I totally just cracked up at the last sentence in this excerpt from “Eruptus Interruptus” by Mark Sundeen, Outside, February 2005 (emphasis mine):
“We are transfixed–and who can blame us? An erupting volcano is a magnet, pulling us closer, never mind the danger. And science can’t explain what makes us want to watch. We love St. Helens because she is ours. We’re united in that way: America always roots for the home team, even if it might explode and cover us in magma.“
