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Posted: 2003-02-28 06:10pm
by MKSheppard
Sea Skimmer wrote:
Krakatoa threw about five cubic miles of ash and pumice into the stratosphere on August 26-27 1883. The energy release of its main explosion was 15-20 gigatons. For the next three years world climate was several degrees cooler, and the dust and ash where visible in the skies of London England.
Big fucking blast heard over 7% of the earths surface.
So it was equivalent to about 1 turbolaser strike?
Posted: 2003-02-28 07:56pm
by TrailerParkJawa
I think Mount Pinatobo in the Phillipines, lowered the temperature too, but only for the following summer if IIRC.
Posted: 2003-02-28 08:06pm
by Admiral Valdemar
TrailerParkJawa wrote:I think Mount Pinatobo in the Phillipines, lowered the temperature too, but only for the following summer if IIRC.
Anything that blocks the sun's radiation from getting to the surface, be it dust particles, extra gas or an asteroid, the area will cool down slightly.