May 3rd 2025
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Even if it’s a small eruption it will still be catastrophic eruption for the area
Yeah I heard about 3m ppl live around
We’re really on the cusp of witnessing a pompeii in our lifetimes…
Amazing video. I has seen Giuseppe in a number of documentaries on italian tv. He seems like a very dedicated and honest man. Great job Andy
Wonderful documentary. I often gravitate to actively erupting volcanoes such as Kilauea or those in Iceland, but Campi Flegrei is indeed the most dangerous. It is truly fascinating to see why all the people continue to live there despite the risk.
Taal volcano in the Philippines is also one of the worlds most dangerous volcano due to it being very large and is close to the capital of the Philippines which is metro manila home to roughly 14 million people.
True but Taal is weak compared to the 2nd strongest eruption of the 20th Century, Mt Pinatubo which cooled down the planet by 0.3C for three years from 1991-1993 due to its ash covering the planet.
Add also the dormant Mt Talim, part of the Laguna Lake Caldera whose parts of its banks is in Southeast Metro Manila.
And its caldera itself is home to multiple towns and a city though Manila is quite a distance away
As someone who basically lives there,this was a fantastic video. You explained perfectly everything from the evacuation of Rione Terra ,to bradisismo, to why people decide to stay. I'm so glad someone decided to make a video about the Campi Flegrei because I always thought they were extremely underlooked, especially compared to Mt. Vesuvius. Thanks again for this wondeful mini documentary, and I bring you my greetings from Pëzzule ✌️
A serious volcanic winter is probably the biggest threat to humanity and we have absolutely zero way to stop it from happening (if it happens). We might have created a global trade system that reduce the reliance on local food sources since the last big one but yeah, a global hit on agriculture would hit everyone at the same time.
Well there are suggestions that are possible like draining the lava cavern... But that depends if we can notice those lava caverns existing.
Imagine the dad lore if you survive though man… pandemic + Super volcano
And nothing is being done...at all...anywhere...to prepare...which is probably the most ridiculous thing imaginable. This is only one of them and there are dozens scattered around the globe and they`re active and overdue. Few even know the recent history of what these things have done or the recent history of space impacts.
Some things humans can't control. We have to adapt like we always have
Even animals make limited preparations for the future. Humans can barely manage to make real plans a decade out 🙄 apex species my ass.
There's an even bigger city built on a huge volcanic field! Auckland, NZ is built on a field of 53 volcanoes, and is still deemed as active. There's almost 2 million people living here. It's no supervolcano, but definitely a risk (just not as dramatic as Campi Flagrei).
The Phlegraen Fields (about seventy terrestrial and marine craters) include some western neighboroods of Naples, more than three million people.
I live next to lake Taupo, another super volcano. No one here generally considers that it’s a super volcano they just admire the huge lake. It’s a bit of a different case though, Taupō is dormant. I think that it won’t erupt any time soon
An absolute marvel of a documentary. Well presented, explained, researched and narrated. Just brilliant. Thank you!
I’ve been obsessed with Campi Flegrei for so many years, it’s nice to see a random video about it pop up on my feed. It’s crazy how unknown it is!
I have seen many reports clips on CF, with varying levels of accuracy and quality. This is a very well done report, well laid out with genuine and accurate detail. Loved it.
i live on top of Monte nuovo and I think i saw you recording, now i feel so lucky that the algorithm showed me this video
Great climate. Fertile soil. Port city. Hard to resist.
This is so well done. What crazy timing that right after you visit and meet these people, that the strongest event in a very long time occurs.. I'm glad you got to stay in touch with them. That abandoned area is a total shame for those who lost their home's & community back in the 80's. *BTW if you really want to see a volcano that's similar to the movies then you definitely should look into traveling to see sites with active Magma. Iceland, Greenland, etc. Have them. That's a totally different experience than visiting active but dormant volcanoes. Volcanoes are some of the most gorgeous places it's just so tricky when towns settle down alongside them..
Last eruption in Pozuoli occured in XVI age. Last catastrophic earthquake in San Francisco occured in 1906. Why peoples lives in San Francisco? :)
last catastrophe in messina was in 1908 so why do over 600k people live there and why is the biggest bridge in the world currently being built there? there just are so many answers its not easy if you dont do your own research
You can basically build earthquake-proof buildings and infrastructures, but not volcano-proof. That's why you can live there eventually.
San Francisco sits at the mouth of a huge natural bay, so a great location to fortify a harbour.
Messina sits right at the narrow between Sicily and Italy. If you control that straight, you control shipping.
Cities grow at economically or politically important locations.
And those aren't the only ones.
What about New Orleans, in a bowl below sea level surrounded by water at three sides.
Or Las Vegas, in the middle of the desert with no natural water resources.
Or Manilla.
Or half of Japan.
Or Nauru.
Or everyone in the flood plains at the north sea.
Or the entire country of Bangladesh.
Incredible mini-documentary, I've been on Vesuvius' crater rim when an earthquake occurred at Vesuvius and it scared me shitless. I can't even imagine living inside Campi Flegrei when an earthquake swarm hits...
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Pozzuoli resident here, very nice and honest video. It’s a very complicated situation, everyone has a life here so we all live with the hope that like it happened before things will go back to normal. Finger crossed 🤞
Thank you for this. I've been hearing about Campi Flegrei for a long time now, and it definitely concerns me. It's truly jaw dropping to see aerial photos depicting a landscape scarred with craters ... with a city built right on top of it. It's not the biggest 'super' volcano around. Probably Toba takes that prize. But it is very active, in the heart of a densely populated region, and so it is very dangerous. It is also largely under water, something you didn't mention, which means there is a high probability that an eruption would be extremely violent. My suspicion is, a large eruption is not likely in the near future, but is almost inevitable within the next 100 years or so. And when it does go off, life as we know it will change forever.
The storytelling was done so well, I didn't bother to skip over the ad.
As someone living in a dangerous city, you kinda get desensitized to it. Not even physical activities or horror movies makes my adrenaline pump anymore.
I love finding videos and channels like this so much. It may not get the most attention compared to certain other things, but it's gotta be so much fun making videos like this. It's never boring, always refreshing and something new and fun to explore.
Great reporting and impeccable production as always! Keep up the quality work!
A number of years ago I was in Mexico City and getting ready to sit at a restaurant. All of sudden I felt dizzy and noticed the huge chandeliers swaying. A very disastrous earthquake hit about 10km away. Everyone got quiet, watched until the chandeliers stopped swaying, and went back to talking as if nothing had happened. Very interesting.
top notch reporting and very nice subject
I totally agree.
Brilliant video! Ive been to the top of Vesuvius and looked down on the urban sprawl for miles around, it’s mind blowing to think of that whole area being so high risk and the potential for devastation. It was sobering to be in Pompeii, to look at Vesuvius in the distance and imagine what people saw in the eruption of 79AD. Very informative & enjoyable piece of journalism.
Its one thing to build around one, entirely something else to build on top of an active one. A few towns in the us are built on top of extinct volcanoes. One still shows gas emissions, but the last eruption was over 6 million years ago
Imagine sleeping on top of a volcano, you wake up and your home is full of smoke, you can't see, you look out your window to see your home tilted on a cliff facing a huge lake of rushing lava, then boom, your home is shot up and decimated. No way someone is surviving that.
If that Volcano erupts, all of us will be affected anyway.
Excellent all round. Many thanks
Great video, well put together, this deserves more views
Really shows you how different people can be. I'm so grateful to live in an area that experiences cold winters, but doesn't get earthquakes, volcanoes, or hurricanes. Evidently these people feel the exact opposite.
Excellent documentary. I'm living at 3km sight line from the center of Solfatara volcano and I'm felt all the earthquackes happening in last days (I'm located in a building at 9th floor). Sometimes I can't go to sleep calm and I feel fear of next earthquake and when it happens. But this is my life and moving from here isn't simple for work and habits of my family. Anyway thanks for this video. I like it very much. It's a close up of real life stories.
Ciao, Vicino! We are on Nicola Terracciano, near the post office of pozzuoli. 🧘
Somewhat jealous of you both - danger from the volcanoes aside it’s a beautiful area to live
As an Indonesian who lives in basically a chain of volcanoes. Area around volcanoes has the mosy fertile soil, and it's great for agriculture, u basically can put stick and stone into the ground and it'll grow into some food. We all aware of the volcano may just erupt all the sudden without warning, but i guess that's the price people willing to pay for living
Ironically, the soil must be super fertile that can support and sustain human life, one of the reasons for people wanting to remain and try to survive, despite of the high risk. A well made documentary, Faultline.
Amazing content! Always informative, well produced and intriguing stories. Keep it up!
I think its hilarious there’s a US military base inside one of the craters
Wonderfully produced and written and researched and presented! Yes this is what you should be doing and I would love to see more.
Auckland here in New Zealand is quite similar with countless large and small volcanoes but thankfully less active than the ones there and almost no earthquakes occur there
Given all the effort given to this single video, I am confused on why you have only a few hundred thousand subscribers! 😮 This channel deserves millions! ❤️ subscribed!
Honestly, if it goes, more than just Campania is in deep shit.
It could wipe out humanity if not a Stone Age event!
@@denniscrane9753we already living in a stonge age event with how people like u will believe that
@@Istrianprincess you aren’t very bright are you?
The term drawcard is not a thing
@@denniscrane9753 Dunning-Kruger effect
Amazing reportage mate, all my family lives in Pozzuoli and you made me feel again the real chaos this situation is. As you said we love these places and most of the time we try to not think about the danger all around us.
I’m Greek and I’m so interested in Naples and Vesuvius history! I’ve recently discovered Campi Flegrei and your video is the first non Italian documentary I’ve watched. Well done! 👏🏻
Just discovered your site, and was impressed enough to subscribe. KUDOS!
God protect Italy, looks like a beautiful place.
You do know that when it goes, it will be called an act of god. You can't have it both ways.....can you?
This is a great video! Thank you!
I'm not surprised by the residents. All human beings live in denial of their unavoidable mortality every day.
Great video! I love the editing, very engaging and informative information about Naples. I want to go back there now and climb some of the volcanoes.
Awesome documentary!
fun fact: That yellow circle represents the Campi Flegrei Caldera
When Vesuvius blew in Ancient Rome, I read that many older residents didn’t run because there had been a scare when they were younger, but nothing bad happened. The human life is a blink to the geological. We must understand that a few decades of inactivity are meaningless.
Also, calderas, when not erupting, became the most beautiful landscapes you can see on Earth. See also Yellowstone and other well known calderas, the landscape is often green, full of trees...
In Italy, Piedmont, we have an extint caldera that last erupted 300M years ago and is still visible, and the whole conduct and magma chamber emerged in surface due to tectonics. Is called 'Sesia' or 'Valsesia supervolcano', the river follows the volcanic vent and you clearly see the rock around is solidified magma. It rated VEI 8.
Because of this, Piedmont is one of the most beautiful and lush regions of Italy.
You really are an excellent presenter! Thanks for this one.
Thank you for making truly unique content. This is my favourite type of video that you guys make and would love to see more like it. ❤❤❤
This is quickly becoming my favourite yt channel
Outstanding production value and storytelling!!!
Great journalism! You earned my subscription!
Mexico City also has people living inside volcanoes lmao, there's around 40 million people living around volcanoes. I doubt Naples is the most populated area surrounded by volcanoes
Yeah sure
But this neighborhood is literally IN the volcano
Honestly, looking at maps, the old medieval streets are so narrow and labyrinthic that I must say that I have some serious doubts that they would have time to evacuate in a hurry if needed. They would need several hours of warning to really stand a chance at getting everyone out.
Thanks for doing this, very interesting.
Best wishes and take good care.
I adore Angela's attitude! She has lived there since the 70s, it is her home, she knew the risk when she moved there and she knows it now. We all take risks every day, we are none ever completely safe and we none will get out of here alive, the best thing we can do is enjoy life. Yes, we should limit our risks, but all of us are risk takers in our own way. This is hers and she is happy, that is more than many can say. Cheers, Angela, enjoy life to its fullest!
Clicked thinking it was about murder rates, little did I know the one packing heat was an ancient volcano god.
A very well made documentary. Well done!
Italy has the most volcanoes in Europe. Lots of calderas & supposedly extinct volcanoes which can spring to life.
I really like the fact that there is so much interest in the Campi Flegrei at the moment, because there is a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding about it, which is why people really can't understand why we decide to live here anyway. Great video man 💪🏻🌋 and besides, you can't really understand how spectacular the view is in this place until you admire it with your own eyes, the fact that it is mostly close to the sea gives it much more depth and value. I hope you can come and visit the area as soon as possible!
Best Campi Flegri video thus far. I am quite impressed and living in Southern California where we get earthquakes all the time but they don’t cause Armageddon. Well done. I look forward to your next Campi Flegri video.
'Campi Flegrei' literally means 'Burning fields'.
Also, keep in mind that most of those houses there are built without following the law. They are 'case abusive'. Basically people built them without permission, thanks also to Camorra, a mafia group from Napoli.
Scientists are hopeless into convincing people there to leave. As you also saw for yourself, they follow no reason and prefer to pretent that everything is fine
Completely reminds me of living in South Korea. The residents are not concerned at all about attacks from their northern neighbor. To them, cases full of giant rows of emergency gas masks at the subway stations is a normal sight.
While I’s argue Rafah is probably more dangerous this week - on a year by year basis - yeah, this is likely the most dangerous place on Earth. Pretty mind blowing.
October 8th was a bad idea! Probably shouldn’t have done it!
@@denniscrane9753yeah it was all peaceful before that right?
@@denniscrane9753 I know right? Israel should never have allowed itself to be attacked by a rag tag guerilla group! That fact that they breached one of the most secure borders on earth without an immediate Israeli response is simply shocking, how dare Hamas! *SARCASM*
I can smell the aroma of medium well carcass from this post. Bon appetit!
@@yodaeee I should have known better. I only meant to draw some perspective. Should have known people would turn it into some political theatre.
Even a smaller eruption could seriously decimate the region, but just imagine if it erupted in full force …
Thank you, excellent documentary. Having read/seen videos about Campi Flegrei it was great to see the area at 'street view'. I knew about the rising ground at Pozzuoli port, very interesting to actually see the difference where the ships tied up at 11:45
Excellent video, learned so much!!👍🏻
Very well done documentary...!!!
Great work on this
Reminds me of an anecdote I heard: Dutch researcher was in Indonesia for a conference, and asked why they would ever live in such a dangerous place, on top of active volcanoes and all that. Receiving a question in return: well why would you ever live in such a dangerous place, literally below the sea level and all that?
If this place interests you, Auckland New Zealand is city of nearly 2 million and is built on a Volcanic Field with over 50 Volcanoes.
I literally used to live in Lago Patria, just north of the Campi Flegrei caldera. Summer camp at Carney Park in Pozzuoli (inside a dormant volcano), went to middle school near Solfatara. My childhood was amazing in Italy, but I never had a sense of dread or fear about where I lived.
We live there currently (cause Nato) and we just live day by day without thinking about it. You literally can’t, cause life would be so miserable and scary. There is earthquakes more often, & one of my friend (who lives near Pozzouli) feels it everytime. She said people pop up their tents and the government is trying to move people with damaged house caused by it, to other houses farther away but a lot of people refuse to take on the offer, since work would be to far away.
So far we couldn’t feel anything in Lago 🍀
❤ Bel video, molto gentile e ponderato. Bravo! Grazie, ciao🎉
When I was in my college years, I went on a field trip to an extinct volcano in New Mexico. My geology professor insisted we take in the view, then declared, "The most beautiful landscapes are always tortured ground." It's a fact worth sharing...
I miss that cool little music that you use to play at the beginning of your videos ahah otherwise, this one was very interesting!
fantastic video !
I live in a volcano zone in Cental America. I love it. Life happens, and trying to prevent every eventuality is exhausting and impossible. Nobody knows when their last day will be. Enjoy today, hope and plan for tomorrow,, and be kind and helpful.
A week flying to Naples, I assume that was with Ryanair lol
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Because that GORGEOUS view is to die for!
Great video man