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Post by director on Jan 11, 2019 11:29:56 GMT -6
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Post by jeb94 on Jan 11, 2019 11:51:07 GMT -6
There was also the 1257 eruption of Mt Samalas that caused famine around the world. You don’t hear much about Samalas because after this eruption all that’s left is the caldera lake next to Mt Rinjani on Lombok Indonesia. Volcanic winter is a very real thing. What is with all these violent volcanoes in Indonesia? Krakatoa, Tambora, Samalas, and the monster Toba. Not to mention all of the other active volcanoes that haven’t blown up like these (yet).
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Post by HolyDragoon on Jan 11, 2019 12:15:46 GMT -6
Hm... as a random event, probably scheduled to trigger a limited number of times per some kind of time period, earthquakes could be something interesting, in terms of tension and prestige.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Jan 11, 2019 13:08:26 GMT -6
Here is a list of large volcanic eruptions in the 20th century. There are many other sites monitoring this activity with information but due to the government shutdown getting the information is difficult. I will stay on it. But it is nice to see others that also believe that these natural disasters along with other can be disruptive and should randomly inserted into the game. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_large_volcanic_eruptions_of_the_20th_century - I had to use Wikipedia, but not my best choice.
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Post by rob06waves2018 on Jan 11, 2019 18:50:17 GMT -6
Here is a list of large volcanic eruptions in the 20th century. There are many other sites monitoring this activity with information but due to the government shutdown getting the information is difficult. I will stay on it. But it is nice to see others that also believe that these natural disasters along with other can be disruptive and should randomly inserted into the game. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_large_volcanic_eruptions_of_the_20th_century - I had to use Wikipedia, but not my best choice. Interesting fact: a recent volcanic eruption in Japan shortened the length of a day (a couple of microseconds). Hint for you physicists out there: Angular momentum
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Post by oldpop2000 on Jan 11, 2019 19:40:09 GMT -6
Here is a list of large volcanic eruptions in the 20th century. There are many other sites monitoring this activity with information but due to the government shutdown getting the information is difficult. I will stay on it. But it is nice to see others that also believe that these natural disasters along with other can be disruptive and should randomly inserted into the game. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_large_volcanic_eruptions_of_the_20th_century - I had to use Wikipedia, but not my best choice. Interesting fact: a recent volcanic eruption in Japan shortened the length of a day (a couple of microseconds). Hint for you physicists out there: Angular momentum Yes, it did. It could have changed the earth's figure axis by 6.5 inches. This is not the actual North-South axis. The will not wobble a little bit more. www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/japanquake/earth20110314.htmlThanks for pointing this out to everyone. I read this article a while back. The question is " how will this affect the game"?
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Post by rob06waves2018 on Jan 12, 2019 8:34:12 GMT -6
Interesting fact: a recent volcanic eruption in Japan shortened the length of a day (a couple of microseconds). Hint for you physicists out there: Angular momentum Yes, it did. It could have changed the earth's figure axis by 6.5 inches. This is not the actual North-South axis. The will not wobble a little bit more. www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/japanquake/earth20110314.htmlThanks for pointing this out to everyone. I read this article a while back. The question is " how will this affect the game"? I suppose it would change the amount of time getting from a to b but the short answer is: not in the slightest!
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Post by oldpop2000 on Jan 12, 2019 10:20:40 GMT -6
Yes, it did. It could have changed the earth's figure axis by 6.5 inches. This is not the actual North-South axis. The will not wobble a little bit more. www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/japanquake/earth20110314.htmlThanks for pointing this out to everyone. I read this article a while back. The question is " how will this affect the game"? I suppose it would change the amount of time getting from a to b but the short answer is: not in the slightest! With the accuracy of the magnetic compasses of the day, I don't think they would even realize it was happening. I know one of my compasses does not register the change in magnetic declination for our city and I can't believe it hasn't changed. I guess that the magnetic flux gates that we used on E2C Hawkeye's and that the carriers used probably would be sensitive to the change. I need to do more in-depth research on this. It won't affect the game, I don't think.
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Post by garychildress on Jan 13, 2019 18:11:17 GMT -6
If natural disasters are implemented I just hope they aren't over simulated, like one every 2 game years or something that causes a major upheaval, toppling governments, etc. I think that would probably be overkill because I don't think anything like that was really the case, was it?
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Post by oldpop2000 on Jan 13, 2019 18:22:51 GMT -6
If natural disasters are implemented I just hope they aren't over simulated, like one every 2 game years or something that causes a major upheaval, toppling governments, etc. I think that would probably be overkill because I don't think anything like that was really the case, was it? Over simulating would be a problem, because in war, throughout history there haven't been any natural disasters that caused the government to fall. At least that I can remember. However, they can affect the economy of a nation at war and its naval budget. I will have to head to my books and see if there were any wars affected by natural disasters. The earthquake that leveled Troy VIIa might be a case but there is not really validate as there isn't enough archeological evidence of it. There have been natural disasters that have lead to war which might be a good situation to insert into the game. But most of those were over 30-500 years ago. I want to point out that there are natural disasters that can disrupt combat operations or the economic and social well being of a nation. An El Nino or La Nina can cause heavy flooding, or the reverse, drought. The event does not have to be a major geologic event like a volcano or earthquake. El Nino's in the Eastern Pacific will cause drought and fires in the South Pacific which can affect the growth of crops and such in those areas.
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