1 posted on
03/12/2005 8:10:50 PM PST by
blam
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To: blam
I just completed watching a special on the Tambora (Pompeii In The East), on the Discovery Channel. Thought others would be interested.
2 posted on
03/12/2005 8:12:28 PM PST by
blam
To: blam
Where was the Sierra club then. Blaming a Bush forefather iI suppose.
3 posted on
03/12/2005 8:18:01 PM PST by
satchmodog9
(Murder and weather are our only news)
To: blam
4 posted on
03/12/2005 8:23:19 PM PST by
clyde asbury
(What a fool believes, he sees. The wise man has the power to reason away.)
To: blam
The most likely cause was volcanic influences. Proponents note that a number of major volcanic eruptions preceded 1816: Soufriére and St. Vincent in 1812: Mayon and Luzon in the Phillippines during 1814; Tambora in Indonesia during 1815. The volcanic theory of climatic influence relates increased volcanic activity with decreased temperatures due to the increased reflection of solar radiation from volcanic dust blown and trapped high in the atmosphere. The Tambora eruption has been estimated to be the most violent in historical times. The explosion is believed to have lifted 150 to 180 cubic kilometres of material into the atmosphere. For a comparison, the infamous 1883 eruption of Krakatau ejected only 20 cubic kilometres of material into the air, and yet it affected sunsets for several years after. The first thing I thought of was volcanoes, too. But, as I kept reading, there were no mentions of 'blood red' or colorful sunstes as I had read about with Krakatau.
sunspots, maybe?
Thanks for the link to Tambora. I'll have to check that out.
5 posted on
03/12/2005 8:25:02 PM PST by
eccentric
(a.k.a. baldwidow)
To: blam; farmfriend
6 posted on
03/12/2005 8:25:32 PM PST by
Fiddlstix
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To: blam
We just had another six inches of snow today, on top of a considerable pile of snow already there. The snow off the roof outside my study is reaching up toward the tops of the windows. My snowblower just broke down.
Ouch. I wonder what Punxatauny Phil had to say in 1816?
9 posted on
03/12/2005 8:32:56 PM PST by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: blam
11 posted on
03/12/2005 8:41:36 PM PST by
chaosagent
(It's all right to be crazy. Just don't let it drive you nuts.)
To: blam
Considering that baseball players are known as the 'boys of summer', I thought New England has been without summer since 1918, up until last year that is........
To: blam
Thank you so much for posting this. I've refrenced this incident before but having a link will be nice.
14 posted on
03/12/2005 8:50:48 PM PST by
bad company
(There can be no freedom without right and wrong.)
To: blam
bump for later reading........
18 posted on
03/12/2005 9:53:11 PM PST by
scan59
(Why am I always so pessimistic?)
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To: blam
BUMP
Very interesting. Good post.
To: blam
Thanks for the post, it is quite an interesting bit of history. [Too bad the history channel did not have something on it, but they were too busy with UFOs again tonight. ]
22 posted on
03/12/2005 10:58:27 PM PST by
JLS
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To: blam
"The most likely cause was volcanic influences. Proponents note that a number of major volcanic eruptions preceded 1816: Soufriére and St. Vincent in 1812: Mayon and Luzon in the Phillippines during 1814; Tambora in Indonesia during 1815. The volcanic theory of climatic influence relates increased volcanic activity with decreased temperatures due to the increased reflection of solar radiation from volcanic dust blown and trapped high in the atmosphere. The Tambora eruption has been estimated to be the most violent in historical times. The explosion is believed to have lifted 150 to 180 cubic kilometres of material into the atmosphere. For a comparison, the infamous 1883 eruption of Krakatau ejected only 20 cubic kilometres of material into the air, and yet it affected sunsets for several years after." The Tambora eruption was in a league of its own - in historic times.
To: codyjacksmom
ping for later read.
26 posted on
03/13/2005 1:10:36 AM PST by
codyjacksmom
(Be nice! I'm blonde and will work for an explanation.)
To: blam
This was obviously caused by burning fossil fuels causing the greenhouse effect.
Thankfully we have the Kyoto treaty to change all that /sarc
To: blam
......and here I was thinking that only human activity could affect climate change.
[/sarcasm] Thanks.
30 posted on
03/13/2005 7:01:30 AM PST by
DoctorMichael
(The Fourth Estate is a Fifth Column!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: blam
Bookmark.
Most people don't realize but for the last 100 or so years we have been in a warming trend. We should be at the end of it now though.
35 posted on
03/16/2005 6:05:21 AM PST by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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