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mapuc

01-20-22 10:53 AM

Tonga Volcano Eruption

Tonga Volcano Erupted With Force More Than 500 Times The Hiroshima Atomic Bomb

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The size — and deadly consequences — of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption that occurred last week has now begun to be quantified, with scientists estimating the power of the eruption, which satellites caught creating ripples in the atmosphere. According to local officials, the eruption had a radius of 260 kilometers (161.5 miles), and threw up ash 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) into the atmosphere, releasing massive amounts of energy.

https://www.iflscience.com/environme...a-atomic-bomb/

Markus

Jimbuna

01-20-22 10:59 AM

This happened last Saturday Markus and the first aid via aircraft arrived today.

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The first foreign aid planes have arrived in Tonga, bearing much-needed supplies for the Pacific nation which was left devastated by a volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami on Saturday.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60063732

mapuc

01-20-22 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna (Post 2788895)

This happened last Saturday Markus and the first aid via aircraft arrived today.

I know Jim But I waited for some of my friends would make a thread about this huge disaster.

Markus

Jimbuna

01-20-22 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by mapuc (Post 2788896)

I know Jim But I waited for some of my friends would make a thread about this huge disaster.

Markus

Ah, right...no problem matey.

mapuc

01-20-22 11:20 AM

It was said the explosion could be heard around the world- I remember that I heard what sounded like an explosion Can't remember which day it was. Only that I thought wow what was that-Now I'll hear the sirene from firetrucks very soon-No such sound came and I forgot everything about this explosion, until I read about this eruption.

We have a shipyard here in our town-so it could very well have been there it came from.

Markus

Jimbuna

01-20-22 01:28 PM

Yeah, probably some shipyard fitter dropping a spanner in the dock bottom.

Taken from personal experience :03:

HW3	01-21-22 10:22 AM

We had a tsunami watch for it on the Oregon coast for 1-3 foot waves. I saw one news post about some minor damage later that day.

Skybird

01-21-22 10:42 AM

Has the volcano already paid for the CO2 certificates it has consumed? Or is it the Germans again?

mapuc

01-21-22 11:19 AM

Here is little more science on this off scale eruption

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Then came the catastrophic eruption on January 15. As seen in satellite images, only two tiny outcrops of rock now betray the beast lurking beneath the waves. But whether it happens in weeks or years, the volcano will rise again.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/s...many-mysteries

Markus

Aktungbby

01-21-22 12:20 PM

Upon review, in my expert opinion :O:, I rate this a 5 on the VEI scale similar in scope to Mt St Helens and Vesuvius...(the one that destroyed Pompeii-not the really big one!)! Vesuvius may properly be referred to as the 'ticking bomb' of Europe. The Tongan volcano has gone off in 1912, 1937, 1988, 2009, 2014-15, and studies reflect a much bigger one ca: 1100 AD. As with the VEI 6 blast of Krakatoa in 1886, we are awaiting the blast from 'Son of Krakatoa', which has already spewed forth on occasion. Tonga got lucky this time around. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...on_map.svg.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcan...losivity_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anak_K...0of%20Krakatoa. RULE 1 in Vulcanology: It ain't 'if' it's 'when' !!

mapuc

01-21-22 12:28 PM

According to this wiki page It has been classified as a 5 on VEI scale

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The eruption was described as as a once-in-a-thousand-years event for the Hunga caldera, and the event could rank as high as 5 on the volcanic explosivity index (VEI)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_H...on_and_tsunami

Markus

Aktungbby

01-21-22 01:20 PM

Wiki reads my posts!:yep::doh: Kudos to Tonga though. Tonga like Vanuatu and the Solomon islands on the World Risk Index to natural disasters, are the three countries most susceptible to disasters on this killer spinning mudball. Tonga's practice of tsunami drills bore marvelous dividends as the residents of the archipelago knew where to go at the eruption's first "boom", also heard in Denmark by a certain P.O.S.H cat lover"??! :O:The confirmed death toll is...3!!:yeah:...that's good government preparation by any standard!

Jeff-Groves

01-21-22 01:26 PM

It was a False Flag that went off early!
Putin was gonna invade the Ukraine while everyone was looking the other way.

Aktungbby

01-21-22 01:33 PM

Right up there with Onkel Neal hunting feral pigs in CougarTrap, TX on the the 4 of July so his neighbors'll think it's just celebratory firecrackers!:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: Big Bang Theory for the practical hombre! :shucks: Keep this ploy in mind when demolitioning Stone Mountain!:arrgh!:

em2nought

01-21-22 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby (Post 2789114)

Keep this ploy in mind when demolitioning Stone Mountain!:arrgh!:

I think they'll demo Stone Mountain without having to use a distraction. They might have a harder time with Mount Rushmore though. :arrgh!:

The left would not be happy if a volcanic eruption caused the Earth to cool a bit that's for sure. :har:

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