Krakatau at night
December 22, 2018 10:25 PM   Subscribe

Krakatau is a volcanic island in the Indonesian province of Lampung. On 15 October 2018, Anak Krakatau had a strong Vulcanian eruption that sent lava bombs into the water and almost hit a tour boat that was nearby. The eruption was caught & filmed in real time. (Via)
posted by growabrain (7 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: It would be better to have a post more specific to the current tragic event -- taz



 


Just to clarify, the tsunami may have been caused by an underwater landslide that would have been caused by another eruption of Anak Krakatoa yesterday - frighteningly, there was reportedly no tremor felt prior to the arrival of this wave.
posted by progosk at 11:39 PM on December 22, 2018 [1 favorite]


Up to 168 dead confirmed now, with 205 reported as well.
posted by I claim sanctuary at 1:57 AM on December 23, 2018


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As I prepare for a trip to Indonesia in January, I have to say all these tsunamis and earthquakes do not make me really happy.
posted by ChuraChura at 2:42 AM on December 23, 2018 [1 favorite]


I'd suggest that we don't need to link to video of people actively being killed by this tsunami. This is going to be a well-documented disaster in a part of the world many mefites don't have deep connections with, but people are people and nobody deserves their death played and replayed on YouTube or Metafilter.
posted by ChuraChura at 2:47 AM on December 23, 2018 [13 favorites]


I should probably take it to MeTa, but isn’t this a slightly odd framing for an FPP that will presumably be almost entirely used to discuss the tsunami that just happened? The island volcano in question just caused an underwater landslide that in turned caused a no-warning tsunami that as I’m writing has already been confirmed as having killed >200 people, with that number almost guaranteed to rise. I’m not sure that the best framing is “look at this cool video of a volcano”?

(Also, even if I’m overreacting and we’re going to be doing cool volcano videos, the second link in the FPP seems to imply that it’s pointing at a video, but in fact it points at a wikipedia article which uses the same words, which contain a cite to an RT article. A lot of MeFites aren’t comfortable directing traffic to RT, and the article itself contains a mildly NSFW gif (swearing) at the same size as the video. This is the video on youtube, in case anyone was curious.)
posted by chappell, ambrose at 4:12 AM on December 23, 2018 [1 favorite]


Also I think the “Via” link in the FPP may still contain placeholder text (“http://blort.meepzorp.com/”)
posted by chappell, ambrose at 4:18 AM on December 23, 2018


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