Yes I have actually been near an erupting volcano. The sterotypical boom explosion volcano is not what we have out here we have shield volcanoes what leak out and don't exploded. Also I don't live on an island with active volcanoes, the only active ones are Mouna Loa, Kilauea, and Haleakala. So really the only disaster on my island is vog, what is volcanic ash. That only really affects people with asthma, or if you live on the islands of erupting volcanoes you have a lot of vog and lava, what as long as it's slow moving is fine because that gives you plenty of time to move to a safe place. Kilauea also hold the record for longest eruption because one of its holes have been erupting for the last 25 years.