Tongan Volcanic explosion...
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Crazy, man. Angry planet.
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nah...just nature being nature
aging_rocker
Friend of Leo's
Mrs R swears that she heard the explosion, and so did some friends. We are 2.5k kms away from Tonga. Tsunami reached here, strong enough to damage some boats in harbours on the northern coast.
Still not much news out of Tonga as yet, NZ & Aus are sending surveillance planes today.
aging_rocker
Friend of Leo's
Yep, good old Plate tectonics in action. Not very far from where I'm sitting right now is the Hikurangi subduction zone, where the Pacific Plate is sliding underneath the Australian Plate. Apparently the parts of it closest to me are currently 'stuck' and if/when it releases suddenly, we are in deep doo-doo.
NZ also has 12 active volcanoes.
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aging_rocker
Friend of Leo's
Update - A second NZDF plane (C-130) is leaving for Tonga shortly, with provisions and water-desalination equipment.
Still no news on when comms will be restored, although there is apparent confirmation that the fibre-optic subsea cable connecting Tonga to Fiji is believed to have been damaged at sea.
Still no news on when comms will be restored, although there is apparent confirmation that the fibre-optic subsea cable connecting Tonga to Fiji is believed to have been damaged at sea.
Is this eruption still going? or was it the big blow then the volcano settled down?...
was the location on the sea floor?. or on a build up of older rock/lava?...
was the location on the sea floor?. or on a build up of older rock/lava?...
Peegoo
Doctor of Teleocity
This is both horriffic and fasinating stuff.
I can completely understand why people that have no understanding of the science behind it all can attribute this to an angry god. We better sacrifice a virgin!
I can completely understand why people that have no understanding of the science behind it all can attribute this to an angry god. We better sacrifice a virgin!
Stubee
Doctor of Teleocity
That appears to be a pretty significant eruption but information thus far is still kind of limited.
Oh wow.... first time I experienced an earthquake was in NZ.
fingers crossed.
new bandname, tho: MEGATHRUST!
thanks for that 
stxrus
Poster Extraordinaire
Seine still has had no contact with family & friens
jimmywrangles
Tele-Holic
There may still be more to come, this volcano erupts roughly every thousand years or so and is currently 1100 years from the last one so it's right on schedule, when it does erupt it does so with multiple explosive eruptions like the one we've seen here.
My source was some volcanologist guy who seemed to know his stuff. He had a beard so I believed him.
My source was some volcanologist guy who seemed to know his stuff. He had a beard so I believed him.
ce24
Poster Extraordinaire
About 6 or so hours later at around 4 am my son was awakened by his dogs went outside and BOOM HUGE BANG them rumbles for like 15 MINUTES. All the neighbors in his neighborhood thought it was the military base doing maneuvers.... Nope wasn't that... It was the volcano blast..... In Wasilla Alaska!
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jimmywrangles
Tele-Holic
We had a thunderstorm that afternoon so any explosions we heard got lost in the rumbles.
Very few volcano's in Australia so I'm a little bummed I didn't get to hear this one. I'm on the East coast so it should have been loud.
Very few volcano's in Australia so I'm a little bummed I didn't get to hear this one. I'm on the East coast so it should have been loud.
Tonga tsunami: Race for vital supplies to reach volcano-hit islands
Teams work desperately to clear ash from runways so planes can deliver food and drinking water.
www.bbc.co.uk
boxocrap
Tele-Afflicted
i tried that..they thru her back
PhredE
Tele-Afflicted
They call it the Ring of Fire for a reason.
"Mother nature bats last".
"Mother nature bats last".
JL_LI
Poster Extraordinaire
I volunteer to save her from her fate.
