Undersea volcano eruption

A tsunami warning has been issued for Tonga following an undersea volcano eruption.

Weather Watch puts the size of the eruption into perspective with inforgraphics here.

Putting the #Tonga #eruption into perspective. It's an astonishing event.

Link to story/infographics here: https://t.co/HLIzcRI8eMhttps://t.co/Pm2OWgcGPf pic.twitter.com/oUrc71jcJf

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) January 15, 2022

The energy release is simply astonishing. #Tonga #Eruption #NewZealand.

Tonga is around 2000km away from New Zealand. Reports of people hearing the sonic booms across NZ. https://t.co/RjMNliWr8a

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) January 15, 2022

Infrared Satellite Imagery shows how clear skies were fast replaced by the giant #eruption cloud over #Tonga in the past couple hours. pic.twitter.com/pxqA4LymlH

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) January 15, 2022

Water vapour imagery shows how the #eruption causes a ripple effect across the atmosphere. Absolutely enormous energy. #Tonga pic.twitter.com/POogVjnWit

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) January 15, 2022

Visible satellite imagery – close up over #Tonga. Absolutely enormous #eruption. pic.twitter.com/R6oVgtzTgg

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) January 15, 2022

Absolutely stunning satellite imagery of the #Tonga eruption a short time ago. #NewZealand's North Island at the bottom left. pic.twitter.com/FCioKkbvJU

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) January 15, 2022

Word of the day

Rupestrine – appearing, growing or living on or among rocks.

Sowell says

Freedom is not simply the right of intellectuals to circulate their merchandise. It is, above all, the right of ordinary people to find elbow room for themselves and a refuge from the rampaging presumptions of their "betters."

— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) January 11, 2022

Climate change realism and alarmism

Is the alarmism about climate change justified?

Bjorn Lomborg and David Wallace-Wells debate the issues:

Black Heels and Tractor Wheels – Sharon Davie-Martin

Black Heels and Tractor Wheels Podcasts are a Rural Women NZ initiative in which they share stories from a range of women around New Zealand.

Sharon Davie-Martin is a RWNZ board member, and a community champion who, with her husband Allen, has won several farming excellence awards.

 

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