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Lost Kingdom of Tambora Uncovered
Discovery Channel ^
| Feb. 28, 2006
| Rossella Lorenzi,
Posted on 03/01/2006 2:16:48 PM PST by uglybiker
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:16:48 PM PST
by
uglybiker
To: SunkenCiv; blam
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:17:17 PM PST
by
uglybiker
(Don't blame me. I didn't make you stupid.)
To: uglybiker
The perp.
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:19:44 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
(FR doesn't suffer fools lightly.)
To: uglybiker
...largest volcanic eruption in human history...There are other histories? If they are written in English I'd like to read some.
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:20:23 PM PST
by
FreePaul
To: FreePaul
Well, there's about 4 billion years of history before humans.
To: uglybiker
Ah, so that's where I lost it, but some punk spray painted it red.
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:22:07 PM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
To: Strategerist
And "human history" begins in _____? Fill in the blank.
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:25:17 PM PST
by
FreePaul
To: Doomonyou
It might have killed all but 4 people, but what about those 2 white sheep on the right of the pretty blue hole?
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:25:46 PM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
To: FreePaul
Well, you've got history during the existence of humans, and then you have "recorded history" which is history since the beginning of writing.
The wording of the article probably should have been "recorded history"...Tambora is the largest volcanic eruption during that time period. It's not the largest eruption in human history.
To: uglybiker
Isn't that near the Isle of Lucy?
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:29:19 PM PST
by
llevrok
(Drink your beer, damnit! There are people in Africa sober.)
To: mtbopfuyn
Actually, they're two sheepherders from Wyoming. They're making a movie.
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:30:11 PM PST
by
uglybiker
(Don't blame me. I didn't make you stupid.)
To: mtbopfuyn
It might have killed all but 4 people, but what about those 2 white sheep on the right of the pretty blue hole? Mmmm... lamb chops.
To: FreePaul
Dog History....started with the bone
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:31:26 PM PST
by
woofie
To: mtbopfuyn
Must be some big-ass sheep, that pretty blue hole is 4 miles wide.
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:32:37 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
(FR doesn't suffer fools lightly.)
To: FreePaul
..And "human history" begins in _____? Oh, probably the last time I ate. [burp]
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:34:41 PM PST
by
SGCOS
To: uglybiker
It used to cost a dime to see the Queen of Tambora when I was a kid.
I always ran when the cage door sprang open.
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:36:56 PM PST
by
FreedomFarmer
(Push Me, Shove You - Oh, Yeah? Says Who? Push Me, Shove You -Oh, Yeah? Says Who?)
Comment #17 Removed by Moderator
To: Doomonyou; aculeus; dighton; martin_fierro
Looks like they found the gum that the kid stuck onto the $1.5 mil painting.
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:43:05 PM PST
by
Thinkin' Gal
(As it was in the days of NO...)
Comment #19 Removed by Moderator
To: uglybiker
"the kingdom of Tambora has been lying undisturbed under volcanic debris and ash for centuries" "All the people, their houses and culture are still encapsulated there as they were in 1815," Sigurdsson said.
So, I gather a century is less than 100 years? Or, I've been asleep for a long time and it's really 2016 AD now....
I hate to be critical, but when the authors are supposed to be smarty-pants I expect a little accuracy. It's an interesting story anyway. Thanks for posting it.
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posted on
03/01/2006 2:56:20 PM PST
by
DilJective
(Proudly serving in the US Army)
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