On January 15, an underwater volcano near the island nation erupted, causing an oil spill near Peru when massive waves from the eruption hit an oil tanker.
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To the editor: Last month I wrote a letter to The Reformer instructing readers on how to illustrate the trace amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere. Additionally, I remarked that I think that volcanoes are a highly underrated phenomena on this planet â with regards to weather. The Reformer was kind enough to publish my letter.
In it, I directed readers to Christopher Pettâs paper entitled âVolcanic Cyclogenesis,â in which he characterizes the power of one particular volcanic event as having been âequivalent to nearly 4 super typhoons.â He concludes: âDeep troughs in the Jetstream are evident on Jan. 25 then cyclones form over the Ocean on the following days. On Feb. 2 through Feb. 8, cyclones form in the Deep South and North Atlantic. By Feb. 11, an immense positive vorticity spreads from Colorado 105E south through Texas to the Flemish Cap 40E in the North Atlantic. This is the massive storm that h