tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587842796867542781.post169772862315257572..comments2024-03-26T14:04:31.836-05:00Comments on EBL: Today in history: Krakatoa explodes, 1883Evi L. Bloggerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00371362907839227149noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587842796867542781.post-76632707850615458232012-11-25T15:27:31.833-06:002012-11-25T15:27:31.833-06:00Australia.Australia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587842796867542781.post-36124870801444045302012-08-27T20:04:36.800-05:002012-08-27T20:04:36.800-05:00If I recall correctly, the explosion was heard all...If I recall correctly, the explosion was heard all the way in India.windbaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06849477338372901623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587842796867542781.post-12101632024785324492012-08-27T15:21:15.119-05:002012-08-27T15:21:15.119-05:00Correct. Krakatoa is in the strait between Sumatr...Correct. Krakatoa is in the strait between Sumatra and Java. <br /><br />There was an even bigger explosion in Indonesia at Mount Tambora about sixty years before and that led to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer" rel="nofollow">"year without summer"</a> in 1816. <br /><br />We cannot take this stuff lightly. Krakatoa and the Mt. Tambora event happened the same century. Global warming panic aside, we will get another one of these events and the global starvation will be epic when it happens. The United States with all its abundance of food does not stock pile grain in any quantity. We should. If we had another Krakatoa event (which was really rather mild as volcanoes go) you can expect some really bad events in world food prices (and mass starvation in the developing world). But it would be bad in parts of North America too. <br /><br />Get ready for some real Hunger Games. Evi L. Bloggerladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371362907839227149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587842796867542781.post-78983672770696028502012-08-27T14:56:55.332-05:002012-08-27T14:56:55.332-05:00I am familiar with this event in history. It also ...I am familiar with this event in history. It also led to major crop failures the following year. <br /><br />There was a film the 1960's called "Krakatoa, East of Java" which was geographically incorrect--Krakatoa is <i>west of Java</i>. I think the event was also the subject of an episode of the <i>Time Tunnel</i>, a favorite 60's TV show of mine. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.com