Of concern was that during the event, no action would be made to inform or protect a single soul according to a geologist working at La Palma, "I am a geologist currently working under an NDA as a contractor to develop a plan of action in the event of a cataclysm. According to a memo I recently received from my employer a decision has been made that any effort made to evacuate citizens will be untenable, and thus the need to even prepare or mitigate damages to life or property will not be executed."