Posted on 08/27/2017 5:42:10 AM PDT by rktman
Today is the anniversary of a singular event that actually did change the earth’s climate for a couple of years (after which Nature’s mighty equilibrating power returned things to normal): the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano. Grantee Kleza writes:
Krakatoa blew apart on this day in 1883 and the shockwaves resulted in terrifying natural phenomena and dramatic climate change. (snip)
Krakatoa had been steaming, rumbling and bubbling since May 1883 when explosions could be heard in what is now Jakarta, 160km away. Ash was blown 6km into the sky.
The Earth’s violence subsided for a while but the volcanic fury was finally unleashed on August 26 and reached its ear-splitting crescendo on the morning of the 27th when more than 70 per cent of the island blew up in a series of four massive explosions. Sailors on ships in the Sunda Strait 60km away suffered burst ear drums from the noise.
A black cloud of ash was estimated to be 27km high.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
And this little fire cracker was only a 6 (the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) - St Helens was a VEI of 5. Each digit of increase is 10 times the previous.
1815 A.D. - Mount Tambora (VEI) = 7, (100x greater than Mt. St Helens)
1912 Novarupta, Mount Katmai, Alaska, VEI=6
1991 Pinatubo, Luzon, Philippines, VEI=6
Yellowstone would be a VEI of 10 or higher... or 100,000 times Mt St Helens ...
Yeah, if jellystone goes, probably an extinction level event. Good thing we got those rocket ships ready to blast off to Mars huh?
Oh Gee, Mars?! Just move to New Zeeland.
We got rid of those rocket ships back in ‘64 when Project Orion was killed in favor of the Space Shuttle ...
Well we live west of it so we’ll be okay. Right?
Hmmm. You mean the shuttles I worked on for 36 years and could still be flying back and forth to the ISS today? Those shuttles. LOL! Yup. Now we count on our friends the Russians.
Thanks.
The Islam-related info is especially interesting and timely.
Yeah those - which were a concept made by politicians and could never have flow beyond LEO. Project Orion, on the other hand, was designed to explore the solar system and then to the stars.
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