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  • BR14
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    Originally posted by Paddy View Post
    Do you mean I paid the guide at Pompeii 10 euros for rubbish?
    Dunno, how did it smoke?

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  • Paddy
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    Originally posted by PhiltheGreek View Post
    Don't even know where to start with that appallingly ill informed interpretation of what's happened.

    Thankfully, no ancient Greeks were harmed this time.
    Do you mean I paid the guide at Pompeii 10 euros for rubbish?

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  • PhiltheGreek
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    Originally posted by Paddy View Post
    Ever since Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 and Pompeii was destroyed firstly by earthquake and then by volcanic ash; there is a known connection. The low lying land areas should have been evacuated.
    Don't even know where to start with that appallingly ill informed interpretation of what's happened.

    Originally posted by Paddy View Post
    In fact tsunamis caused by volcanoes were known about in ancient Greece
    Thankfully, no ancient Greeks were harmed this time.

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  • Paddy
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
    No tsunami warning because there wasn't an earthquake. Not sure how you design a tsunami warning system for volcanic landslides.
    Ever since Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 and Pompeii was destroyed firstly by earthquake and then by volcanic ash; there is a known connection. The low lying land areas should have been evacuated.

    In fact tsunamis caused by volcanoes were known about in ancient Greece

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  • ladymuck
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    No tsunami warning because there wasn't an earthquake. Not sure how you design a tsunami warning system for volcanic landslides.

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  • kaiser78
    started a topic Volcano Tsunami

    Volcano Tsunami

    Looking pretty bad as is always the case with these natural disasters...

    Indonesia tsunami hits Sunda Strait after Krakatau eruption - BBC News

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