Tonga Volcano Eruption

mapuc · 01-20-22, 10:53 AM

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

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

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

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

, 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://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!

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"??!

The confirmed death toll is...3!!

...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!

Big Bang Theory for the practical hombre!

Keep this ploy in mind when demolitioning Stone Mountain!

em2nought · 01-21-22, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Keep this ploy in mind when demolitioning Stone Mountain!

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

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

01-20-22, 11:20 AM	#5
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	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 __________________ My little lovely female cat

01-20-22, 01:28 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Yeah, probably some shipyard fitter dropping a spanner in the dock bottom. Taken from personal experience __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-21-22, 10:22 AM	#7
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

01-21-22, 10:42 AM	#8
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Has the volcano already paid for the CO2 certificates it has consumed? Or is it the Germans again? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-21-22, 12:20 PM	#10
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,981 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Upon review, in my expert opinion , 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://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' !! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

01-21-22, 01:20 PM	#12
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,981 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Wiki reads my posts! 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"??! The confirmed death toll is...3!!...that's good government preparation by any standard! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

01-21-22, 01:26 PM	#13
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,649 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	It was a False Flag that went off early! Putin was gonna invade the Ukraine while everyone was looking the other way.

01-21-22, 01:33 PM	#14
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,981 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	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! Big Bang Theory for the practical hombre! Keep this ploy in mind when demolitioning Stone Mountain! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!