FYI. It didn’t say 600 times louder. It said 600 times more powerful. I don’t think they translate the same.
Thanks.
Hmmmm. Thirty years ago I read and approved engineering specifications.
My son was wondering if Tonga was going to cause major cooling for a year or two. Answer to that is that it only produced about 2% of the ask volume produced by Pinitubo, and not much sulfur. Here is an excellent satellite photo of the shock wave traveling across the globe. No wonder their ears were hurting.
https://twitter.com/Met4CastUK/status/1482859355296915462?s=20