[muawiyah]

Although Penang Island is within the Toba zone of destruction, the soil could have simply disappeared the day before Admiral He's people arrived. I didn't say it never had soil ~ just that when they arrived it was mostly bare rock and gravel, so they made soil.

BTW, there's no dispute on this island being the headquarters for the Ming Treasure Ship fleet. There is a "skip" in settlement since the Ming shut down the fleet and pulled everyone back to China.

[Gondring]

Although Penang Island is within the Toba zone of destruction, the soil could have simply disappeared the day before Admiral He's people arrived. I didn't say it never had soil ~ just that when they arrived it was mostly bare rock and gravel, so they made soil.

I thought the lack of soil was the basis of your Antarctica MLD-megatsunami hypothesis, by implying it was evidence a tsunami at 14.5ka had washed it off.