I wrote 1707 and then thought better of it. (View Post)

I went for +1783 (View Post)

Sentinel is a ground monitoring satellite that scans the earth's surface using radar. Using a very complex bit of calculation (I have had a go at this myself for a different purpose and it is a … (View Post)

Yes, most likely. A full on VEI7 would be ... a bit too interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanian_Ignimbrite_eruption I think the one that killed off the Minoans was a bit smaller than tha… (View Post)

I remembered that one in particular because I'd been across it quite a few times before the failure. The Wiki footnote is quite alarming and pretty much summarises the problem in the US: Washing… (View Post)