Posted on Jan 19, 2022
NASA scientists estimate Tonga blast at 10 megatons
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NASA: Tonga blast was 10 megatons, more powerful than a nuclear bomb https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/ [login to see] /nasa-scientists-estimate-tonga-blast-at-10-megatons
When I was a Civil Affairs, I did an exercise at Fort Shafter, Hawaii in 2011. We had a scenario that the island of Tonga was hit by a typhoon. The People of Tonga and the people of Kuwait are some of the most obese people in the world and they require insulin. Those diabetics are going to go into toxic shock once they run out of insulin. This is not covered in the story but it's weird that we had to do with a quick open-source analysis of the island of Tonga. You figure a USAID dart team went there already but you figure New Zealand and Australia humanitarian assets may get there the quickest.
I'm sure people can donate to their local Red Cross or even the Australian or New Zealand Red Cross to help these people out. Maybe somebody here can give me some other suggestions on helping those people in Tonga?
When I was a Civil Affairs, I did an exercise at Fort Shafter, Hawaii in 2011. We had a scenario that the island of Tonga was hit by a typhoon. The People of Tonga and the people of Kuwait are some of the most obese people in the world and they require insulin. Those diabetics are going to go into toxic shock once they run out of insulin. This is not covered in the story but it's weird that we had to do with a quick open-source analysis of the island of Tonga. You figure a USAID dart team went there already but you figure New Zealand and Australia humanitarian assets may get there the quickest.
I'm sure people can donate to their local Red Cross or even the Australian or New Zealand Red Cross to help these people out. Maybe somebody here can give me some other suggestions on helping those people in Tonga?
NASA scientists estimate Tonga blast at 10 megatons
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Looks like it’s going to be around 5 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index; Vesuvius 79AD scale.
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I’ve seen a few videos of some of the water covering parts of the Island.
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Thanks, I also wonder how many megatons of CO2 is it going to put in the atmosphere. I heard President Biden wants to hire a thousand climate change idiots to add to his cohort. I heard one commentator on Fox News saying Elon Musk hiring 1,000 Engineers will do a lot more in progress and advancement than President Biden hiring 1,000 climate change imagineers. LOL.
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SPC Nancy Greene he's paying something like eight billion US dollars in taxes. Stupid fake Indians like Senator Elizabeth Warren said he doesn't pay any taxes. Yes he does! And I'm upset at President Biden because he wasn't invited with other automakers to the White House because he is non-union! Even though I'm a union man myself, the United States uses FedEx 4 much or most of their Express Mail when not using the post office and FedEx is non-union!
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