They tend to explode at the surface. If they produce significant ash, then they are of the continental pyroclastic-type volcanoes of the more viscous andesite-rhyolite-dacite compositions rather than the much less viscous basalt of oceanic volcanoes like those in Hawaii.
Go to Caribbean islands or go to the US. When the get a paycheck they send the money home. If you lived in the Caribbean you might only see your father 4 months out of the year.<span> </span>