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Originally Posted by renormalised
Yep, Thera (Santorini) did a good job on the Minoans and Krakatoa made a nice mess of the surrounding area as well...aside from a few other spectacular "temper tantrums" of other volcanoes as well  |
Yeah I remember seeing something on Foxtel about that 1883 eruption. It created a huge tsunami. Terrifying stuff.
As for the minoans I recall it decimated the whole lot. It was a very flourishing and advanced bunch of people too at the time. Talk about a waste...