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1 posted on 01/11/2011 8:03:46 AM PST by NorwegianViking
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To: SunkenCiv

Ping!


50 posted on 01/11/2011 9:18:17 AM PST by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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If this one goes like it’s ancestor did around 630 or the 1880’s, it could be a couple of long winters up ahead.


61 posted on 01/11/2011 10:47:05 AM PST by Darren McCarty (We should lead ourselves instead of looking for leaders)
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Main article: 1883 eruption of Krakatoa
Evolution of the islands around Krakatoa (French).

While seismic activity around the volcano was intense in the years preceding the cataclysmic 1883 eruption, a series of lesser eruptions beginning in mid-June 1883 led up to the disaster. The volcano released huge plumes of steam and ash lasting until late August.

On August 27, a series of four huge explosions almost entirely destroyed the island. The explosions were so violent that they were heard 3,500 km (2,200 mi) away in Perth, Western Australia and the island of Rodrigues near Mauritius, 4,800 km (3,000 mi) away.[5] The pressure wave from the final explosion was recorded on barographs around the world, which continued to register it up to 5 days after the explosion. The recordings show that the shockwave from the final explosion reverberated around the globe 7 times in total.[10] Ash was propelled to a height of 80 km (50 mi). The sound of the eruption was so loud it was said that if one was within ten miles, they would go deaf.


63 posted on 01/11/2011 11:39:49 AM PST by RetSignman ("It's about saving our Republic, STUPID")
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Seems to be a regular event:

Krakatau Volcano Eruptions

2007-11, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1994-95, 1992-93, 1988, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1975, 1972-73, 1969?, 1965?, 1959-63, 1958-59, 1955, 1953, 1952, 1950, 1949, 1946-47, 1946, 1945, 1944, 1943, 1942, 1941, 1938-40, 1937, 1936, 1935, 1932-34, 1931-32, 1927-30, 1883, 1680-81, 1550, 1350, 1150, 1050, 950, 850, 416, 250

77 posted on 01/12/2011 12:31:23 AM PST by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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