[EdwardDiego]

Seismologists don't just sit there making models. They also like to do things like drill big holes into faultlines.

If you're studying faultlines, you want to have reasonable access to the subject of your study. Otherwise you may as well be a marine biologist living in Kansas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9ZPq5FRmnE https://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/News-and-Events/Media-Releases-a...

Physical measurement is used to make better models, you need both. This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH_PAGimWJM informs this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HipS-7kGe9c

Likewise, if you want to study volcanoes, you'd want to have access to volcanoes.

https://youtu.be/eJGmkOFBDvg