Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Krakatoa

I happened upon this article about how loud Krakatoa was (thanks to Firefox's home browser page, actually) and wanted to save it.

Near the end of the article is a video of a couple that was a few miles away from a recent volcanic event, watch it, and then ponder the closing statement:
This is somewhat akin to what happened at Krakatoa, except the ‘gunshot’ in that case could be heard not just three but three thousand miles, away, a mind-boggling demonstration of the immense destructive power that nature can unleash.
 Like the earthquake that caused the reactor failure in Japan, which actually lowered the coastline, nature is pretty scary, eh?

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