Re: [Geology2] Worst Volcanic Eruptions That Destroyed All

Thank you very much, Lin, for the interesting link!

By "worst" I guess they mean loss of life, since those were relatively minor compared to the largest eruptions ever.

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From: Lin Kerns <linkerns@gmail.com>
To: Geology2 <geology2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 3:35 PM
Subject: [Geology2] Worst Volcanic Eruptions That Destroyed All

 

Worst Volcanic Eruptions That Destroyed All

Updated: Thursday, October 11, 2012

Posted by: Sneha

There have been many volcanic eruptions in the history of our planet that had devastating effects. Sometimes the whole civilization got destroyed because of this. There are primarily three kinds of volcanoes named dead, dormant and active. The active volcanoes erupt often. The dead or extinct volcanoes are those that have no magma supply and hence are declared by scientists as unlikely to erupt again. But the dormant volcanoes are the one that might remain extinct for a long period of time and then suddenly erupt one day killing millions.

The volcanic eruptions in the countries of Iceland, Indonesia, West Indies have shown us that how devastating the volcanic eruptions can be, this is one of the natural disasters that gives people very little chance to escape. Some volcanic eruptions have went for as long as 19 hours. You must have witnessed the dame scene in some of movies like Volcano. But, in real life people are really not that fortunate.

Not only the hot magma from the eruptions killed people. But the poisonous gases like sulphur dioxide were also responsible for the death toll. Some cities like Pompeii got buried under the layers of the ashes of the volcanoes. The eruptions were sometimes so great that the sound could be heard through continents.

There are also many after-effects of such natural disasters. Many such eruptions have led to a famine and plague afterwards. Even the survivors became the victims of the volcanis eruptions in some way or the other.

Check out some of the most famous eruptions that have shocked the whole world with its devastating effects in the slideshow here:

http://www.boldsky.com/insync/life/2012/famous-volcanic-eruptions-031250.html#image5407

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